Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for May 13, 2019

Calvin won’t be satisfied until the FBI comes knocking on his door.

The birth of a legend.

Yup. The news which is kept secret is the one which is spread the most. That is the law of human psychology.

True!

The start of one of the strip’s longest stories…

the dawn of Get Rid Of Slimy girlS

“People pay more attention to you when they think you’re up to something.” Of course Calvin would know that.

A name for this club could be “The Calvinian Lodge of Frappaponzo”

You know, when you go all quiet….

It’s not enough to just do something secret. You need somebody to leak part of it to the press.

The important thing is the feeling of being involved in something “special” and “exclusive.” My parents were very involved in different Masonic lodges. Dad even had a book written in code! I was forced to join one of their young people’s lodges, and found it a very dull way to spend alternate Saturdays. Very dull indeed.

And then you can walk around with a big grin on your face, then they’ll know you’re up to somethin’.

Wonder if it is a PAC or a Super PAC?

And Susie will be the leak. She’ll just go to Hobbes, give his a smooch and Hobbes will spill the dirt.

Yeah, but you have to be subtle. Don’t be too obvious, or they’ll figure out that’s what you want.

Your mum certainly does

Calvin is so right in the last panel!

Calvin’s not wrong.

I bet they can call it Area fifty-two. That ought to get them a lot of attention.

Think of all the theories on Free Masonry.

Shh! It’s the “Deep State.”

People refuse to believe that in some ways we do not control our destiny or that our ills are of our own making. Therefore, it must be somebody else who is responsible for our failures.

YES. Yes, they do Calvin. mwahahahaha!!!!

So the secret to successful secrecy is to not make it a secret….

Ah yes, this arc. Just like the last one, it starts out one way and then ends another way.

According to Mozart’s biography, after he was given a secret name by the Freemasons he gave his piano a secret name then his pet parrot, and he wouldn’t stop until his wife made him.

Out of the mouths of babes…..

“If you want something made known, tell people it is a secret” Mao Zedong

So very true Calvin. Then people get caught in lies.

If Calvin starts the club, does that mean he doesn’t have to sing the “Tigers Are Great” song to get in?

In law school, I was recruited by the CIA. They wanted me to get involved in defeating Soviet ‘agricultural espionage.’ Surprisingly, I turned them down.

Hey Calvin, all you have to do is “smile” and it will make people wonder what you’re up to or what you have done.

I am in the leadership of the greatest conspiracy on Earth. We conspire to do people good in every way we know of, whether they like it or not. Health care, jobs, education, science, Liberty and Justice for All…But some people don’t want any of it, because Those People will get some. Too bad for them, because millions of their children come over to our side every year.

Why am I telling? What? Who’s going to believe me, other than the people we want to join us?

Even when you don’t exist they will keep attacking you and putting you in the worst light possible. (See the MIB and Illuminati for examples.)

Donald Trump as a boy…getting into practice.

Ironic