Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for November 14, 2024

What if I told you that there are skulls and scorpions in the desert, Calvin?

Hobbes will help you get ready for your TV show…..

I hope Hobbes does not help him and just lie in bed eating tuna sandwiches and reading comics

Calvin does have a point, though: Dad’s idea of a “vacation” is always those “character-building” camping trips that both Calvin AND Mom loathe.

For a modern take on the desert, he could have a Tonka Toy truck paving over the sand.

I can’t believe he’s never watched Roadrunner cartoons.

4th panel, I always thought it was, ignorance is bliss.

My goodness, he’s certainly an annoying little !$#@

Be real quick and easy to make, just throw some sand in box and you have your desert.

he knows what a desert looks like. he mentioned adding a road runner

You think Mom’s gonna let you watch your show if that homework isn’t done first?

Knowing what a desert looks like through the Roadrunner cartoons would be (shudder) learning.

ignorance is bliss unburdened by what has been.

Well kitty should knows how desert is looks. Like a big kitty litter box.

Foolish dad not knows that desert is builds more characters than anytheengs else eh.

Typical Calvin. Blaming everyone but himself.

Stick a cupcake in the box. Dessert and desert are the same thing, right?

We know he watches Looney Toons…..He should at least have a cartoon version in his head

Well, I’m not looking to build models of a desert

But I can live and breathe and watch my show in wintertime

Man, that Hobbes is one smart tiger.

Ugh! You still can’t see why your school projects are always late and poor?

Gotta love Hobbes’ conclusion. He nailed it. And, unfortunately, it has become endemic.

“Why waste time learning when ignorance is instantaneous?” Boy, I wish I had that question in my back pocket a few times as a response to others when I was working !

“Why waste time learning, when ignorance is instantaneous?”

Precious quote that I will remember and reuse.

And again, 3rd strip, still all we’ve done is look and argue at the box.

“why waste time learning when ignorance is instantaneous?” – need to use this on some associates with a certain point of view

Did not know Hobbes was a ………phi·los·o·pher!!!!!!

Antarctica is a desert, you know.

The Hobbes drawing and voice bubble in the final frame should be made into a wall size poster and sent to 72,858,971 Kool Aid and feces fed mushrooms some of whom post here, As in, “take a hint”. God Bless America and He has.

Sounds like a young Frank Burns. How about NOT!

This is another comic that shows what Bill was going for with Calvin’s character, he isn’t stupid (after all, he’s only 6) he’s just lazy. Unwilling to put work into anything that doesn’t immediately grasp his interest

Wonder what TV show “is” Calvin’s.

Calvin’s trademark move is spending more time complaining than it would take to actually do the work.

Despite this strip being quite old…it’s worth pointing out that this is a terrific (one of BW’s MANY) vivid illustrations of the boundless attitude of privilege and entitlement embraced by SO many people…

Ignore the imbecile troll.

When dad brought home our first TV (a 14” B&W) 70+ years ago, my Grade 4 marks dropped from all A+ to Cs and Ds … definitely no connection!

In 20 minutes, about he can do is hit it with a can of spray paint

You know,,, I’ve been through the desert on a horse with no name. And it is sand and dried out old sticks. SHOULD be easy.

Today he would just search for “Desert Fun” and we would hope his parents have turned the protective filters on. :(

Hobbes the philosopher and thinker strikes again, maybe he knows Marcus Aurelius and the Stoics ! ;-)

Calvin needs to visit the king of shoebox dioramas, Petey (from Cul de Sac).

I love Hobbes’ sarcastic dry humor…. “Why waste time learning when ignorance is instantaneous?” LOL…

Knowing his father’s proclivity for character-building vacations, I am surprised that Calvin’s family hasn’t been on more desert hikes.

Take it easy, Calvin. We know you’ll get it done half-fast.

Tigers live in forests and jungles,

Hobbes’s suggestion was actually good

My friend and I “made” a quicksand thing for a science project, 5th or 6th grade. Just put some sand in a container (probably a Tupperware bowl!) and added some water. Can’t remember, but I doubt it got a good grade.

He sures know how to tell time and that he’s not going to be held accountable.