Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for January 27, 2010

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    margueritem  over 14 years ago

    LMAO! Go Dad!

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    Praxsis  over 14 years ago

    Heck no you wanna take the kid, to make sure the relatives don’t want you to make a return trip. LOL

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    sjoujke  over 14 years ago

    I can see why he calls it a dorky picture…get a load of his hair.

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    Pacejv  over 14 years ago

    Way to go, Dad!

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    carmy  over 14 years ago

    Good plan, Dad! He’s probably just sending the cards with photo to Mom’s family.

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    00andy  over 14 years ago

    LOL …. Dad’s really annoyed hehe

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    Wiseguy411  over 14 years ago

    Frame three - I used to feel like that for almost 30 years. bleeep ties.

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    svspatel  over 14 years ago

    Calvin, you look intelligent in that get-up.

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    Ooops! Premium Member over 14 years ago

    But if you dress Calvin up all nice and clean, your relatives might bring their kids over so Calvin can be a good influence.

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    serenasakitty  over 14 years ago

    I’m sure Dad kows Calvin will do something at the right moment to prevent his being used as a good example.

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    unemandarine  over 14 years ago

    HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! Dad is sooo funny!

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    Unclebup  over 14 years ago

    Dad needs to lower the tripod - all he’ll get is the top of Calvins head. …and how come Hobbs doesn’t get in on the picture?

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    jbmetalmonster  over 14 years ago

    good idea dad, nothing is worse for the wallet than more mouths to feed, especially when uncle max is around

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    ronaldmundy  over 14 years ago

    sjoujke, it’s not the pic that’s dorky. it’s his clothes. at least calvin can read.

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    jrbj  over 14 years ago

    Dad may be a total dork, but at least he’s honest.

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    Herocoder  over 14 years ago

    Lol .. Dad really has some good ideas ..

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    Dino-1  over 14 years ago

    One point for Dad!

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    JennieMR  over 14 years ago

    LOL I always love the Dad’s wisecracks. The mom is far too serious, but you can tell that she loves Calvin. Yes, any other mom would have shipped him to Australia. LOL

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    GROG Premium Member over 14 years ago

    That brings back memmories, but my Dad never said that to me. But I still hate getting my picture taken after all these years.

    If it were Garfield, he might send him to Abu Dabi, JennieMR

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    JTGAM  over 14 years ago

    I love Dad’s sarcastic wisecracks. They are the only thing that lets him survive Calvin. And in frame 3…that’sthe way every male feels that has to put on a tie. That’s why they called them “neck tie parties” in the old west.

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    Ivy0730Lcsq  over 14 years ago

    Who dares to visit, no one after Uncle Max

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    COWBOY7  over 14 years ago

    Mess his hair back to where it was! Ugh!

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    Miss.Fit  over 14 years ago

    ahahaha… dad you have a sense of humor…

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    bald  over 14 years ago

    take calvin with you, but be sure to tell him to act like he usually does, that way you will NEVER have to go visit those relatives you don’t like

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    Brother_James437  over 14 years ago

    That’s one way to discourage unwanted relatives from comming over to sponge off you for dinner.

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    00andy  over 14 years ago

    btw, I think dad looks somewhat like the dad in the tv series “Alf”…… called Willie Tanner… :o) http://www.imdb.com/media/rm2488834048/nm0942642

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    Comicsexpert  over 14 years ago

    Watterson is the master. I especially like Calvin’s combed hair in the last panel.

    Comics Expert grade: 5.0 out of 5.0

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    alondra  over 14 years ago

    If you don’t want the relatives visiting don’t get him all dressed up with his hair combed. Just let him look the way he always does. He’ll make a face for the camera and everyone will see what a brat he is. They’ll stay away in droves.

    Calvin and Hobbes is a great comic to read every day but you sure don’t want to have a Calvin in your house.

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    Saucy1121 Premium Member over 14 years ago

    If you want to show what Calvin looks like, he needs to have recently been mauled by Hobbes.

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    Trainwreck_1  over 14 years ago

    … I wonder if Dad has the patent/copyrights right to that statement? If not at least he knows how to go about getting them!

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    benbrilling  over 14 years ago

    Smile, Calvin, so we can see your fangs.

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    LordOfTheExacto  over 14 years ago

    “They’ll stay away in droves. Calvin and Hobbes is a great comic to read every day but you sure don’t want to have a Calvin in your house.”

    Ah, but a Calvin in someone else’s house is fun beyond words. I have one like him and the relatives love to visit because he’s both entertaining AND not their problem. I try to get them to take him home with them but they always seem to have some excuse. :)

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    AJCA  over 14 years ago

    LMAO!!!!!!!!!!! @margueritem, you said exactly what I was thinking of.

    jajajajajajajaja

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    ratlum  over 14 years ago

    So well said Dad

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    mrslukeskywalker  over 14 years ago

    Oh, I love Calvin’s pictures as much as I love his snowmen!

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    rentier  over 14 years ago

    I love Calvin and Hobbes!

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    alviebird  over 14 years ago

    Why do mothers always want you to do something different with your hair in a family picture? Wouldn’t it make more sense to look the way you always do? Why try to remember something that never was?

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    Rakkav  over 14 years ago

    But what if you always do the same thing with your hair? I did. The problem was keeping it that way.

    The idea of a family portrait is to show you at your best, not at your worst (or at your average even).

    Ah, Calvin, the ENFP Rebel Without a Cause. At least if you were an ENTP, you’d have a cause. :)) As it is, you just don’t want to do it.

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    Aardvark359  over 14 years ago

    “Dorky” is a funny word.

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    Sysiphus  over 14 years ago

    I remember this scene plucked straight out of my childhood.

    My mom was constantly flashing a camera in our face; boy, am I glad she did. I look at those pictures today and feel a sense of wonder about my childhood.

    Being perpetually six, Calvin has no need for such trivial reminders, though. His life is spread before us, never to be forgotten as it’s recorded on the pages of newsprint, paper, and computer code.

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    eirelhccam  over 14 years ago

    The snowmen strips ARE the best.

    Sick kid…….. love it!!

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    steelersneo  over 14 years ago

    It’s almost as if the artist knows my children

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    wowzo  over 12 years ago

    Wow nice going dad

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