Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for December 19, 2024

You can handle dust balls, can you Calvin?

Calvin has balls down there.

Might be Hobbes playing a joke on Calvin.

I remember the dust bunnies from Stephen King’s Dolores Claiborne. You wouldn’t want to mess with them…

I was more afraid of a closet door being left open, spooky shapes appear on those hangers.

And not very honest dust balls, at that.

Dust balls! Better call Mom.

That’s a monsteries lie.

I used to store my comics under the bed. It kept the monsters quiet.

Oh no worries thems ain’t no monsters. Thems just beeg steenky 10 foot long giant talking cockroaches see.

Mom: CALVIN! GO TO SLEEP ALREADY! DON’T MAKE ME COME IN THERE!

Bet its the lost sock from a comic last week.

And, they have names…, Dusty & Bunny.

“Yeah. And maybe an old paint chip or two. And one dirty sock. Nothing to fear.. .”

When I was a kid, I used to think I heard a giant outside my window at night. I could hear the sound of his feet crunching in the snow as he walked. I started to question this when I realized I was hearing the same sound in the summer.

Turned out, I was a side sleeper, and I was hearing the sound of my own heart beat when my ear was against the pillow.

Dust balls? Like the ones of My neighbor Totoro?

If I had those “dust bunnies”, I’d sleep on the couch!

At school, at play, at meals, or at bed time, Cal’s imagination always travels with him.

Like some people remind me of bullfrogs. All stomach except for what’s head and that’s all mouth.

Calvin‘s comment of “all teeth and digestive tract” reminds me of the Stephen King story, made into a TV miniseries in the 90s, “The Langoliers.”

Dust balls can be scary……….

Never had a problem with monsters. They know better…

Maybe replacement theology might work in the dust ball joints.

Would a load of snowballs cause the dust balls to flee?

I always worried about a snake under the bed. Somewhat rational given the area.

NRDLs caused me all sorts of nightmares. They would get you mashed.