Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for September 01, 2020

Now you’re going to have to come up with the ransom money.

“How come whenever I have fun, it’s wrong?”

- Squidward

Payback can sometimes be a bitch Calvin. Its a small part of growing up.

Typical Calvin. Can’t understand the concept of equally applied ethics.

Panel 4 (??), the moment of enlightment for the little cretin!!

The dawn of the beginning of maturity. It may take a while, but he’ll get there and won’t she be surprised at the effect the realization will have on her!

Now that you’ve had a taste of your own medicine, buddy, how’s it taste?

Feels different now that the shoe is on the other foot eh?

Calvin has a great growth opportunity here. Too bad he’ll waste it (again).

(Sarcastically) Yeah because it was so funny, it’s worth $100.

Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones.

If you can’t take it, don’t dish it out. Just makes you look like a hypocrite.

Anyone else getting 8 yr old notifications again?

It’s called Karma, Calvin. :D

I bet Hobbes is really enjoying his stay with Susie.

She didn’t just retaliate…this would qualify as “massive retaliation”! :D

That’s how life works, Calvin. Everything’s funny and you laugh at other people’s misfortunes until it happens to YOU! Hope you’re learning a valuable lesson!

The four drawings of Calvin in this strip – without panels – are similar to the four drawings of Susie in last Thursday’s strip which were also without panels. This shows the extent to which Susie has turned the tables on Calvin – but she underestimates Hobbes.

Payback sure is great—-to watch!

My husband is evil. He just asked what would happen if Susie’s doll came to life while with Calvin like Hobbes does. Good thing I love his evil mind! LOL!

All too human.

Psychopath.

Does Hobbes know that free tigers don’t live as long as captive tigers?

Irony, meet Calvin… Calvin, meet payback.

Karma

This is like in the movies where some paid assassin is all cool until someone kills a friend of theirs — then they’re outraged. %

“Hey, he’s catching on!” ~ From the movie “Fallen”

I liked this arc at first but it’s gotten a little too heavy-handed in its messaging for my taste. That, plus initially i thought (or hoped) Calvin was just playing a silly and lighthearted game instead of being totally earnest about it. But now with the latter being the case it makes him look as much of a bully as Moe ever was, which, despite all of Calvin’s outlandish behavior, is very much out of character for him (after all, hasn’t he bemoaned on more than one occasion about how cruel humans can be?).

Shoe, other foot. Other foot, shoe.

Humor is in the eye of the beholder. Just like fetishes.

Seems Susie is now “plush” with revenge while Calvin has been chagrined by his sin.

This is not “karma” which involves retribution or reward in a future existence. It’s just plain ol’ “payback”.

I have seen recent stories of politicians who have tried dirty tricks and when caught, tried to say they were just joking. Unfortunately, this seems to be a frequent response used mostly by males.

You can’t really negotiate until you prove you can retaliate.

Don’t worry, Calvin! Hobbes is having an absolute blast!

Calvin’s learned a few new phrases today.

“Turnabout is fair play”

“A taste of your own medicine”

“You can dish it out, but you can’t take it”

“Deserved”

arrange a prisoner swap.

I don’t know why I used to think this was funny

Can hand it out but can’t take it? TSK!

I wonder what is going through the heads of Calvin and Susie’s moms? Do they intervene? Do they stay out of it? Is there enough wine in the world to make this go away?

Calvin finally understands the Golden Rule.

Calvin would make a great politician.

And he probably won’t even profit from the life lesson.

There are a lot of affluent socialists in American cities feeling the same way now!

Why do I keep seeing Calvin as a very young Donald Trump?

Too often these days, Calvin reminds me of a certain so-called President… I’d like to think that Calvin didn’t grow up to be so self-centered and ignorant.

Man, I feel like there might be a lesson here somewhere….

Karma.

The two party system explained!

…and just like that, Calvin accidentally demonstrated masculine toxicity in four frames.

Time to renew those Paris peace talks.

An exange of prisoners at Check Point Charlie could be a good solution . A chance to see Berlin too .

Time for a good old fashioned prisoner exchange.

I’d say that you’re learning a lesson here, but I know you won’t ever do that.

At least Hobbes is enjoying the situation! :)

Enjoy your blowback Calvin.

You underestimate Susie’s moves. She has many such up her sleeves. She is another star of this strip.

I don’t want to suggest anything too outlandish here, but you could just give Susie back her doll and apologize.

A taste of your own medicine

His last sentence sounds a lot like…never mind, I might make some people angry

Ad hominem humor is in the eye of the subject? Not right, but it sounds good.