Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for October 03, 2021

Hobbes’s imagination is almost as crazy as Calvin’s.

It looks like Calvin skinned Peter Porker in the second panel.

“Wanna toss the ol pigskin around?” “No, but I will play football with you.” “Uhh, yeah! Football. That’s what I meant”.

Just in time for the biggest game of the season, New England vs the Bucks. I won’t be watching

Smoochies are my favorite part.

Smooches, that was the real goal for Hobbes.

So Calvin has a stuffed tiger AND a stuffed pig now. Wow.

Football may be a violent game, but if even the Cleveland offensive line saw Calvin coming, they would run.

I would say that Hobbes’s favorite team is the Bengals…but I’m not 100% sure…

And thusly fantasy football came to be.

Why does the “old pigskin” look like a dinosaur hide??

So—this is Calvinball, eh? Looks more entertaining than real football games (which I hate).

Dear Hobbes – do smooch one of ’em on my behalf as well. Never got a chance in life.

At least Hobbs has his priorities straight.

In the second panel Calvin in dragging the skin of a pig!!

Methinks Hobbes isn’t in it for the game………

Fantasy Football at its finest

It’s early Sunday morning, and I’m already footballed out!

This is all preposterous. We never gave smooches to the players

during the game.

Hey, Hobbes got his name right in this one.

That must a very interesting game. Playing football with stuffed tiger.

A 30-year old strip. It’s aged well.

I’m a team player if I get to make the touchdown.

Any form of Calvin Ball is wonderful!

Strange reality. Tom Brady flies into Boston for a game and he is mobbed by fans. I wonder if anyone is going to root for the Patriots, LOL!

Smooches. The entire point of the enterprise.

I wonder if football players ever think about suing the league for violence in the work place?

Over the course of eight panels, one of the best short stories ever told.

Mooches Smooches-and fury tummy rubs. Or don’t tigers do tummy rubs?

I am glad Watterson won his battle for full freedom to format the Sunday strips to his liking. In these early ones however he was forced to put in a lame throwaway gag like the one at the top (often newspapers would delete the first row to make more space on the comics page).

what phantom fouls will be called against the lions today and what real fouls will not be called against the bears?

just the reality of a lions fan…

Great catch by Hobbes in panel six.

Hobbes always adds smooches.

Heh, I wonder how Calvin managed to acquire a literal pigskin? Is there a slaughterhouse in his town?

Doing your own play-by-play was one of the more fun things about childhood sports games.

I love it!!! : D

Hobbes’s elation over gaining a yard reminds me of the old David Letterman joke that you have a bad football team when they win the coin toss, but celebrate as if they won the game.

First time I’ve ever enjoyed a football game.

Smooches, hilarious.

And time runs off the clock as Calvin and Hobbes lose the game.

Man, I LUV this strip……

yo this is my first time reading calvin and hobbes on go comics