One of my favourite UK comics as a boy was a weekly comic called Monster Fun. The final issue of Monster Fun was dated 30 October 1976 – an appropriate date for the last issue of a monster-themed comic since it was the day before Halloween.
One of the comic strips inside Monster Fun was called Teddy Scare and featured a boy named Eddie Bailey whose teddy bear would come to life and turn into a King Kong-sized bear. One strip had Eddie spot two bank robbers running out of a bank. He placed his teddy bear in their path. The teddy bear turned into Teddy Scare and chased the two robbers into an alley. Eddie Bailey told some police constables were the robbers had gone. The police found the two robbers trapped at the end of the alley and cowering in fright from a little teddy bear.
That strip was a little like Calvin and Hobbes but also very different. Watterson would explain in The Calvin and Hobbes Tenth Anniversary Book, “I do not see Hobbes as a stuffed doll who miraculously comes to life when alone with Calvin…Calvin sees Hobbes one way. Everyone else sees Hobbes another way.”
One of the foremost responsibilities of Calvins and Hobbs exclusive club G.R.O.S.S. is to make sure you (Get Rid Of Slimy GirlS) any way possible. Could be his view of the “cootie” effect. Hmm.
codycab 7 days ago
One is gross and the other is a garden slug.
Spacehog 7 days ago
Yup, that will ruin everyone’s appetite
Sugar Bombs 95 7 days ago
Does the booger die from salt?
Blu Bunny 7 days ago
No difference as long as both grossed her out!
einarbt 7 days ago
You have done it again Calvin.
sirbadger 7 days ago
If the person is sane, the booger won’t be a living creature.
The Calvinosaurus That Calvin Wanted To Discover 7 days ago
At least it wasn’t about lunch.
Johnny Q Premium Member 7 days ago
Calvin broke the fourth wall more often in the early years…
snsurone76 7 days ago
What makes a booger come to life??
snsurone76 7 days ago
A while back, Mom attended a parent-teacher meeting. Apparently, it was a waste of time, since there is NO change in Calvin’s behavior!
The dude from FL Premium Member 7 days ago
Did Calvin eat his booger?
ThatOneKid 7 days ago
They’re both the same….I’m never looking/touching a garden slug ever again
Izzy Moreno 7 days ago
The living booger makes your nose itch.
WaywardWind 7 days ago
I’m trying — I really am trying to decide which is the more obnoxious…Calvin or Hammie. They both make me appreciate having raised a dog.
Gent 7 days ago
Nice treeck to gets and eats all her foods.
BigDaveGlass 7 days ago
The flirting just goes on.
johndifool 7 days ago
Let me guess-Suzie is the booger.
Imagine 7 days ago
Actually, the first is the socially acceptably term for the latter.
Calvinist1966 7 days ago
One of my favourite UK comics as a boy was a weekly comic called Monster Fun. The final issue of Monster Fun was dated 30 October 1976 – an appropriate date for the last issue of a monster-themed comic since it was the day before Halloween.
One of the comic strips inside Monster Fun was called Teddy Scare and featured a boy named Eddie Bailey whose teddy bear would come to life and turn into a King Kong-sized bear. One strip had Eddie spot two bank robbers running out of a bank. He placed his teddy bear in their path. The teddy bear turned into Teddy Scare and chased the two robbers into an alley. Eddie Bailey told some police constables were the robbers had gone. The police found the two robbers trapped at the end of the alley and cowering in fright from a little teddy bear.
That strip was a little like Calvin and Hobbes but also very different. Watterson would explain in The Calvin and Hobbes Tenth Anniversary Book, “I do not see Hobbes as a stuffed doll who miraculously comes to life when alone with Calvin…Calvin sees Hobbes one way. Everyone else sees Hobbes another way.”
rshive 7 days ago
Don’t let me know when you find out, Calvin.
win.45mag 7 days ago
Living boogers don’t die when you salt ‘em !!!!! ( I’ve tried. )
SquidGamerGal 7 days ago
Is Calvin some kind of dark creature who feeds on the misery of others?
Ropey Wee Yoofo 7 days ago
This sure is classic, real-life first-grade behavior, isn’t it. First-grade boys, that is.
fjc007 7 days ago
Classic Calvin!
rockyridge1977 7 days ago
It’s ALIVE!!!!!!!
sandpiper 7 days ago
Cal obviously has recovered from yesterday’s feeling that going to school was a waste. Now he is into new material.
baskate_2000 7 days ago
EWW is right!
mindjob 7 days ago
I’d give this one a 288
wiley207 7 days ago
This strip was originally printed in newspapers on my second birthday! (November 7, 1990)
smsrt 7 days ago
One of the foremost responsibilities of Calvins and Hobbs exclusive club G.R.O.S.S. is to make sure you (Get Rid Of Slimy GirlS) any way possible. Could be his view of the “cootie” effect. Hmm.
formathe 7 days ago
Remove the 2 inch long booger and you can breath. Now flick it at the slug.
anomaly 7 days ago
One is a mollusc. The other is imaginary.
John Jorgensen 7 days ago
Susie’s only choices are to sit with Calvin, sit with Moe, or sit alone.
Sitting with Moe is clearly out of the question.
As an adult I quite enjoy sitting alone most of the time but at Susie’s age I can see where it’s not healthy.
So sitting with Calvin is the least bad option. But it’s still not good.
lnrokr55 7 days ago
He’s a booger alright ! ;-)
hagarthehorrible 7 days ago
I like the way their lunch is packed in paper bags with lots of love from moms.
62kathleenhicks 7 days ago
True, but this is VERY funny. All the times he tries to gross her out, well this is the TOPS!
Aimless Melissa 7 days ago
One’s a real thing and the other is fictional.
dja1701 7 days ago
the booger won’t die if you pour salt on it
g04922 6 days ago
LOL… Calvin needs to learn to write horror novels… Like Stephen King.
Otis Rufus Driftwood 6 days ago
The garden slug is more beneficial for your flower bed?