Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for February 16, 2025

Calvin’s defeat is so crushing, he actually cries about it all day and night.

Today’s strip reminded me of those Old Family Circus Sunday Strips, except of course, this one is much better.

This strip is cool—no dialogue! Unfortunately, no Hobbes, either.

The variety of grouch and fiendish faces is quite marvelous today!

Premature selection.

He threw his load too early. And Susie will never let him forget it…

Get used to it, Calvin.

Well past Calvin’s bedtime in the final panel.

Ambushing the ambusher!

And this is why she is his soulmate. Or will be in another 15 years.

I wonder what Sun Tzu would say about Susie’s tactics?

good things come to those who wait

And Calvin rages to the heavens about the injustice of it all…

Sigh… It’s hard to live in a neighborhood where everybody knows you way too well.

Super comic ‘pantomime’ today. Hilarious and just what was needed on a very cold, rainy Sunday.

An extraordinary strip. One can’t help but get the message and it’s something l suffer from since l’ve always been a sensitive soul.

We really shouldn’t dwell on the negative moments in our past but for some, it’s easier said than done.

Someone pass me the Sertraline…

Susie proves once again that she’s no dummy.

……just like Moses “crying” in the wilderness!!!!

The stars had to be properly aligned.

I love it when objective reality literally hits Calvin in the face.

Best served cold…

Susie knows all his hiding places; time for a different strategy

Oh well. There are days like that.

Susie got you again, Calvin!

Man smart.

Woman smarter.

That’s right.

he has no patience to wait for a target, but will rant and rave about a perceived injustice well into the night

He who hesitates is lost.

Calvin should be proud, because of him, Suzie doesn’t “throw like a girl.” A great future couple.

One of his best.

Susie would never do that. We all know that girls are made of sugar and spice…

I really feel Calvin’s frustration in the last panel.

“Ah, you must have patience, grasshopper!”

The master of the 14-panel comic!

Part of the brilliance of the Calvin and Hobbes comics was that Watterson could write clever dialogue, but he also knew that, sometimes, no dialogue is needed.

The hunter becomes the prey, sorry Calvin, there is an equalizing force out there waiting.

Ya had it commin! ;-)

Last panel: Calvin represents everyone who cries out to God/the universe/fate/whatever “IT’S NOT FAIR!!!” while never acknowledging their own wrongdoing. You got your comeuppance, Calvin; deal with it!

I hate karma>:( It shouldn’t count when I was only TRYING to be a jerk!

Susie !! Yay ~

I wonder how far Susie was when she threw her snow ball? A few weeks ago, she hit him from about 50 feet or more an knocked his shoes off. This time his hat, gloves, and shoes were all casualties from the impact of her snowball! She must have been a bit closer.

it’s times like this that make me be glad i am not a boy.

When you least expect it, expect it!

nice going calvin

I love the no-dialogue strips! This one is fine!

He actually hit what he was aiming at!