Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for December 23, 2021

Roslyn might be looking at child abuse charges.

You don’t wanna know, Hobbes.

This is actually Rosalyn at her nicest.

Basement is full with awful monsters.

I’d duct tape the kid into bed, and a few places to keep him quiet

Oh boy….

What time of year IS it? (and where are they?) Around here it gets dark about 4:30 pm near the winter solstice.

Hobbes needs to get to the bottom of the mystery!

Calvin gets it, and for once didn’t let his mouth run him into more trouble……

Judging by his reaction, it looks like Calvin has spent some time in the basement!

Let’s hide behind the chainsaws. (I love that line :) )

At one point, when my girls were younger, I told them that they had to be in bed by 8:30. Not that I didn’t say go to sleep. If they wanted to read or play quietly for a while, as long as they went to sleep at a decent time, I was OK. They loved that rule & never abused it. (The younger one usually went right to sleep.)

We never had an issue getting our sons to bed. We told them they had to go to bed and stay in bed, but they did not have to go to sleep and they could do whatever they wanted as long as they did it quietly. They were usually asleep in about 15 minutes.

Let’s not forget that Roslyn locked Calvin in the garage, once!!

Rosalyn’s already developing the qualities to be a successful mother someday. She can read Calvin’s mind, she has super-hearing, and eyes in the back of her head!

“Strange child imprisoned in basement” is wandering into Shirley Jackson territory.

With any luck the basement has a few useful amenities like a 65" big screen TV with a playstation hooked up and a really cool sound system, uhm… never mind.

Son of a gun. I forgot that. Sleeping in a bed is indeed a privilege. Many in the world sleep on the ground or on pads laying on the ground. I don’t think they play Tom-Toms in bed either.

Dark, dank, dirty, dungeon…

Sometimes Watterson conveys Calvin’s state of mind with a few strokes, but here…that last panel…art!

Purgatory or Limbo?

Hobbes better work on hugs and smooches!!! Quick!

Roslyn is so evil! Question: Can anyone give me the date of the infamous noodle incident? Thanks!

It’s half past five, and it’s been dark for over an hour. The sun set today at 3:24 PM. From May 19th to July 23rd, it doesn’t get dark here at all. So, using darkness as a way of telling if it’s bedtime doesn’t really work in Iceland.

The joke is on YOU, Rosalyn. We don’t have a basement here!

Who knew that Rosalyn was the mean step-father from “Fanny and Alexander?”

It only just hit me that they don’t have a basement

MERRY CHRISTMAS.

Naw she is smart, the kind that hits you were the bruises don’t show!

Or – under the bed!

so realistic