Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for August 29, 2023

Was this week’s arc written by Stephen King?

Road rage…..

Calvin may have the tools, but he lacks speed.

A possessed bicycle.

The bicycle has the tool of fear.

Christine is back…. just skinnier.

Calvin is as bad with tools as he is with athletics.

To paraphrase Frank Hebert, “I will not fear riding the bike. Fear of riding the bike is the mind killer.” ;D

Did you threaten to brake it?

Cal lives for battle. The bike isn’t the only one he starts.

The Bicycle knows Cal’s parents would kill him if he destroyed a perfectly good bike.

Hey…how’d Calvin get my bike?

Spirited imagination you have, Calvin.

Evil bikes does not care for death threats! They also do not negotiate or compromise!

Evil Bike 1, Calvin 0…

I have an old clunker of a bike as a kid. Remember coaster brakes? The clunker had one and it would lock up at random. Coaster brakes aren’t supposed to operate unless you back-pedal, but clunker never got the memo.

The bicycle I last used in 1978 is hanging on a wall in my garage. The one my wife got for her 10th birthday (back in the 1950’s) is also in the garage.

Is this a dream, or is Calvin on psychotropic drugs?

Two things every kid should learn: how to ride a bike, and how to swim.

Belligerent bikes are the worst kind.

I’m almost 60, I’ve still got the scars from my first bicycle.

Confirmation that Watterson is a mechanical nerd: He drew the kickstand on the wrong side!

You are but flesh and bone, Calvin. Metal trumps both.

Guest writer for the week is Theodore Sturgeon.

Reminds me of the Twilight Zone episode, a Thing About Machines

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I always refer to simple tasks as something you never forget how to do – like falling off a bicycle. :)

The tyre marks on Calvin’s heads leave no doubt that the cycle gives more pressure than the self weight when on poor Calvin. Calvin can call truce and use this tool on Moe.

Rule No. 1: Never threaten.

It could have waited till Calvin was riding it.

Two can play THAT game, buddy.