Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for May 24, 2024

Sounds like a plan, Calvin!

Stiff upper lip there, Calvin.

They are coping well.. how’s dad doing?

Calvin was so happy about Hobbes being safe that he forgot that the TV was stolen

The truth is finally dawning on Calvin. BTW, doesn’t that family have insurance that covers theft??

She broke his mind. Reminds me of the old Kenny Rogers song. Just dropped in to see what condition my condition was in.

Ditching TV builds character

Welcome to adultworld

The Sarcasm was undetectable.

Calvin eating asparagus and doing his homework, his mom thinks, something good did come from this.

still waiting or the humor, this is a comic strip afterall.

And comics strips can be deep too. Don’t confine your thinking to boxes.

Just play the Metal Gear sound effect over Calvin’s head.

That face!

While I agree about the asparagus, the rest sounds like our daily routine. Leave work, eat dinner, do chores, go to bed. Repete….

And now the grim reality is finally settling in…

The attention span of a goldfish

Maybe he can set the VCR and watch it later. Oh, wait…

You could go over to Susie’s and study Anatomy.

Considering the year and the economy, wonder why anyone would steal a tv of that era with so many miles on it. Must have just been easy pickins

Now tell him you’ve decided not to replace the TV …

Robbers would be hard pressed to find our TV, plus it’s small, old and not smart.

A TV whose theft Hobbes could do absolutely nothing to prevent. Hmmm.

You can always read comic books after you finish your homework Calvin. Besides, asparagus is good stuff, especially when it’s grilled.

Just wait, Calvin. Your kids will live inside their smart phones. At least you still go outside to play.

Was that a record for consecutive days without Calvin or Hobbes in the strip?

Sorry, not sorry, Calvin. You can do without TV for a few days.

Into each life, some rain must fall.

LOL….Panel 3 is awesome.

Our TV died when I was thirteen, and my parents thought we’d try to live without it for a while, rather than rush to replace it. This strip describes exactly how I felt!

Good thing they didn’t have a console, otherwise the robbers would have needed a truck to haul off the loot

Calvin just matured in the matter of a single panel.

That face in the third panel!!! Ufa!

Panel 3: That’s reality hitting you square in the gut.

When I was a kid, we lived in some remote locations. A lot more got done after school when TV reception was too poor to watch.

Calvin now realizes how the robbery affects him personally.

Love that “poof!” over Calvin in the third panel!

Calvin, you may not know it yet, but for you, that is probably the worst response you could have said to your parents!!

Calvin is 6 years old, he could use a hug and some reassuring words. It’s not his job to support his parents emotionally.

Buy another TV! I hate cheap parents. God his parents are such aholes! Call protective child services ASAP.

Since Calvin mentioned homework, this happened over the school year. Which means the initial wedding pretty much took up his weekend, and his limited free time.

Calvin is wonder what kind of thief would steal the TV instead of the asparagus.

I have a hard time no TV viewing.

Read a book.

No need to replace the TV!

i’d thought they’d let that slide NOPE

Epic face in panel 3. Love it.

When I was a kid in the 80s, if our TV had ever been stolen, my Silent Generation parents would have been in as big a hurry to replace it as I would have been. But they also had a smaller set in their bedroom and a black & white set in the kitchen. And we were definitely not rich, just a gather-’round-the-TV type of family.

When I was Calvin’s age, we had a Heathkit TV.

If we had been robbed, no way the robbers were going to haul that behemoth out.

Plus, something in it broke on a weekly basis, and my dad was so happy hauling out all the blueprints and spending hours fixing it “for only $0.05 worth of parts”.