Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for October 23, 2011

Ah, love it!

It’s good to have a friend, when you are afraid, even he is afraid to, but it is better to be not allone with your fear! Together it is better to bear!

Awe, this has got to be one of my favorites, fit for this particular season too.

Ah, the joys of camping- the fire, the snacks, the scary stories,,, all the sounds of the woods at night… I hope they aren’t too far from the latrine in that tent!!!!

WooooooooHooooooooo! Look out for the BOOGYMEN, GUYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

very excited.. and will be shock….so much afraid…

Next up: thunderstorm…

Love how Hobbes is carrying Calvin as they run to the tent.

It looks as if cringing Calvin and terrified tiger Hobbes have ‘generated’ more than for what they bargained.

Boogey!!!

bluskies latrine tent? are you kidding? like calvin would use the latrine tent if he’s scared. at home he went out the window cause he thought there was a monster under the bed.

Light attracts intelligent monsters.

So that’s the glow I saw over the ridge last night. Hmmm. Next time I’ll know.

Carried it all the way from the garage to the backyard! Lol

It’s funny how ripping meat off human bones has such a distinctive sound!

Owww…i remember when i feel like that, after a horror movie.

Woah- seems like a six year old would pass out after carrying a generator deep into the woods. Of course, Calvin has Hobbes to help.

They where prepared to be scared .

They are both really cute.

Don’t be scared!

xxx

Not yet.

Note that Calvin is wearing a scout uniform. Here is a strip that we read a few months ago. Bill Watterson drew it only 8 months before today’s strip. Both Calvin and Hobbes have changed a lot in just 8 months:Click here: Calvin and Hobbes (January 1986)

Latrine tent? Most likely it’s just a short trench. Besides, it’s almost certainly too late for the latrine. Sudden, severe fear acts on that area of the body to create two emergencies that won’t wait. Hope they brought a change of clothes, including underwear.

Did you remember to bring extra fule?

@SUSAN NEWMAN:

Maybe you live in a tent in the woods year ’round. If you DO happen to live in a house, who built it? Were they “greedy developers” or honest craftsmen building something good and worthwhile, and employing people into the bargain? I enjoy the woods, and had some to run around in as a kid. But people DO need homes to live in, and places to shop, and jobs to go to. Why must we assume that every developer is greedy? Some probably are, but there are certainly others who create good things with much thought given to landscaping,and esthetics.

There is no need to be scared in places such as forests because darkness doesn’t hide anything like monsters.

Sorry for any confusion; I was not trying to imply that that was a “latrine tent”, but rather that the tent they were in wasn’t far from the latrine, as if it would matter; I too hope they packed clean underwear; as Cosby said, first you say it, then you do it.

One has to wonder how far they are out in the woods …I remember an overview that showed a nice forest grove just past Mom & Dad’s place …

@ SUSAN NEWMAN:

Not at all. I’m just a simple guy who happens to love people and I care what happens to them. I try to be fair and see both sides of an issue. I was hoping for an intelligent discussion, because this subject really bothers me; instead, I got a smart remark. Oh, well.

Lol @ the 6th panel XD

I wish I had a sibling like Calvin… he’d make things sooo much better!

gee whiz! that’s still hilarious

The lights help too.

“Breathing and drooling and ripping the meat off human bones!”

“Ripping the meat off human bones?” Why should Hobbes be afraid?

Like we all remember- “running away from home”…only to hide a few houses away, until you got hungry…

Why is Hobbes scared of a monster that is “ripping the meat off human bones”?

This is why I love C&H. They make me laugh out loud. H’s expression in Panel 5 is priceless and one I can relate to. “Did you hear that?” “What!?” “That!” Classic. Pure classic – it’s either comedy or sheer terror. May all your adventures wind up with a big belly laugh! “Oh, it’s the cat playing with a piece of paper.”

you miss the big idea of camping: lesser light