Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for August 22, 2010

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    margueritem  about 14 years ago

    He’s has the heart of a lifelong bachelor, Suzie..

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    zero  about 14 years ago

    …and that’s how the phrase “Mr. Bun in the oven” was bornded… mostly

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    margueritem  about 14 years ago

    jukeofurl, it could have happened that way….

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    Vista Bill Raley and Comet™  about 14 years ago

    Ya’ gotta like these grown up Calvin and Susie strips…

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    mike.firesmith  about 14 years ago

    *Good morning Marg! Good morning Fran and Kizzzy! Good Morning L’Wolf! Good Morning Grog!*

    I love the artwork in this one. Would Calvin really look like that as an adult?

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    GROG Premium Member about 14 years ago

    You’ve got the right idea, Calvin!

    Good Morning, Marg, Mike & Lonewolf!

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    pouncingtiger  about 14 years ago

    Susie might have a point, but I agree with Calvin in action.

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    linsonl  about 14 years ago

    Hi, all! I’m up late tonight. Way to go, Susie.

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    Commentator  about 14 years ago

    That mutated baby must be targeted for termination!

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    Frankr  about 14 years ago

    It looks like Rex Morgan MD

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    converses  about 14 years ago

    It’s because Hobbes is not pretend, Mr. Bun is pretend.

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    ladywolf17  about 14 years ago

    Bye Calvin! Come back and play again sometime.

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    rentier  about 14 years ago

    Great artwork, I love it!

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    lazygrazer  about 14 years ago

    One of my all-time favorites. Watterson’s best of both worlds.

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    Ooops! Premium Member about 14 years ago

    Hello Sir Lew

    Is Darling, the seven letter title SHE WHO MUST BE OBEYED calls you?

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    Bittermelon of Truth  about 14 years ago

    Perhaps it’s just as well that adult Calvin didn’t demand a paternity test on that baby/rabbit…

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    Sandfan  about 14 years ago

    Mr. Bun would be a tasty little tidbit for Hobbes.

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    lewisbower  about 14 years ago

    WISE FOOL You would think so, but SHE starts her term of endearment with a vowel, the first one as a matter of fact.

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    Rakkav  about 14 years ago

    Maybe this is further proof that Suzie is a budding INFJ (and thus able to take her imagination in two tiers) and Calvin is a budding ENFP (and thus unwilling and possibly unable to do so).

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    larney45  about 14 years ago

    Hmmm…why is it that Calvin’s imagination is much more vivid when Hobbes is involved.? Is it because Hobbes IS Calvin’s imagination and he can only have a disjointed, reality-based mind game without him? Analysis, please?

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    rentier  about 14 years ago

    I hated playing with dolls, when I was a child, it was no life in it! I didn’t like it!

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    rshive  about 14 years ago

    Becuase Mr. Bun is icky. And I have to use all those teacups. And….. Susie just won’t understand.

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    rotts  about 14 years ago

    spammerflaggen!

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    Me_Again  about 14 years ago

    Same here actually, LX013.

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    MontanaLady  about 14 years ago

    I LOVE the older Calvin and Suzie!!

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    Werebeagle  about 14 years ago

    I remember when I first saw this strip in the paper - first couple of panels, I thought that they had the wrong strip under the C&H title.

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    ellisaana Premium Member about 14 years ago

    Lew, I am guessing that’s - airhead.

    (Not that you are, of course, but that’s the euphemism we use in our house.)

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    ratlum  about 14 years ago

    Tigers and Rabbits? We have a real problem here.

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    Gretchen's Mom  about 14 years ago

    It’s simple, Susie … because Hobbes is real and Mr. Bun isn’t!

    Besides, Hobbes doesn’t “play house” and pretend to be a baby! He and Calvin go on wagon rides down dangerous hills, play Calvinball, and go on long walks where they have intellectually stimulating conversations about God and the Universe, etc. Probably all Mr. Bun likes to do is just have boring tea parties and be carried around like an infant!

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    Reenster  about 14 years ago

    This is my favorite Calvin&Hobbes of all time. I remember when I first saw this strip in the newspaper, I bypassed it because it looked so much like a “serious” comic. Only when I couldn’t find my favorite comic did I go back to the front page to discover it!

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    SWEETBILL  about 14 years ago

    Calvin is still at his “i hate girls ” time of his . At his age I was the same, and had a teddy bear for my best friend (mascot) :-)

    Me thinks as an adult, Calivin will always be “IT’S ALL ABOUT ME” type…………….

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    APPLESCRUFF  about 14 years ago

    SPAMMER FLAGGED! :)

    Wouldn’t it be great to see Calvin & Susie as teenagers? Wonder if they’d be going steady or fighting.

