Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for February 23, 2012

It’s a hipster thing.

Calvin, 50 years there was a hippie movement. Your snowman is not a hippie.

these past strips I realized … Calvin’s pretty good with snow

All that snowmen building and he hasn’t got a sniffle. He really is resilient.

A normal snowman, Calvin? Hard to believe…

Secretly ironic. Aren’t we all.

hmmm – a snowman shoveling snow – seems like Calvin moved up a level to me.

Less avant-garde and more devant-garage.

Secret ironic!

Remember folks – this is not a current work – it originates in the 80s. So 50 years before the 80s is…. ?

50 years ago today would be 1962. 50 years ago when this comic was first drawn would be about 1942 or so.

Actually, this strip was from 1986 or ‘87; 50 years in the past would have been the 1930s, so the snowman’s costume is authentic. Don’t forget, Watterson published this cartoon strip from 1985 to 1995.

This was drawn between ’85 and ’95. WWII and before. Not hippies.

Uh-Oh better put new batteries in their calculator. 50 years ago would have been 1962, 17 years AFTER WWII.

50 years ago was 1962 and this early Boomer was in high school listening to rock’n’roll. No WWII. No hippies. Right in between.

Oops, must read ALL the comments to avoid silly mistakes . . . 1930s it is.

right on

Calvin Rockwell.

I know, I know! Calvin’s ladder is expertly hidden behind the snowguy – right? Or else he’s an amazing jumper.

Ummm the copyright date of this strip is 1992. Says so on the right of the second panel so “50 years ago” is NOT 1962. It would have been 1942 as previous comments have pointed out.I’m afraid it’s not pre-WW2 since 1942 was like right smack-dab in the middle of it, but nor is Calvin referring to the hippee era.Come on y’all. This is an old comic. There hasn’t been a new strip since 1995.

On a lighter note: Man this brings back memories. This was the year before a blizzard came to the South. March 1993. I was 12 then and making snowmen just like Calvin. Never saw so much snow in my life nor so much snow since then. A whole 12 inches at least. ^^

Picture this: (credit to Baby Blues)Mom yelling out the window, “CALVIN, that is NOT where the carrot goes!”

(10 points to anyone who catches this reference)

And now for another… Useless Fact

Hippies didn’t start until about the mid-60’s and weren’t really popularized until January 1967 which was followed by the Summer of Love on the west coast and the 1969 Woodstock Festival on the east coast.

This has been another… Useless Fact

I am trying to figure out where Calvin keeps coming up with all that refined english. I don’t remember having that kind of vocabulary when I was his age. Smile

calvin articulates quite well for a school dummy

it’s also melting.

I’m waiting for the Norman Rockwell gothic era snowman tributes.

i was secretly ironic once. Didn’t even understand myself

Awwwww, Cute!

LOL xxx

The strip was ok,but the lesson in history was a little scary .

why does hobbes always wear a scarf in the winter comics hes all fuzz

November 18, 1985 – December 31, 1995 (Wikipedia)

Is this the snow goon that collects the entry fee so people can see the rest of the show?

Given the foregoing Arithmetic and History lessons, since this is after the fashion of Grant Woods “American Gothic” you need to to be 82 years past (1930) from today’s date or 62 years from the original date of publication.

You’d be surprised how many pine for the Norman Rockwell days of America.

Talk about an anal crowd. Geeeez, it’s a comic folks.

I always read all comments before posting one of my own just to make sure I don’t repeat something someone else has already said because I absolutely hate redundancy. Why others don’t do the same thing . . . I do not know.

Why does there have to be a bitter, angry troll in every crowd?

The strip was pbulished between 1985 and 1995, the 50 years previous era was 1935 – 1945.

But why assume Calvin has a sound grasp of history? For him “50 years ago” could just mean “long before I was born”.