Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for April 07, 2024

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    BE THIS GUY  9 months ago

    It doesn’t get better when you grow up.

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    codycab  9 months ago

    Imagine if we actually had to put up with all of this on a Sunday!

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    californiamonty  9 months ago

    And thus our hero, Calvin, learned the true meaning of Groundhog Day.

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    Bilan  9 months ago

    As I’ve always believed, when you get out of bed, things just get worse.

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    snsurone76  9 months ago

    Where is Hobbes? He is the only comfort in Calvin’s miserable existence.

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    enigmamz  9 months ago

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    Nailed it!

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    SHIVA  9 months ago

    Reality rears its ugly head, again!!!

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    CalvinD1102 Premium Member 9 months ago

    I feel really sorry for the poor kid, being treated like dirt by characters that are so useless most of them don’t even have names. I hate when STARS are treated like dirts by extras. Another reason Calvin will not miss any of these guys when they are dead. When his parents die he might rent a wood chipper and say that’s how they wanted to leave.

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    The Reader Premium Member 9 months ago

    What that boy needs is a pet tiger.

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    Hello Everyone  9 months ago

    It’s very sweet to see the love his Mom shows Calvin in the 2nd to last panel.

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    einarbt  9 months ago

    I feel you Calvin when it comes to school, school was a total horror.

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    sandpiper  9 months ago

    In training for normal adult working life.

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    BigDaveGlass  9 months ago

    It’s enough to make you go off grid when you grow up. I know I felt like that as a kid…….

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    French Persons' Celebration of Peeved Harry Dinkle Premium Member 9 months ago

    If they just let him do what he wanted every day, Calvin would turn into a pathetic, loser adult who wouldn’t be able to take care of himself.

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    saylorgirl  9 months ago

    Calvin’s face in the last panel is a look of terror of going through it all over again the next day. I remember going through days like that in elementary school.

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    Calvinist1966  9 months ago

    In T. H. White’s “The Once And Future King”, the young Arthur (known as Wart by his bullying foster brother) seems to be having a bad life. Things get better when Merlin becomes his tutor and he starts talking to animals and being turned into an animal. Things get worse when he pulls a sword from a stone and becomes King Arthur as he hates having so much responsibility and especially having to lead armies into war. It gets even worse when Merlin is magically imprisoned under the ground leaving Arthur without his guidance. Like most adults, King Arthur comes to look back at his childhood as the happiest time of his life.

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    PaulAbbott2  9 months ago

    Cal, imagine if you grew up in the tech era. The photo of Moe pounding you would be a meme. The Noodle Incident might be on Facebook and YouTube with 100,000,000 views

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    mrwiskers  9 months ago

    I felt sad after reading today’s comments.

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    Lenavid  9 months ago

    Good analogy for tyranny.

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    moosemin  9 months ago

    When Calvin and Susie have their kids, Calvin will be thanking and emulating his parents.

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    Huckleberry Hiroshima  9 months ago

    I’m with ya, Calvin.

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    SquidGamerGal  9 months ago

    If only she knows… More importantly, how can you not know basic math?!

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    g04922  9 months ago

    LOL… Calvin learning the OTHER facts of life…

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    KageKat  9 months ago

    Some days are like that, kiddo :(

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    wiley207  9 months ago

    Bill Watterson has said some of his favorite Sunday strips he made are the ones that show a day in Calvin’s life, like this one.

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    Humerus1  9 months ago

    :(

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    Redd Panda  9 months ago

    Live long enough to retire and then it’s too late to enjoy life.

    Don’t wait for tomorrow my friends, mix some happy in with the drudgery.

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    flagmichael  9 months ago

    Panel four is what is wrong with way too much teaching in schools. Ms Wormwood is teaching Calvin to be helpless. Instead she should walk him through the process. Counting on fingers is better than despair.

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    Vonne Anton  9 months ago

    This is a great reminder that we never really know what is going on in someone’s life. Including our children. Listen before we correct.

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    ChessPirate  9 months ago

    A day without Hobbes is like a day without sunshine…

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    ladykat  9 months ago

    I feel a bit sorry for Calvin.

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    BiggerNate91  9 months ago

    These reruns are jumping all over the place

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    RobinHood  9 months ago

    We’ve all been there

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    pearcy19  9 months ago

    This is a repeat comic. But it still has flavor.

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    mistercatworks  9 months ago

    It gets easier once you learn to roll with the necessities and pick your battles.

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    richard  9 months ago

    We’re woke! Shouldn’t a Sunday comic be about a Sunday.

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    rob  9 months ago

    I guess I was lucky, I never had issues with bullies all through school and I didn’t like homework I learned to get it done as quick a possible because then I had time to play and watch TV. Now if only I could have been a straight A student like my sister.

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    fbmjr2  9 months ago

    I’m familiar with his day.

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    minty_Joe  9 months ago

    Yep. Certainly a repeating page in my book of life within my chapters of childhood.

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    Silence Dogood Premium Member 9 months ago

    Wow. So many children wish they had such a privileged childhood…

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    Ka`ōnōhi`ula`okahōkūmiomio`ehiku Premium Member 9 months ago

    Another typical Calvin day.

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    hagarthehorrible  9 months ago

    Well, that was a long day indeed, getting lectured on what is to be done. The good night kiss by mom was the only bright side. Grow ups do not have better days than this either.

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    Jesquire  9 months ago

    This was truly heartbreaking, reading it for the first time.

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    kathleenhicks62  9 months ago

    Things to look forward to.

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    JoeMartinFan Premium Member 9 months ago

    Well, Calvin…if you stop stalling and do what you’re supposed to do when you’re supposed to do it, there would be more time for fun. There’s no real freedom without responsibility. The bully part is different, of course; that’s certainly not Calvin’s fault. But I’m not too quick to fault the teacher’s attitude knowing how aggravating Calvin can be in class, and knowing how much he procrastinates with his homework even when he gets extra time to do it. If he paid better attention in class and didn’t neglect his studying, maybe he would know the answer. And let’s not forget – most of the strips show Calvin having plenty of time to play and explore and have fun and use his very fertile imagination. All in all, I’d say Calvin has a pretty good life.

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    Otis Rufus Driftwood  9 months ago

    Isn’t this the kind of day that builds character?

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    willie_mctell  9 months ago

    I didn’t have homework till 7th grade. Regular public schools in the ’50s.

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    dwyntomlinson Premium Member 9 months ago

    This. This has been stuck in my brain since it first ran. 30 years. As true now as it was then.

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    Sambora1  9 months ago

    There are many people on here commenting today that I think got up on the wrong side of the bed, calm down and relax. And to the commentor that suggested that Calvin kill his parents with a wood chipper you should be ashamed of yourself and you got flagged for that comment, and the ones that liked that comment should also be ashamed.

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    bmillar  9 months ago

    the top panel is the best part!

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    lindz.coop Premium Member 9 months ago

    Keep it.

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    aussie399 Premium Member 6 months ago

    What do you know. He had the type of day he deserves

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