Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for December 30, 2020

Killing with an icicle is the perfect crime. The murder weapon melts away.

Calvin’s gonna need to find a nearby greenhouse if he wants to kill HIS snowman the same way they killed Frosty.

Throw snowballs at him!

He’ll be back again some day.

The snowman was born from Calvin’s genes.

Love it!

Put your riotous bicycle against Frosty .

You could push him and watch him roll down a steep hill. If that doesn’t kill him, he might get bigger.

Just give him a mug of eggnog …. the Adult version.

How did they kill Frosty? I never watched it either.

How about giving it the cold shoulder?

One word and it fits with Calvin’s prior purchasing plans: FLAMETHROWER

LOL, the sheer darkness of this strip is amazing. Calvin so casually referring to his mother’s murder at the hands of a snowman, then the violent demise of Frosty via STABBING. Watterson DEFINITELY knew little boys.

Not the icicle! That’s a sure way to have it come back as a killer snow zombie!

No, Calvin, they cooked him with a magnifying glass.

It’s been so long since I watched Frosty I didn’t even know he got killed!

If you want to know about Frosty listen to Jimmy Durante’s version of Frosty the Snowman. A classic.

Another chilling storyline. Snow use resisting, might as well lean back in my chair and enjoy it! :D

Frosty came to life because he was made of Christmas snow (and that silly hat.) But Frosty was good. Hmmm….what color snow did Calvin use to make his snowman come to life?

how bout’ a salt gun?

Make friends with it, then sic it on Suzy…

See, cartoons are educational and instructive. …a little.

Frosticide?

The endless adventures of Calvin…

Call Arya Stark.

I’m with ya, Calvin.

Maybe next time you shouldn’t invoke angry and awful snow demons when you raise him to life.

I agree with Calvin. “Frosty” is a stupid show. Give me stop-motion Rankin/Bass specials any day.

It would be a boring storyline, but he could just stay inside.

It was an episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents, I don’t remember her being pregnant.

Oh I’m pretty sure Calvin watched all the Christmas shows…lol

“By the power invested in me by the mighty and awful snow demons…”

And he didn’t expect him to be evil? Kind of like watching the Presidential Debates and expecting the worst candidate to not be who they were during the debates.

Huh, I thought Calvin enjoyed Christmas specials! Unless he thinks “Frosty the Snowman” is too sappy and babyish. Love Hobbes’s tiptoeing in the first panel; I picture this classic sound effect accompanying him… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0Px8UFyJJA

Trying to kill a snowman with an icicle would be as unsuccessful as stabbing a vampire with a raw steak.

This whole story arc reminds me of this one Nissan commercial:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KChkQfbABQ

Forget it. He’ll never settle down long enough to dispatch him. I’m betting he’ll be running here and there all around the square…

“We’ve got to get rid of him somehow.”

Remove the א from the word אמת inscribed on the snowman’s forehead leaving the word מת.

Hey, Spaceman Spiff, two words: space heater.

Forget icicles, you need to visit Leo over at Scary Gary, he has a flame thrower. Just don’t tell him who you’ll be using it on.

Get Mom’s sun lamp and melt him away.

A creation of Calvin’s turns out to be evil, whodathunkit lol

Flamethrower.

can’t wait for tomorrow’s strip…this should be good

“I dunno, but we somehow have to get rid of him!”

At LEAST he’s not an arsonist! grin

I first thought of a flamethrower, but that would melt all the snow. Snow blower might be a good alternative

AND Hobbes goes to town

The saga of “Calvin & the Snow Goons” is some of Watterson’s best … :)