Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for November 08, 2020

I see a future as a character actor.

kids’ll be kids (specially when they’re — oh, I don’t know — camera shy)

Mr. Watterson said in the 10th anniversary book (I think) that he stood in front of the mirror and made these faces to draw. I would’ve loved to see that.

I have one of those. :P. He’s anything but shy, especially of cameras. He’s in his 30’s now, and is still about the same. :D

Calvin will be an only child !!!

Gilles de la Tourette Syndrome or he is simply catty?

If he’s ever wanted for anything, the wanted poster and picture on the news will be interesting.

Like we even need to see these pictures.

Making faces is child speak for “I don’t want my picture taken.”

Definitely!!!!

Didn’t Dad want a dachshund instead? Here’s more ammo for that view.

In about ten years, threaten to show them to any future girlfriends.

Burn the negatives, burn them now!

A couple of them remind me of some people’s ID pictures…

Like High School Harry just said, those of you without a profile picture, or those wanting a new one, there’s some great ones above.

Love the one on the bottom row, all the way to the left

I guess the third one is the most presentable.

It is their son and he will stay it!!

The photo on my driver’s license resembles the fifth picture here. I thought I was smiling.

Genetics or environment?

2nd row, 3rd from left looks like me during a “difficult” visit to the bathroom!

Back in the stone age when you had to take the film to the store and get it developed, my brother made a face like Calvin’s first one. The rest of us were laughing until my dad realized what he did. I think he smacked my brother into next week! When the pictures came back, we were all looking at them and busted out laughing when we saw “THAT” picture. We thought my brother was going to get smacked into next week again, but instead my Dad, trying to keep a straight face, busted out laughing.

Reminds me of another photo montage…starts at .56

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZSaE2iU-io

school pictures be like

Calvin has a larger range of facial expressions than some actors I’ve seen. Perhaps a career in cinema? I mean really, he has the imagination and drama down pat.

Such a lovely son, really.

I was trying to take a picture of twin grandsons with a 35mm camera one time and they kept making faces. The flash had a button to discharge it so I flashed it, they started grinning from ear to ear. Snap! Gotcha!

I’ll bet Bill had a lot of fun drawing this strip.

Calvin showed the face in the last photo one week before Kevin would make it famous in Home Alone.

Fantastic artwork!

Watterson really needed to draw just one strip where a good photo of Calvin was taken without his knowledge, and his reaction afterward would have been classic.

We need more families with only one child, but fewer Calvins.

When this comic was printed before, Calvins nose was white in the fourth panel. Weird why its not.

I recall trying to make some of these faces when I was younger. Not for the camera, though…

Calvin’s outer faces for his inner voice.

No more Chocolate Frosted Sugar Bombs for Calvin. That should solve it.

No known photographs of me exist.

I think Watterson had fun with this one.

Calvin needs to teach his facial expressions to use their inside voice.

I have a photoserie with my son on doing the same faces…

Those cute faces can be touched up with new editing apps. But they represent the best of Bill Watterson’s creativity!