Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for September 02, 2020

Susie gives him smooches.

Rub it in, Susie. Milk it for all it’s worth.

know of any boys who really like to play with Barbie dolls?

Now if only Binky Betsy could come alive like Hobbes can.

See Calvin , that doll could be a good instrument for a woodoo rite .

Aaaaagh!

Calvin has met his match in Susie!

Poor Calvin, in a battle of wits with a girrrul, and him all unarmed.

Shhhh Suzie! Don’t tell Calvin about how Hobbes enjoys being with you at teatime and enjoying your tiger-melting bellyrubs. ;D

He does like smooching, the little scamp

He does NOT,NOT,NOT!!

Played dolls with first granddaughter but had her promise to never tell my motorcycle buddies.

Oh, she’s good! She’s REALLY good! Love it!

Oh dear. Susie, aren’t you a little young for a live-in relationship? :D

Ah, Susie! When life hands you lemons, throw them at Calvin.

Susie said in her reply to Calvin’s ransom note, “Now we’re quits”. She knows that they aren’t quits and that she has the advantage but she hasn’t reckoned on what Hobbes may be able to tell Calvin as she doesn’t hear Hobbes talk.

Susie’s playing Calvin again. Doesn’t he ever learn?

Rub it in, Susie!

Susie sure knows how to get under someone’s skin.

Wow. Susie’s good!

He does, too!

Oh, you’ll grow to like Susie, Calvin. She’ll have the cutest accessories you can’t afford to buy!

Susie sure is putting knots in somebody’s tail!

It’s quite possible he does like it better with the girl.

Yeah, I see them married.

HeeHee You GO Suzie!

Uh oh. Hobbes may be in danger of getting drummed out of the GROSS club. tsk tsk

Oh Susie you are a stinker.

Of course Hobbes likes Susie’s place better – smooches all day, and plenty of Tuna!

Aha…not a hostage exchange so much as “turning” Hobbes. I am sure during the Cold War both sides ended up with people they would prefer the other side took back.

Who ever said that girls are made of everything nice?

Susie’s expression in panel 3 reminds me of twin girls I knew when I was 11 years old. They liked to dress their Ken dolls in BARBIE’s clothes. Eventually they did something like that to their kid brother & a friend of his…

Oh, yes he du-uz… ☺

Hmm, “Calvin and Betsy”…Naaaaaaa.

Like The Ransom of Red Chief… this is not going as planned.

Heart break happen’-Hobbes loves the smooches.

Susie is brilliant. Considering she didn’t freak out when Betsy first went missing, unlike Calvin who lost it when she grabbed Hobbes, the stronger emotional bargaining position is hers.

Susie is diabolical. She’ll grow up into a fine woman!

Heh, look at how Susie’s smile actually curves in the third panel, compared to how usually Susie and Calvin’s open-mouth smiles are triangle-shaped.

Hobbs always has been a bit fickle. He’s not beyond finding a new friend, but will miss tormenting Calvin.

Smoochies!

Prisoner exchanges gone bad.

Make him kiss you, Susie.

Susie wins, no matter what.

I played with toy soldiers. Male ventriloquists have dummies. Those could be considered dolls.

Susie, you are good.

Get ’im Susie ♥♥

Reality, Calvin, deal with it.

I guess you have heard about Divorcee Barbie. She comes with half of Ken’s stuff.

no, he does not, give it back you intense cursing intensifies

I love Susie’s sarcasm. Calvin can include Binky Betsy for the GROSS club for now. Hobbes can live for some time with smooches from Susie. That’s tit for tat alright.

Somebody needs to ask Hobbes.