Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for June 16, 2023

It’s quite obvious that Calvin needs a spitting coach.

Calvin doesn’t want to spit. He wants to spray!

Personal hygiene is an abstract subject to him!!

To truly hock a loogie, one must not force the phlegm up from the throat, but from the soul. Tip of the hat to Revenge Of The Nerds ll.

The art of Hocking a Loogie

Correction: No one is interested in YOUR hobbies, Calvin.

If learning math in school makes you a better spitter, then you might as well do it.

Hobbes doesn’t want to be within range of Calvin’s loogie.

I’d tell Susie about your hobby. She would surely listen to you.

Calvin, my man, come over here to Beijing and walk down the sidewalk. You will see plenty of phlegm. No doubt you can a lot of people to discuss the finer points of that hobby. Do it soon and you can get one wearing a “Beijing Bikini”.

yuckkkkkk!!

You’ll think it’s phlem, but it’s snot

Hobby Hobbes.

Hobbes hates your hobb-ies That was terrible i know.

This is yet another strip which shows that Hobbes isn’t a stuffed doll whom Calvin is pretending is real but a living being who walks away from Calvin. It’s true that he isn’t actually shown walking away from Calvin here so it is possible to imagine that someone carried him away from Calvin. However, many other strips have shown him walking up to Calvin or walking away from Calvin.

As I’ve explained before, it wasn’t the strips that show Hobbes walking away from Calvin but the strips which show a living Hobbes without Calvin that first led me to suspect that I had been wrong in assuming Hobbes to be part of Calvin’s imagination. As a result, I started to watch out for those rare strips that show Hobbes on his own.

Are there any spitting competitions Calvin can enter?? He might pick up a few pointers, there.

It might help to imagine he’s spitting on someone he hates, such as Mom & Dad, Moe, Rosalyn, Miss Wormwood…

Hobbes with a blep!!!

Priceless!

Hobbes had to run to throw up after that conversation.

Somebody get this kid a watermelon.

You just need a pinch of tobacco in your cheek.

I had a couple of outdoor construction jobs in my early 20’s. I became a spitting expert, with knowledge and skills that I retain even to this day.

…or about your half-marathon times.

Oy!

I think Hobbes had the right idea…

Working on “hang time” right now!

He should make this a school report

Improve your spit quality by chewing something gooey.

Tootsie Roll comes to mind, Lasagna might work.

For range and accuracy, I go with Watermelon seeds.

That’s a dreadful hobby, Calvin!

Helpful Hint: You had to have thrown him somewhere, Calvin.

Please, I’m eating breakfast!

depends on the hobby… :p

Wonder why?

Of course nowadays, Calvin could find a Spitting hobbyist chat group on the internet. Perhaps even organized competitions

“Critical Mucus Mass” Screaming funny

“Who starts a conversation like that, I just sat down!”

Thank goodness there’s not a magazine like Chewing but for Spitters

This is true, but some hobbies have less hearable tolerance than others.

Maybe he should try writing comic strips.

I went to school with a kid they nicknamed Muke, but I never did see if he could hock a loogie

The boy is evolving into something we just may not like…. Run Hobbes, Run !

That’s as bad as advertising bears talking about how a roll of paper helps them enjoy “going”. Does a bear advertise in the woods?

He needs a life coach!

I probably won’t win on distance or accuracy, but I’ve got it on volume.

for sure – when I talk about my tin foil hat collection, nobody seems very interested…………..

The few times when Calvin can be obnoxious.

Tigers can’t imagine using saliva for anything else besides cleaning themselves.

Then I guess he should change his name.

I have GOT to stop reading Calvin & Hobbs when I’m eating lunch.

Welcome to the real world, Calvin!!!

I’m wondering how many people left after reading the first 2 panels…

Ew… Gross!

Gross me out too.

oh that’snot true

Girls see him as just another boy in love with his bodily fluids.

Especially before lunch.

perhaps you need a new friend, Calvin, who appreciates your hobby or just a new hobby in general

’Snot for the lack of enthusiasm