Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for September 08, 2010

Eat ‘im, Hobbes!

GM MARG

MOMMY, can I sleep with you and DA DA

Timing is everything.

Good morning, Marg, Mike & ♠Lonewolf♠

Yes, yes, Hobbes is a big friend of tuna!!

Good morning, Everyone….

Calvin just had to have that sardine pizza!!!!!!!!!!!

Calvin’s imagination certainly has its inconvenient moments.

They actually put their small kid in a separate tent?

I too thought so, Johanan.

So Dad really did put a flopping bass in Calvin’s sleeping bag?

paha_siga, this is Calvin we’re talking about - wouldn’t you? In reality, as long as the tents are side by side, and everyone’s comfortable with it, there’s no reason not to.

I’d describe Calvin’s expression in the last panel as righteous indignation.

Hobbes is a sucker for the tuna.

Calvin’s not alone in the tent; he has Hobbes. If Calvin believes Hobbes is real, then he is.

Hobbes how could you scare Calvin that bad. I think you can guess what happened to Calvin. Calvin why don’t you just go and changed take of smelly pj’s.

Mom and Dad should put a lock on their tent door…

Hee, Hobbes looks so cute in that first panel.

Watterson has usually been pretty ambiguous as to whether or not Hobbes is real. In some of his commentaries in the books he’s said it depends on your point of view - Calvin sees him one way, while the rest of the world does not. He did hint that Hobbes was indeed more than imagination - when Calvin wanted to be an escape artist and had Hobbes tie him to the chair and wound up being unable to get out, Watterson pointed out that there was no way Calvin could have done that to himself.

Mom gives Calvin a lot of flak at the flap!

If Calvin was a fish it would have to be a carp.

LeslieAnne said (yesterday), “…he looks up between slides!!!” There’s some ‘margin’ for error that calls for a ‘panel’ discussion to reach a consensus, but you might be right! I’ll give you ‘the edge’. Just between you and me, I like your sense of humor!

Never get between a cat and fish.

Puddleglum2… thanks! I like yours too…

Xane… Hobbes is always cute!!!

Doppelspammerflaggen!

The bottom line is that Hobbes is real to Calvin and nothing else matters. That’s why the strip is called “Calvin and Hobbes,” not “Calvin and Hobbes and (fill in the blank).”

He did that on purpose just so he can have the tent all to himself!

I think Calvin just wanted an excuse to go sleep with Mom and Dad. There could have been a real tiger or bear out there, so why take a chance.

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

Give a boy a fish and he’ll eat while texting his friends. Take a boy fishing and he’ll miss his x_box for a day Teach a boy fishing and you better be using wii

Could anything be scarier to a 6-year-old boy like Calvin than for his pet tiger, with such sharp “mandibles of death” and who likes his food “surprised and running” … to be smelling something yummy (like fresh fish) in his sleep when, in that situation, he isn’t really able to distinguish the difference between his best friend, Calvin, and the freshly caught fish by Calvin’s dad that morning?!?!?

Something’s really fishy when Hobbes can scare Calvin out of his tent in the middle of the night.

Incredible the unconditional love Calvin’s parents have for him. They put up with everything from him and he is still alive….

I never dreamt Hobbes would turn back to the wild. That is scary . Lets go home Dad.

Its time for tacolvin fish

This was such a great plan of Hobbes to get the tent all to himself! He must be in there still laughing! The look on Calvin’s face in panel 3 is GREAT!

That’s the trouble with camping by the lake, everything ends up smelling like fish. I’d raid the bags and cover myself with suntan lotion or something else as smelly.

Hobbes rocks

Hobbes can have my tuna. I an SICK of it (and Mom asking over and over if I want it)!