Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for May 23, 2018

Dad, don’t buy a new car until Calvin goes to college.

In another ten years, he’ll still be six.

Yes dad. One must keep things in perspective.

“And then, little man, then you will know fear.”

oh dad – that’s just carma!

Way to give fatherly comfort…

Wait a minute…hasn’t Calvin wrecked the car before in the past?

Wow, so those were Calvin’s real tears after all?

You spoke to soon Dad…….

Calvin’s dad doesn’t know what’s coming.Our number one son was three when he had his first car accident. He knocked the van out of gear and it rolled backward into the trailer. In the grand scheme of things – it could have been a lot worse. In my first accident, I ran over my own foot.

I’m afraid it will happen before 10 years.

So true, Dad, so you might as well not sweat the small stuff.

By the way, I was very impressed that Dad actually apologized to Calvin for yelling at him. I know it’s a comic strip, but a lot of parents don’t apologize to their young kids for their mistakes.

Or maybe even sooner than that…

Could be. I started driving on the dirt roads around Grandma’s farm when I was 13; (thought) I was pretty good by the time i was 16. First time the old man let me take it out after I got my license, I drove it off a bridge………..

That’s it, Dad – give him something to look forward to…

I never wrecked binoculars. But I did good enough jobs on my parents’ cars.

One of my all time faves. Calvin honestly sorry (felt like i was going to barf is a great line!) and dad apologizing. Father Knows Best, C&H style!

That always worked in the movies.

Prophecy in the half shell

You’ve both learned something, haven’t you?

rip calvin

That is the tenderest moment I’ve ever seen between Calvin and his Dad

As I recall, it doesn’t take nearly that long for Calvin to wreck the car.

And in 20 years he’ll be a beloved high school janitor doing triathlons and make serious money from being a song writer only known by his last name. (Yes, I know 100% well that Frazz is not a continuation of Calvin and Hobbes in any way. This is just my head canon. Don’t kill the fantasy)

A little better attitude than yesterday…