Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for April 27, 2020

“And the aliens fire a shot directly at Spiff’s head.”

Has Spiff ever met friendly aliens without having to draw his blaster with which to annihilate them?

Oh no! This is not going to end well.

That’s no moon. It’s a baseball!

Could Calvin actually glove the incoming ball and end up a hero? Guess we find out tomorrow.

I wondered why the small moon kept getting bigger. Then it hit me.

Walk-off loss. (oops)

Calvin will catch it, thus causing his team to lose. He will be kicked of the team and live happily ever after…

“Who’s out there?” Fine time to ask that.

Spacecraft have wheels?

And suddenly the planet is not so isolated!

His eyes in the fourth panel

Ouch, this reminds me of when Jose Canseco let a fly ball bounce off of his cabeza and into the stands when the Rangers played Cleveland.

His team was up to bat on Friday. I guess the OTHER left fielder will grab this pop fly.

When he misses the ball, he’s gonna need the blaster.

Why haven’t we had a Spaceman Spiff movie?

Social distancing is no problem when your as good at baseball as Calvin.

Nothing ruins a good fantasy like a dose of reality.

This should prove to be interesting.

Oh my Calvin be a hero or a dud.

Out in the distance, the game’s dragging on. There’s strikes on the batter. Some runners are on. Suddenly everyone’s looking at me. My mind has been wondering. What could it be? They point to the sky and I look up above and a baseball falls into my glove.

Did Watterson not realize that RIGHT field is where you put the weak players as all the right handed hitters hit to Left.

Blast it, Spiff!

I recall only one time that Spiff met a friendly alien, and he had assumed the worst.

Spiff desperately tries to repair his disabled spacecraft.”