Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for May 22, 2019

When Hobbes does something like this, — stopping Calvin from running into the road — you can’t help but believe he’s alive.

At this point, just tell the car to stop and maybe it will.

Now what car owner doesn’t do the emergency brake when the garage is almost at an incline?

Imagine a cop chasing after an empty runaway car like this.

calvin will be lucky hes alive after his mom finds out what hes done!!!

I never really understood why Americans call the handbrake “the emergency brake”, but in this case the term is justified.

I think you are going to have a red bottom tonight Calvin. It was still legal back then.

Hobbes with the great save in the last panel!

I’ve never seen such panic-stricken faces!

Let it roll, baby roll…!

Well, in as much as Hobbes is a stuffed animal, there must be some part of Calvin that had sensed enough not to run into the road. I am thinking the pucker factor here is pretty high.

Now, I did not see where Calvin (or Hobbes) ever went into the car and released the parking brake or put it in neutral… so it is really his parents that helped contribute to this situation by leaving it in a state where it could roll (or be pushed)… but I think that’s reflected later in this arc. :-)

I was a parking lot attendant at a restaurant. I directed people to empty spaces. In front of the restaurant was a busy main road. One day I watched as a car rolled down into the road. I wasn’t being paid enough to risk injury to stop it. By some miracle there was no traffic coming. If I am on any kind of incline, I set my emergency brake.

proof of why you should always have the parking brake on. just letting the car sit can put pressure on the transmission it doesn’t need AND occasionally a small boy and his tiger might push it.

I like Hobbes takeing care of Calvin!!

Does your insurance cover stupid kids?

Yup. And whatever drivers may be there will be sure to hear Calvin yelling.

When you think you’ve heard it all…

“LOOK OUT! WILD CAR!!”

All of my children have done this. One time for each.

Dents galore.

Excellent example of Newton’s Law of motion. Bravo Calvin and Hobbes… well, maybe not.

“It was the wild car, mom. It just broke free and ran for it. Dad should have bought one that was domesticated.”

Wonderful! Sounds just like Calvin!

That awful moment when a plan goes not only bad, but worse…

This always reminded me of the runaway car scene from “A Goofy Movie,” except it was rolling forwards. Now it just needs music like this… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRzQKDSfC5g

Isn’t this a rerun? Are all of them reruns?Maybe we will have the snowmen comics again.

It is not Calvin’s fault if dad does not put the brakes and puts the car into gear while parking the vehicle in the garage.

HA! Nice one dude