Calvin imagined a ball which Hobbes threw to him as a safe. This is another example of Hobbes being shown as part of Calvin’s reality rather than his imagination.
Hobbes doesn’t understand Calvin’s remark about the crater as he doesn’t know how Calvin saw the ball. Sometimes though, Hobbes understands Calvin enough to take the advantage away from him.
It’s good how Calvin saw the ball as a safe and then we saw it as a ball when Calvin turned away from it. The same kind of thing happens when other characters see Hobbes as a stuffed doll and they turn away from him and we see him as a living tiger again.
BE THIS GUY 11 months ago
And I’m hearing Looney Tunes music in the background.
codycab 11 months ago
Calvin, the supposed tough kid? Scared of a television/football? Yep!
oldpine52 11 months ago
A little scared of the ball? No he’s a lot scared of the ball.
Imagine 11 months ago
That is a safe assumption.
einarbt 11 months ago
Poor Calvin.
Calvinist1966 11 months ago
Calvin imagined a ball which Hobbes threw to him as a safe. This is another example of Hobbes being shown as part of Calvin’s reality rather than his imagination.
Calvinist1966 11 months ago
Hobbes doesn’t understand Calvin’s remark about the crater as he doesn’t know how Calvin saw the ball. Sometimes though, Hobbes understands Calvin enough to take the advantage away from him.
Calvinist1966 11 months ago
Calvin ran to the ball then imagined it as a safe and ducked away from it! He was running to the ball but his imagination ran away with him again!
Calvinist1966 11 months ago
It’s good how Calvin saw the ball as a safe and then we saw it as a ball when Calvin turned away from it. The same kind of thing happens when other characters see Hobbes as a stuffed doll and they turn away from him and we see him as a living tiger again.
minty_Joe 11 months ago
It’s all fun and games, until you get one landing in your face. Unfortunately for me, they never were on accident, during Phys Ed. I hate my school…
jagedlo 11 months ago
No, Hobbes…he’s A LOT afraid of the ball!
incognito 11 months ago
It’s a pretty safe bet……
Aussie Down Under 11 months ago
The second panel brings back memories of watching the “Susquehanna Hat Company” skit.
Bilan 11 months ago
It’s a safe . . . and yer out!
sandpiper 11 months ago
’swhat happens when a distant problem hits one head on.
uniquename 11 months ago
I was afraid of the ball when I was his age too. One of the reasons I never took up baseball.
vaughnrl2003 Premium Member 11 months ago
Okay, for the record, a football has a pointy end and hurts when it hits you, but you don’t catch it. Been there. Done that. It’s not chicken to duck.
M2MM 11 months ago
I remember feeling like that when I was playing outfielder (baseball) and a pop-fly was heading straight for me. :D. (I was NOT a good catcher)
rshive 11 months ago
Discretion is the better part of valor.
Redd Panda 11 months ago
My sympathies are with Calvin.
For those of us with poor hand eye co-ordination, an incoming missile can be terrifying.
jrankin1959 11 months ago
Given their respective sizes, wouldn’t you be?
g04922 11 months ago
Where is the Road Runner or Wiley Coyote when Calvin needs him…
eced52 11 months ago
A little?
christelisbetty 11 months ago
Did Calvin fall asleep during a TV discussion, about football being SAFE for young kids ?
mistercatworks 11 months ago
I never enjoyed that part of soccer where you get hit in the face with the ball. :)
snowedin, now known as Missy's mom 11 months ago
I am, what about you? I hate it when people ask, “How are we today?” If you don’t know, how am I supposed to?
suelou 11 months ago
If you ever got hit in the face with one, you would be stupid not to be!
Otis Rufus Driftwood 11 months ago
That was some punt by Hobbes. Too bad the NFL doesn’t sign tigers.
AndrewSihler 11 months ago
It’s totally natural. The perverts and masochists are the ones who eagerly try to catch the ball.
yuzucomics 11 months ago
calvins luckly