Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for January 21, 2024

You’d think, Calvin would recognize Hobbes handwriting.

Big sloppy smackers…..

Hobbes must really love Valentine’s Day considering we’re still in January.

Fun bit of trivia: when I heard the Matchmaker song as a kid, I assumed it meant a match as in a thing you light fires with instead of a special someone.

It is a little early for a Valentine’s Day strip

Not only is Hobbes the smarter alter ego of Calvin, he’s also the sneakier one.

LOL! “My natural studliness has overwhelmed Susie’s fragile grip on reality!”

3 weeks early? Still funny, but….

“The course of true love never did run smooth…”

Valentine’s Day?? It’s not even Groundhog’s Day, yet!!

It’s the drawings, actions, and dialogue of Hobbes that make this one a personal favorite.

Muchas smooches…all the Spanish you’ll ever need.

Good thing he didn’t have a gun.

“El ConKISStador”. This whole strip signifies one of Hobbes’ finer moments.

You’re punked fema-phobe

I haven’t laughed like this for weeks. Thanks, Hobbes.

Calvin is just scared of his true feelings. Woo! Woo!… ;-)

Poor Susie being hit in the face with a slush ball hurts.

Just seeing Calvin’s facial expressions from panel 2 onward…

And soon we’ll see stars going around Calvin’s butt!

You realize, of course, Hobbes is a stuffed toy brought to life only through Calvin’s vivid imagination. Now, stuffed toys cannot send valentines. Therefore, the only source of Calvin’s valentine is Calvin himself. Therefore, CALVIN wrote the valentine, CALVIN handed it to himself and CALVIN believes Susie is smitten with him.

Hobbes, the inciter of riots.

Hobbes’ facial expressions are priceless, especially in panel 6.

Another rockin’ arc. As Hobbes can’t write, it has to be Cal, who put down what he really feels about Susie.

Ha no way stuffed tiger is can wrote kid. You is wrotes it yourself didn’t cha.

I love Calvin’s comment about Susie’s fragile grip on reality. So ironic when he is the one talking to the stuffed tiger all the time.

Everything amazing about the Calvin and Hobbs Masterpiece is present in this strip. Great Comedy, great plot. Amazing Art. Amazing turn-arounds surprises that we all see coming but love none-the-less. The surreal nature of Hobbs and Calvin projecting his subconscious thoughts and dreams through him. Childhood, frivolity and fun. Thank you Bill Watterson for this amazing body of work. I need to open my complete Calvin and Hobbs and binge read again…..

Maybe my favorite C&H strip ever. So many laughs. Hobbes facial expressions. Calvin’s facial expressions. Cal’s hat flying off. “Muchas smoochies”. "My natural studliness. Susie’s hat and bots flying off. Hobbes singing. Genius

He claims to be horrified at the idea of Susie loving him, and yet somehow he never thinks to ask “Why WOULD she?”

Susie’s comment on, “I didn’t send you…” is far better than Violet’s when she told something similar to Charlie Brown. “you smelly, snot-nosed troll…” hahahaha

Hobbes, that was mean to both Calvin and Susie.

You’d think he’d recognize the paw prints, tiger fur and faint smell of urine, but nooooo….

I really think the answer is Calvin has a split personality. Explaining how Hobbes can do things that Calvin isn’t aware of. It might also explain his sociopathic behavior.

One of the best strips in a long while. Love the look on Hobbes’ face in panel six. Someday Susie will get her ultimate revenge…. by marrying Calvin. LOL…

“Con-KISS-tador”— Hobbes comes up with the best taunts!

“CON KISS TADOR?” Sounds like Hobbes has been reading too much GoComics punny commentators too much!

Do Calvin and Susie end up getting married?

Can’t believe he wasn’t tipped off by the “woo woo”

Well, he was probably going to “slush ball” her anyway. :)

That was a dirty trick Hobbes, a dirty trick :)

If you want to be a real troublemaker, send a Father’s Day card to a couple with no kids. Just address to the last name.

“Smelly, snot-nosed troll” — My new go-to insult; thanks Susie ♥ I can’t stop laughing — ROFLMAO,

Calvin’s ‘natural studliness’ remark is a reminder how conflicted he is over how he feels about Susie. Be grateful Watterson never showed when the hormones kicked in.

Calvin’s natural studliness( lolol) and Susie calling him a smelly snot nosed troll…a match made in heaven…lol

Absolutely incredible imagination!!

“Muchas smooches for El ConKISStador!” Hobbes is obsessed with smooches! I wonder if Hobbes has ever asked Calvin to get him a lady tiger…

Hoo boy, do I have a LOT to say about this one! I love Hobbes’s faces in the fourth, fifth, sixth, and eleventh panels! Hobbes’s Spanish accent in the fourth panel and mocking kiss in the sixth panel are also fun, along with his faux innocent singing in the eleventh panel. But yeah, he clearly devised the prank just to troll Calvin. And regarding Hobbes’s last line in the last panel…

“The world goes round day by day, and here we all are together!

I’m stuck with you, and you’re stuck with me, through good and stormy weather!"

Still one of the most truly evil scams that Hobbes ever pulled!

This might be the best comic strip all time…..

Hilarious!

One of the best Calvin and Hobbes strios!