Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for October 04, 2023

And an idea for an emoji was born.

Sounds like Miss Wormwood is learning something from you, Calvin.

I bet that’s a custom face sticker Miss Wormwood made specifically for Calvin, knowing him.

The equivalent of the "black star "in the the days of yore.

You do now.

Calvin should be happy for getting a barfing sticker.

I thought he would have appreciated that.

You have to regurgitate to get one of those.

Kind of surprising, you’d think he’d be all over those already!

I used to buy stickers with a graphic of a screw on them. Their purpose was to be placed over the heart graphic of “I heart” bumper stickers.

Isn’t this the math quiz where Suzie gave him the wrong answers?

Priceless!

It’s all part of Cal’s retched, er wretched existence in school! :D

Kinda like the Mr. Yuck face. However, if Miss Wormwood had given him a skull and crossbones sticker, he would have thought it the coolest thing! His parents would’ve been puzzled that he’d want his test put on the fridge.

Back in the 80s when I started teaching in a language school here in Spain, I started sticking stars on my school age kids’ homework. When the source for the stars dried up, I drew smiley faces. One day I drew them on homework from an adult class, just as a joke, and after that they’d say, “9/10! Where’s my smiley?” They really liked and wanted them.

Fitting.

I used to draw scowley faces on the envelopes containing my rent checks. My landlord loved them!!

I’m so old that nobody got stickers on their homework.

One of the classics.

When I was that age, the boys in my class would have killed for a Barfing Face sticker. :D

Just seeing the looks on Calvin’s face in each of the panels…

What do you expect, kid? Even a newborn knows that Superman was NOT the first president of the United States, nor is Jupiter is the most populated city in New York!

Next year you’ll get a Participation Sticker.

Today, that would be a poop emoji sticker.

Mr. Yuk is a trademarked graphic image, created by UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh

I think those were intended as poison warnings.

he should appreciate that!

He’s just mad he didn’t think of it first.

My roommate did so bad on his chemistry test, the teacher stamped it with a rubber stamp showing a guy pulling the hair out of his head. The ultimate insult

I used to just randomly check the boxes on my multiple guess tests when I was in grade school. I sort of passed for a while and then someone realized I needed glasses. My grades went up a little, but once you learn to sandbag tests it’s harder to actually try. Later I learned better.

You earned it fair and square, Calvin!

The things that one can find out! I had very matter-of-fact nuns when I was in elementary school. Nobody (perhaps nun) would have done that.

And how does this help a child work up to his own potential? It makes some just give up on learning and others have head problems when they get older, because being best in a classroom doesn’t make you best in society…

Apple, are you listening? We all need this!

Problem with quizzes and tests, teacher always clung to the antiquated notion of One Correct Answer …sad.

Stickers – the emoticons of the analog world (and before many adopted a Japanese word for it)

What’s wrong with that, Calvin! I thought disgusting was your forte?

Stickers were the emojis of this time frame.

Too bad he didn’t get a little smiling pile of poop. Those are pretty cool.

If this strip were written today he wouldn’t be able to say that.

You reap what you sow, Calvin.

It’s a good thing Calvin never grew up or he’d be in prison.

Ms. Wormwood was ahead of her time!

Every single one of Calvin’s facial expressions. Funny!

Before the infamous ‘poop’ stickers were seemingly allowed everywhere.

Ever wonder what Calvin grew up to be?

Cool! Rare that we see it even suggested that Miss Wormwood gets some of her own back!

Mrs Wormwood needs to learn some lessons before she retires. She has no idea of this kiddo.

I wonder how long those stickers were on the market before being discontinued for being too graphic? Unless it was just a green “sick” face with the bulging cheeks…