Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for May 19, 2020

Calvin is not just fighting for his freedom, he’s fighting against heathenism!

Is Nollij the deity of — oh, I don’t know — knowledge?

Don’t forget about edgeucayshin.

“Girls go to college to get more knowledge.

Boys go to college to get more knowledge.

Girls and boys

Go to Jupiter

(To get more knowledge)"

- xkcd

No plasma beam, super missiles, power bombs or even the ability to turn into a ball to help Spiff out.

That god cannot be appeased, even by sacrifice.

Knowing how forgetful those evil potentates are, they probably left the door open so that Spaceman Spiff could make his escape.

Blackboard? What century was this strip written in?

The God doesn’t spell his name very well either.

Huh. I always thought it was “nullage”. Which is to null as dunage is to dun.

Down wiff skool!! (I’ve just given the spell checker apoplexy)

If Calvin applied himself to his studies with a fraction of his imagination, he’d spend far less time at the principal’s office. NAH! What was I thinking? LOL

He didn’t give the aliens an exotic name! (In one story it was Zogwargs…)

There’s never a blaster around when you need one.

The only way to fight “Nollij” is with knowledge.

We don’t need no education.

“I will not daydream in class” X500

“N” Is for nollij that’s why we go to Kollij.

Blackboard must be code for the altar of doom.

Pretty good artwork

I remember the fear of the Chalk Board. I’m not sure I could ever tell a run on sentence from a dipthong.

To paraphrase Santayana, “Those who do not study algebra are doomed to repeat it.”

“I don’t need to learn anything. I’m a stable genius with great and unmatched wisdom!”

my favorite spelling of that word

My school years, but with Sister Mary Wormwood.

Ha, “nollij!” More clever word play from Calvin. (Though at first glance I thought it was “jillion” spelled backwards, since this was for a a math problem.)

For someone without ‘nollij’, I’m impressed that he’s using the word ‘potentate’.

he can always commit siouxeyesighed. (google it)

I enjoyed going to the board.

Will the force him to wear the cone of shame?

A little “Nollij” never hurt anyone, Calvin! :D

Good old Mrs. Wormwood – she has the patience of Job!

the evil god “Nollij” has been beaten by a little thing called “Quarantine” and “Coronavirus”

Calvin must have really not wanted to go to school this day, more so than usual. That may not be the best explanation for this, but it is one. Or I may be over thinking another one of these strips. Again.

I like Calvin’s expression in the first panel!