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    vibjyor  about 14 years ago

    Suzy is mixing up characters too much for Calvin’s taste. Hobbes is a tiger always - in Calvin’s imagination he is grown up size but when others are around he is still the same. The result is that Calvin stays the same. No need to change or grow up. He can be as irrational as he pleases.

    And Suzy wants him to pretend that he is a grown up now and Mr. Bun is small. That is asking too much from Calvin.

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    BuzzDog  about 14 years ago

    In one of the Calvin and Hobbes books, Bill Watterson wrote that this particular strip was one of the most enjoyable he did. He always had an admiration for the Rex Morgan/Mary Worth style…

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    dahawk  about 14 years ago

    LX013, you must be logged in to gocomics.com to flag.

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    marvee  about 14 years ago

    @LX013, There is a small flag under each comment. Click on it and it becomes red and reds Flagged. I wish site had a thumbs up, thumbs down voting system. So many comments say what I’m thinking that there is no point in my repeating it, but I would like to register my appreciation.

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    JP Steve Premium Member about 14 years ago

    Now if Mr Bun teamed up with M. Smokey (C’est la Vie) we’d really be in trouble!

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    gofinsc  about 14 years ago

    Calvin is prescient. Except the real thing is even worse.

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    SherriannPederson  about 14 years ago

    Katy Perry Playing House lyrics

    We can’t keep playing house With such a big world outside How do we shut it out? At a fork in the road Should I stay or should I go? I’ll keep the cat Leave a spare under the mat If you need to crash one day

    Cause I know we swore forever But it seems so far away Don’t you think we’re just too young To play these grown up games?

    Cause you know me too well It’d be like me lying to myself But I’m so scared to be alone And go back to sleeping with the lights on

    Cause I can be myself Drunk or sober fat proactive poster Wouldn’t it be nice If we were older

    Cause I know we swore forever But it seems so far away Don’t you think we’re just too young To play these grown up games

    Some days I wanna take my chances Not live so modernized Some day I wanna be a Mrs. But it’s not yet quite right No it’s not yet quite right

    So there go our future children’s names I put the rest of us in a box in the closet That I cannot open without getting full Full of emotion Because you know I loved you You know I loved you You know I loved you You know I loved you You know I loved you

    Cause I know we swore forever But it seems so far away Don’t you think we’re just too young To play

    One day I wanna take my chances Not live so modernized One day I wanna be a Mrs. But it’s not yet quite right No it’s not yet quite right No it’s not yet quite right

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    Saucy1121 Premium Member about 14 years ago

    Marg hope you continue with a fast recovery.

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    margueritem  about 14 years ago

    Thanks Saucy1121. Feeling kind of achy right now again. :-(

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    trekkermint  about 14 years ago

    this reminds me of the pet parents - those who call their dog their son, or cat their daughter or whatever not my furry child, a pet, with its own perspective

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    ratlum  about 14 years ago

    GRETCHE NS MOM Hold it here I becha Bun gets little kiss and cuddles that Hobbes would die for .

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    mrprongs  about 14 years ago

    Good idea. Make fun of Hobbes. That’ll get Calvin back. And Calvin, don’t ever smoke. It’s bad for you.

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    Puddleglum2  about 14 years ago

    twypsi also said, “A divine creator… never existed in the first place.” “The fool has said in his heart, there is no God.” - Psalms 14:1 and 53:1 There is no chance that the universe came into existence by chance. That would be magic like a frog turning into a prince, only slower. If you refuse to believe in God, it’s your prerogative, but: “…at the name of Jesus every knee should (will) bow,… and every tongue should (will) confess, that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.” - Philippians 2;10,11 They still won’t repent for salvation, but they will have to acknowledge who he really is.

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    bmonk  about 14 years ago

    I agree: this was a favorite Calvin & Hobbes–but then, there were so many favorites! I think that Calvin disliked playing with Mr. Bunn because, as Hobbes once said, “Mr Bunn seems comatose.” (after a tea)

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    khpage  about 14 years ago

    It would be interesting to read the school psychologist’s analysis of Calvin….

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    gocomicsmember  about 14 years ago

    I have always liked this episode of C&H, except that I would strongly dispute Suzie’s denigration of Hobbes. There is nothing dumb about him. TIGERS RULE!

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    cseverin  about 14 years ago

    Bill Watterson is an absolute genius! Talent beyond compare! I love how he can draw in the “serious cartoon” manner and then revert back to our familiar “Calvin and Hobbes” style. And even within that, I find it amazing how he depicts Hobbes as real-life to Calvin but as an actual stuffed toy to the rest of the world. The man is amazing!

    I’m so happy to be able to follow the adventures of C+H here on GoComics.com because I really miss Bill Watterson in the newspapers.

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    animalz47249  about 14 years ago

    am i the only one who realizes this is a rerun??

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    Happy, happy, happy!!! Premium Member over 8 years ago

    BUNNY!

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