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21 May 1988
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When I was a kid, I got the joke.
But now, I UNDERSTAND the joke.
I'm stupid, I still don't
Labor is painful and quite long. Only worth going through for a kid, so a reminder that you went through a lot to get the kid, don't kill them.
The look on Hobbes' face and his body language in the last pannel is so funny to me for some reason. His blank stare has so much personality to it lol
He's staring into the void there
Pain compiles.
this post was submitted on 21 May 2025
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Hello fellow Calvin and Hobbes fans!
About this community and how I post the comic strip… The comics are posted in chronological order on the day (usually) they were released. Posting them to match the release date adds a bit of fun and nostalgia to match the experience of reading them in the newspaper for first time. Many moons ago, I would ask my Dad to save the newspaper for me everyday so I could read my favorite comic strips. It really sucked when I missed a day. Only years later, when I got the books was I able to catch up on the missed strips.
Calvin and Hobbes is a daily American comic strip created by cartoonist Bill Watterson that was syndicated from November 18, 1985, to December 31, 1995. Commonly cited as "the last great newspaper comic",[2][3][4] Calvin and Hobbes has enjoyed broad and enduring popularity, influence, and academic and philosophical interest… Read more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvin_and_Hobbes
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