In The Final Minutes Of His Life, Calvin Has One Last Talk With Hobbes.

[Behind the Aegis]

“Calvin? Calvin, sweetheart?”

In the darkness Calvin heard the sound of Susie, his wife of fifty-three years. Calvin struggled to open his eyes. God, he was so tired and it took so much strength. Slowly, light replaced the darkness, and soon vision followed. At the foot of his bed stood his wife. Calvin wet his dry lips and spoke hoarsely, “Did… did you…. find him?”

“Yes dear,” Susie said smiling sadly, “He was in the attic. “

Susie reached into her big purse and brought out a soft, old, orange tiger doll. Calvin could not help but laugh. It had been so long. Too long.

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[Kali]

1. oh man, the allergies

[msdogi]

2. thank you

what a beautiful story. we love Calvin and Hobbes, so much wisdom and love

[leftieNanner]

3. Love this

Thank you. Calvin and Hobbes helped me through some hard times. And they made me laugh out loud.

"Calvin ball"

"And a check mark for Tuesday"

[MontanaMama]

4. Ah jeez...

[CaliforniaPeggy]

5. Omigod, I was crying before the second paragraph.

It is perfect, absolutely perfect.

And maybe it hit me a bit harder than it normally would have, but my husband is in the hospital right now. Nothing fatal or life-threatening...but he's not home tonight.

Thank you for bringing this wonderful story to all of us.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

6. Awww!

I love Calvin and Hobbes!

[pressbox69]

7. Susie?

I thought Calvin went for redheads.

[Tiggeroshii]

15. Rosalynn?

[Karadeniz]

8. Thank you! That was so touching. Loved it!❤

[Salviati]

9. Some tributes along a similar vein... but a bit earlier

made by several webartists:

https://news.avclub.com/check-out-the-web-cartoonists-continuing-calvin-and-hob-1798236882

[Granny M]

10. Beautiful.

I sent this to my sons, who have every Calvin and Hobbes collection ever printed. My older son painted Calvin and Hobbes on his baby son's wall. My younger son gave his baby daughter a stuffed tiger named Hobbes who is still her "spirit toy". Our family adored Calvin and Hobbes.

[JohnnyRingo]

11. It was sad when Waterson retired

We all miss him. Perhaps this is the image that inspired the story:



I still have every book he released.

[yonder]

12. Thanks BtA. It strikes me as subtle, poignant and gorgeous

and takes me halfway to bawlsville, without knowing why.

[orleans]

13. i never read calvin & hobbes

never knew what it was about. never knew who was who.

i read this with an open heart. and cried.

thanks for posting this.

[Duppers]

14. Dripping tears.

I have a friend dying very soon...we all need a Hobbes in our lives.

[3catwoman3]

16. My sons, now 29 and 26, were devoted...

....C&H fans. We have every paperback, and the hardcover boxed set. The latter is in the possession of my older son.

Volume 2 of the boxed set got lost. My son’s current girlfriend somehow managed to find a replacement copy and gave it to him for his 28th birthday. They had only been together 3 months at that time. She lives in Phoenix, and flew up to the greater Chicago area to surprise him. It was a major hint that this was a serious relationship. 3 months later, he moved to Phoenix and they are going strong.

I’ll send this to him someday, but probably not just now - too poignant.

[benld74]

17. BIG C&H fan here

Never missed them in the toons
Have all the books
Read them in the toons again

Had read this is ‘14
Eye issues then
Eye issues now

Long live the C&H
In ALL of us!!

[sinkingfeeling]

18. Tears are flowing.