Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for February 16, 2020

Probably found a nice recipe in the cookbook To Serve Man.

sooner or later, th’interplanetary explorer extraordinaire will go home for dinner hungry

You’re safe, Calvin. Giants don’t like sour kids.

Obviously not pizza nor burgers.

Reminds me of the Twilight Zone episode “To serve man”

If the alien life leaves footprints that size, Spiff would be far too small for it to bother eating him.

TOFU!!! Eject! Eject!

Then Spaceman Spiff realizes he is all out of food supplies!

Ah, to have that kind of imagination again. Unfortunately, many of us have it beat out of us by “growing up.”

Which is why my sister keeps sending me refrigerator magnets and T-shirts with the statement. “Growing old is mandatory. Growing up is optional.”

One of my favorite expressions is, “We do not stop playing because we grow old. We grow old because we stop playing.”

I consider myself to be a Child of God with the emphasis on the “child” part.

70 years on this planet and I will keep playing until the street lights come on and it’s time to go home.

I would like to see a crossover where Spaceman Spiff meets Duck Dodgers.

Mom and dad are probably having that green stuff for dinner again.

Spiff. It’s what’s for dinner.

Relax Calvin, fava beans and a nice Chianti are not on the menu.

Where’s a snow goon when you need him?

Too bad Snoopy beat out Spaceman Spiff as mascot for the Apollo program. Maybe there is a place for Spiff on our new Space Force.

Calvin is high in protein

love the Spiff strips

There was a scene from SUPERNATURAL several years ago when Sam and Dean were on an alternate version of Earth, and they are walking through this blasted wasteland. They jump down into a large crater and work their way across. The camera starts moving upward until you can see that the crater is a footprint of a giant something that is a cross between a mammal and a reptile that’s far bigger than any dinosaur. Shivers. Chuck works in mysterious and nasty ways.

It wasn’t until reading my 2nd or 3rd Spaceman Spiff Sunday comic those many years ago that I realized the lenses on Spiff’s goggles change shape from panel to panel.

Don’t know about the rest of you, but as much as I loved Calvin and Hobbs, I was never a fan of his Sunday comics that were just Calvin fantasies like this one. I quickly learned I preferred just skipping to the last panel.

Might be a BFG…

I’m with Calvin on this one. I hate it when I discover giant footprints in the snow outside of my dwelling!

My Mom’s fried liver..

It just occurred to me the similarities between Calvin’s Mom and Andy Foxtrot. Both mothers stay at home and cook the most revolting meals.

The Quorg planet is a refreshing name after all the Quora stuff doing the rounds.

I adore Bill Watterson’s brilliant art.

How to Serve Man.

Got to visit Utah last year, this strip reminds me that Watterson said he used the topography of Utah for his alien landscapes. Super cool artistry

And a tip of the hat to A A Milne and the Woozles.