Even if you didn’t follow the instructions, you still got a picture. But your own standards of aesthetics are not allowing you to accept it. Now, who’s got rules, rules, rules?
My older son had NO INTEREST in coloring books. He wanted BLANK paper! When someone gave him one, he drew on the blank inside covers, then gave it to his brother.
this is what Calvin drew instead https://previews.123rf.com/images/mironovkonstantin/mironovkonstantin2008/mironovkonstantin200800104/154290203-tangled-chaos-abstract-hand-drawn-messy-scribble-ball-vector-illustration-random-chaotic-dynamic-scr.jpg
BE THIS GUY about 4 years ago
Calvin, forget representational art; go for the abstract.
Templo S.U.D. about 4 years ago
If he’s in first grade, how did Calvin even get past kindergarten when it came to knowing his numbers?
codycab about 4 years ago
Calvin can’t even follow the rules to do a fun activity.
Deleted Account2623 about 4 years ago
I’d rather just draw the picture unguided in my own style
LeeCox about 4 years ago
That’s just the way the universe works, Calvin!
sirbadger about 4 years ago
You can connect them in reverse order (high to low) to get the same picture.
Renatus Profuturus Frigeridus Premium Member about 4 years ago
It will surely better than many overvalued paintings we can see in museums .
GROG Premium Member about 4 years ago
And we all have to live by them.
rentier almost 4 years ago
Does Calvin know the numbers? He is not good in math!!
in.amongst almost 4 years ago
Don’t worry Calvin, ‘rules’ days are numbered.
dcdete. almost 4 years ago
When I was that age my family were so refined and pretentious, that they told me to just connect the prime numbers. The common numbers were so passé.
Barry1941 almost 4 years ago
He just does not like to follow the rules :-)
The Reader Premium Member almost 4 years ago
Quit being such a conformist Calvin.
derdave969 almost 4 years ago
Do this. Don’t do that. Can’t you read the sign?
jagedlo almost 4 years ago
Calvin Picasso?
posse1 Premium Member almost 4 years ago
I love how Hobbs just strolls away!
su43dipta almost 4 years ago
Even if you didn’t follow the instructions, you still got a picture. But your own standards of aesthetics are not allowing you to accept it. Now, who’s got rules, rules, rules?
Troglodyte almost 4 years ago
Wait until you’re old enough, Cal…then you can get those adult colouring books. :D
vaughnrl2003 Premium Member almost 4 years ago
A good lesson. Sometimes it is just as much work to do something wrong as it is to do it right.
A Hip loving Canadian... almost 4 years ago
Actually Calvin, the whole point of the book was to keep you quiet for a little while. Worth every penny too.
jrpah Premium Member almost 4 years ago
Im with Calvin on this one!
SweetSinger almost 4 years ago
Calvin: free thinker in the best sense.
BiggerNate91 almost 4 years ago
Calvin should be glad he didn’t get one of those massive connect-the-dots sheets.
DanWolfie almost 4 years ago
But then when Calvin connected the dots in the order they were numbered… https://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1992/11/24
raybarb44 almost 4 years ago
He gets the wrong answer to adding 5 + 6. Would you expect anything different….
Squoop almost 4 years ago
One of the few things my childhood lacked compared with today’s kids are coloring book apps. Those paint-by-numbers things we had were just drudgery.
Tentoes almost 4 years ago
My older son had NO INTEREST in coloring books. He wanted BLANK paper! When someone gave him one, he drew on the blank inside covers, then gave it to his brother.
IshanKendall almost 4 years ago
Calvin and Hobbes was my favorite when I was younger. Calvin was woke only because of Hobbes…
DCBakerEsq almost 4 years ago
Rules are for conformists.
RobertaPyle almost 4 years ago
Wasn’t paying attention to the teeny, tiny numbers.
donwestonmysteries almost 4 years ago
Calvin is a creative. Rules get in our way.
random gamer almost 4 years ago
this is what Calvin drew instead https://previews.123rf.com/images/mironovkonstantin/mironovkonstantin2008/mironovkonstantin200800104/154290203-tangled-chaos-abstract-hand-drawn-messy-scribble-ball-vector-illustration-random-chaotic-dynamic-scr.jpg
Roblox Lover! :P almost 4 years ago
Rules: the main reason kids complain. Kids Complaining: The main reason parents complain.
Mr_Cool almost 4 years ago
Rules separate us from the (stuffed) animals…..or what separates them from us.
TJ Toaster almost 4 years ago
The last panel is like when you speed walk by the pool.