Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for July 14, 2024

I know that feeling very well.

Poor me, I can’t have any fun, with all these chores…..

Being asked to take out the trash in the middle of having fun builds character.

Shoulda lived with my parents, Calvin. You would have spent your days in the vegetable garden or doing house cleaning. “If you have time to play you have time to (heavy cleaning chore).”

Ruined the moment.

It doesn’t seem to bother either parent that their only child’s only playmate is a stuffed toy! Calvin could find better parenting among the dinosaurs!

Another priceless Watterson.

Drawing, chasing animals, tree house adventures, baseball, comic reading, trekking, treasure hunting, sand box racing… Pant. What more could a six year old would want. Taking trash out once in a while is for building character, fella.

Sunday strips are self-contained, but Ⅰ wouldn’t be surprised if Calvin’s imagination somehow transformed even the mundane chore of taking out the trash into an adventue

Typical.

Whatever it is, it’s never enough for Cal

And not an iPhone or video game in sight. ❤️ it!

Really, Calvin? You were having loads of fun all day! One simple chore won’t kill you!

Come on, Calvin! Stop being a 6 y/o baby!

I was babysitting my 7 year old granddaughter recently at her house. She made a lunch request, which I was happy to accommodate, however I didn’t know where one of the key ingredients was kept. When I asked her where it was (I knew that she knew), she gave a vague answer in understandably 7-year-old fashion. I asked her to show me where she meant. She came downstairs, grumbling about how she had to come all the way into the kitchen.

I nodded very soberly to her and said, “Yeah, life is really tough, isn’t it?”

All it takes is one little thing to wreck the occasion.

He was on a roll; he’ll never get the momentum back

a paper garbage bag.

back in the old days, lol.

A garbage trash can sounds redundant

Wait until he is old enough for Dad to teach him how to start the lawn mower ;)

Hideously unfair that children should have to contribute to their upbringing in any way whatsoever. My childhood attitude; never spoken aloud.

When you look for misery, you’ll find misery. I had a mother like this. She wasn’t happy unless she had something to complain about.

The artwork of this comic is so refreshingly animated and a joy to read. Baffled why it was never made into some movie or into Saturday morning cartoons.

You’re so badly done by, Calvin (sarcasm intended).

Wish I had that much energy and a back to withstand it all.

Considering the kids with whom I went to school, and imaginary classmate would have been a blessing.

And yet Calvin is perfectly happy. Imagination is a wonderful thing. As a kid, my friends all lived some distance away and summers were mostly without them. I didn’t mind a bit! Calvin is one of the truly imaginative kids out there!

I just adore all the fun drawings of Calvin and Hobbes enjoying a summer day! Gave me a big smile this morning.

Calvin would hate today’s totally scheduled summers for kids

Running, tumbling, drawing, chasing, spying, playing, reading, swinging, exploring, searching, imagining- Oh, the fun we’ll have!!!

Be thankful you have Hobbes!

Yup, how human of you, Calvin. Open your eyes. 11 panels of all the fun you can have, measured against 2 panels of a simple chore. Which one wins? 2 or 11? Don’t let the 2 win!

If I live to be 108, I will never understand why people take comic strips so seriously, and try to infuse their own interpretation into what the “message” is supposed to be… even if that “message” is simply a boy, living life to the fullest, with his “tiger.”

Awesome illustrations. The details are incredible!

I can recall one of my sisters announcing that she would no longer do the dishes, as she had been doing them all her life. She was, maybe 10-12 years old at the time, and stated this in the presence of our grandmother, who had been washing dishes by hand for over sixty years.

“So happy together”

Work work work