If I remember just after this cartoon was originally published, a toy manufacturer came out with the Nerf baseball bat and ball. It was a bat made out of soft sponges and foam which couldn’t hurt any kid being hit on the head, or in this case destroy any furniture. Apparently it was the big rage to buy at Christmas with the parents.
Good thing the bug didn’t land on the tv screen. This strip would have originally appeared back when there were still the old CRT’s. Had he ruptured that sucker and it imploded…
Great faces from the Mom! I can easily picture this Hanna-Barbera sound effect accompanying her skidding to a halt in the second panel… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Zl6w1m2mVc
Grabbed a bat and cornered a mouse in our spare room. Instead of running, it crouched down shaking. Then I felt like the evil giant and couldn’t bring myself to hit it. Got some mouse poison instead…OK, I’m not that nice.
This is the same way I help my cat hunt mice that get in the house. We do NOT give up until it is dead. If I have to move furniture, that’s what I do. You CANNOT let a mouse take up residence in your house.
dadthedawg Premium Member over 2 years ago
Calvin’s Pest Control Co…..
BE THIS GUY over 2 years ago
Mom doesn’t appreciate that Calvin is using an organic and toxin free method of pesticide.
codycab over 2 years ago
Now how to control Calvin the pest?
C over 2 years ago
Kept the bat, so any bugs around the car shouldn’t escape
hariseldon59 over 2 years ago
He rates below Bugs, but above Daffy.
Charles Barr Premium Member over 2 years ago
Mom is bugged.
rshive over 2 years ago
If it’s that crafty, Calvin should have asked for the insect spray can.
dcdete. over 2 years ago
Susan00100 over 2 years ago
Why am I reminded of Dagwood Bumstead kicking door-to-door salesmen out of his house??
PaulAbbott2 over 2 years ago
Always loved seeing Calvin literally thrown out of the house.
Katzen1415 over 2 years ago
I don’t know, I think Mom would react a bit more extremely if a bug were trying to kill Calvin with a bat.
sandpiper over 2 years ago
Calvin’s enthusiasm is well meaning but often misdirected.
YippiKiAyMofo over 2 years ago
Like the superhero doing $12 million in damage to stop a $5,000 bank heist.
Gen.Flashman over 2 years ago
Calvin must have really large/strong hands to do all that damage with a bat bigger than he is.
lmuller7 over 2 years ago
Just, HAD, to look that site up. Yup, looney bin ! ( the rest is just, LOONEY ! )
petermerck over 2 years ago
Bazooka in the shop?
gantech over 2 years ago
Good thing the bug didn’t land on the tv screen. This strip would have originally appeared back when there were still the old CRT’s. Had he ruptured that sucker and it imploded…
WCraft Premium Member over 2 years ago
Excellent! How can you not love this strip?
Calvins Brother over 2 years ago
“Cleanup on aisle 3.”
wiley207 over 2 years ago
Great faces from the Mom! I can easily picture this Hanna-Barbera sound effect accompanying her skidding to a halt in the second panel… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Zl6w1m2mVc
AustinKniga-Bartlett over 2 years ago
When swatting a fly, one does not use a cannon for the task. Or a bat.
locake over 2 years ago
I don’t think he rates Just Below bugs to his mom. I think he is several levels below bugs.
globalenterprize1990 over 2 years ago
Just like Ramona Quimby.
oldlady07 Premium Member over 2 years ago
Grabbed a bat and cornered a mouse in our spare room. Instead of running, it crouched down shaking. Then I felt like the evil giant and couldn’t bring myself to hit it. Got some mouse poison instead…OK, I’m not that nice.
bigcatbusiness over 2 years ago
You know you’re annoying when even your parents literally throw you out of the house.
Galaxina over 2 years ago
Oh, you helped, Calvin! Your mom was so bored! LOL
djtenltd over 2 years ago
It’s a good thing Hobbs isn’t real because he probably would’ve gotten tossed out of the house too!
Otis Rufus Driftwood over 2 years ago
Calvin, you know what they say the world looks like to a hammer?
edeloriea14 over 2 years ago
This reminds be of a recent “Baby Blues” comic with making a huge mess in the room over killing a fly.
mistercatworks over 2 years ago
This is the same way I help my cat hunt mice that get in the house. We do NOT give up until it is dead. If I have to move furniture, that’s what I do. You CANNOT let a mouse take up residence in your house.