Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for January 23, 2013

The Snow Calvin!!

Wasn’t one enough??!!

A snow Calvin? How long do we think that will last?

No bath! No bath! Pleeeeee……ase no bath!!!!

This one leaves me cold.

Well, I give Calvin points for originality and degree of difficulty. For execution, not so much.

Assuming the water is cold to stop sudden melting, Mom should grab him by the scruff of the neck and just dump him in there with his doppelgänger.

Shrinkage!

No wonder he hates baths, if the water’s that cold.

How about real cold water,to stop melting ?How about rolled up clothing to look like him and some crayons for the face etc.I bet on a tub full of real cold water and a snowman.

And sometimes his audiences lacked appreciation of just how deep his genius was.

Snowman will melt soon and than your time has come, little Calvin, nothing will help!!

You can’t be best always!

I haven’t seen your strip published anywhere.

Very soon the snowman will melt, and Calvin’s mom will have a water son.

Old enough to take a bath without being physically forced into it.

The snow Calvin was part one of the plan. Part two would have been ventriloquism: “I’m melting.”

really take a bath.. ?

Today’s strip is reminiscent of one that we read a couple of years ago:Click here: Calvin and Hobbes (February 9, 1986)

Here’s a very early Peanuts strip, back when the parents still talked from offstage:Click here: Peanuts (March 16, 1951)

No, not really. I thought it was rather clever. Could you point me in the direction of your cartoons, just for comparison of creative ability please?

According to my daughter, my grandson, practically jumps into the tub when it is time for his bath and he his the same age as Calvin.

That must be some cold, cold water. Love the artwork on drawing the room.

Ha!! Love this: I don’t remember seeing it when it first was printed – glad I didn’t miss it.

Life is short…Play naked!

You must be a dud, judging by how many people enjoyed this strip, including myself.

snow bath for me

BRILLIANT!

xxx

Awesome!

my son started taking his own showers when he was about 9 but if I didn’t trust him to get in and wash I would go and check on him.

BTW- I laughed out loud at today’s strip!! :-D

Wonder if he could do that with a bag of chips?

“I’m melting…”

I’m surprised his decoy didn’t melt.

Glad we can’t see much of Calvin

Watch out for the melting yellow snow

I wonder a) how calvin got all that snow inside without his mother noticing and b) how that snowman doesn’t melt.

Why didn’t I ever think of that?

Brilliant Calvin! It almost worked too!

I find it to be HILARIOUS! But then, I guess I HAVE a sense of humor, unlike some people.

@Bobzilla: Critics of teachers?

Kilroy was here!

Love it!!

He’s just going down the drain.

Approximately how long do you think that snowman will last? And then there is the question on how he snuck all the snow in without leaving tracks and without his mother noticing.