Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for May 15, 2024

Excuse me, I have something in my eye.

Cherish this moment, guys. It’s not everyday this comic becomes heartwarming.

Poor Calvin!

Tomorrow will look a lot better Calvin

On the other hand, burglars might steal a kid’s stuffed animal just to be mean!

Hobbes is priceless. Too bad Calvin’s parents are too dense to realize that!

Rare moments of empathy with Calvin. He has his moments.

One man’s trash is another man’s treasure…

we think he is too Calvin

You don’t know what you have until you lose it.

My daughter has a stuffed puppy that she values almost as much as Calvin does Hobbes. If I could only save one thing from my house in a fire, you can bet I’m ignoring the high value electronics, cash, and firearms and I’m saving that puppy. It cannot be replaced.

Aww, this is so sad. I’ve never seen Calvin cry like this over Hobbes. I’m like BE THIS GUY, I have something in my eyes too.

Watching a British show called The Repair Shop. A woman brings in a dilapidated doll that she lost 63 years previously in the war. It was found and returned to her and she wanted it fixed. They did an excellent job and she was very emotional over it. Great show.

The❤️Count would say Hobbes is absolutely priceless. :.(

Chill out, kid! No two-bit punk would steal a plush toy. They’re not even worth a half of a dime bag!

Maybe he’s hiding somewhere Calvin and thieves would never look, like the bathtub.

So, now the strip is called “Calvin”.

I’m going out on a limb here, but I predict that Hobbs will soon be found! Otherwise the strip will have to be renamed… “Calvin!”

It’ll be okay, Calvin, I’m sure you will find Hobbes soon.

My bears Ted, Ed and Ned have been with me/us since 1994. Ted used to ride shot gun at all times, but he is the back seat driver now and Ed and Ned are in the bookcase headboard.

I really wish that Mr. Watterson would start penning the comic strip again!!

No worries, Calvin. Cats are great at hiding when necessary. Our cat flat out disappears when she’s on afternoon break.

When I was a kid, I was always puzzled by reports of burglars stealing silverware. “Why?”, I wondered. “It’s not particularly valuable. You can get a complete set of it at any Sears or JCPenney’s. And it’s bulky and hard to carry.” Eventually somebody explained to me that what I was thinking of was ordinary tableware, made of base metals, not the fancy-schmancy actual silverware that posh folx used. But when you’re a kid you don’t think of how the language has evolved, only of actual things you’ve seen yourself.

If you think he’s valuable but the thieves did not, then you’ve got the best of both worlds.

I am verklempt.

Sad. But is it a burglar or did Hobbes get angry at being left behind.

He has to be there!!!

They are important! I have a moose that’s been with me thru chemo & stem cell transplantation & all my latest hospitalizations and a small hand size one that goes with me to the dentist & I’m 70

Indeed, friendship can be far more valuable than possessions.

I figured Hobbes got bored and thrashed the house. waits

Indeed Calvin! In fact, we wouldn’t have this comic, but for him. Who’d want to read a “Calvin and Nobody Else” comic?

He is the MOST valuable.

If we go back to the 6th, the 4th panel shows Hobbs’s tail hanging over the edge of the unmade bed (presumably Calvin’s unmade bed). He’s under the covers and probably unnoticeable by anyone not actually looking for him

Nothing; not vegetarian meals, going to school, getting in trouble, taking swimming lessons, not even going camping can make Calvin more sad than losing Hobbes.

hes not valuable at all

in the movie “A night to remember” one woman takes her ’lucky’toy pig and leaves behind a box of jewels. often ‘value’ has little to do with a price tag. by that scale. to a little boy, Hobbs is priceless

Hobbes saw his opportunity and he took it. Fame and fortune await.

Children can be extremely attached to their dolls. In Family Affair, Buffy was extremely attached to Mrs. Beasley, because it was the last gift she received before her parents dies. In Aliens, Newt is attached to her doll as a source of comfort in facing the horrors of the aliens. She knew it was a piece of plastic. Calvin has no friends (his occasional encounters with Susie notwithstanding), and it’s an enormous source of comfort to him to imagine that his doll is a living friend.

I had a mild panic this morning. My wallet wasn’t in my shorts. But,before I go full Donald Duck, I checked the likely possibility. There it was, downstairs, next to the toilet. The shorts are relaxed fit and the pockets too.

One of the few times Calvin made me feel sorry for him.

A perfect example of doing a punchline without it being comedic.

Just go to bed, Calvin