Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for June 08, 2019

Is this another version of the noodle incident?

Well that’s over with. Back to the G.R.O.S.S club.

Rule of thumb Calvin. If it’s gooey, slimy or sticky and involves Mom and Dad, forget it.

What’s that sound?? Oh, it’s just Calvin trying to figure out just how much he can get away with.

Calvin seems disappointed there was acceptance instead of drama.

i agree Calvin – Parents, as a rule, are weird.

All comes down to perspective

So nevertheless, everyone insists on talking about it…

In “The Calvin and Hobbes Tenth Anniversary Book”, Bill Watterson writes:

“Early on, Calvin’s parents were criticized by readers for being unloving and needlessly sarcastic. (Calvin’s dad has remarked that what he really wanted was a dog.) At the time, I think it was unusual for a comic strip to concentrate on the exasperating aspects of kids without a lot of hugs and sentimentality to leaven it. We usually only see Calvin’s parents when they’re reacting to Calvin, so as secondary characters, I’ve tried to keep them realistic, with a reasonable sense of humor about having a kid like Calvin. I think they do a better job than I would.”

Thirty years on, many readers still seem to find Calvin’s parents unloving and this has been stressed by the many false predictions about how Mom and Dad would react to what turned out to be a minor accident. I think we should remember that Calvin’s parents sometimes surprise Calvin with how much they love him although it is true that Dad sometimes comes out with remarks that offend both Calvin and Mom.

They let Calvin get away with anything.

Considering that by the time Mom finds him, the car has been towed and determined not to be much damaged, she’s had plenty of time to be looking for Calvin and feeling worried.

What about the incontinent toad in the sweater drawer incident?

Inscrutable-ness only goes so far.

Another reminder that I wonder what chaos could be created if Calvin and Danae worked together.

Mom and Dad need to have the parking brake on their car checked. If a little kid (and his stuffed accomplice) can push it out of the garage, they are as much to blame as Calvin.

Heh, I bet the full line Hobbes was going to say was “But try keeping live worms in your dad’s shoes as laces…”

“in your dad’s” fill in the blank…. briefcase? …. sock drawer?

I love this comic!!

As predicted, there was no hell to pay for that stunt. Now knows that the next one will end with just a lecture!!

I know the question has been asked before, but how on Earth does a six-year-old come up with a word like “inscrutable” and use it correctly in a sentence?

On the one hand, nobody was hurt and it was all over before any parent got involved. On the other hand Dad himself had to deal with the effect of storing worms there: Very immediate and personal. Not inscrutable at all, but only after you’ve been a parent.

(Who was it that “unscrewed the inscrutable?” Haven’t thought of that in so long that the only trace in memory is that 3-word phrase.)

who cares about you and your opinon?

oh but i suck eggs. it’s opposite day!

I suppose this is an ‘ends well’ situation. Funny how close we sail to disaster every day and end up safe in bed. Here’s to tomorrow. May we all end up in our own beds, safe and sound.