Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for February 25, 2021

All of a sudden, matricide was on the menu.

So easily, Tracer falls right into this trap.

Let’s see how he talks his way out of this one!!!

It’s time to call Bill . . . the probation officer.

This would be a good time to change to a different story. Try the Invisible Man.

Panel 2 has a gun and what appears to a cigarette, she doesn’t need a detective, she needs the pc police.

“She just wanted a Patsy on whom she could pin the crime!”

Tell the dame that mild-mannered Calvin broke it. She would probably believe it.

Moses’ boy!

Those who get that will want to celebrate with me Samuel Colt’s patent of the revolver on 25 February 1836.

WOAH

I know what you’re thinking: “Did he fire six shots or only five?” Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement, I’ve kinda lost track myself. But being this is a .45 automatic, the most powerful handgun in the world, and would blow your frown clean off, you’ve got to ask yourself one question: ‘Do I feel lucky?’ Well, do you, mom?

With apologies to Harry Callahan

This must be in America where a 6-year-old boy can own a .45 automatic. In my country it is against the law even for a law abiding adult to own a hand gun. Exception being police, military, and gangsters.

Tracer Bullet just fell for the oldest trick in the book… uhm… comic book.

the second panel is very incredible

Wonderful use of film noir lighting in these panels. Pure Sam Spade.

Hum. Rarely is the little nose picker innocent, but not never. Maybe it’s a blue moon and Calvin, or Hobbes, didn’t do it. Sooooo, where, exactly, is Dad right about now?

In my house when something is broken a detective is not needed. It’s always that little sneak, Not Me.

omg who did the crime its a MYSTERY

Who knew that Mom folding her arms and glaring sounds like a .38!

But Tracer Bullet is forgetting that the dame has a partner in crime… and he won’t be so considerate as she’s been.

This is a job for Rewrite Man!

someone plz reply plz plz plz plz

Quick, we need something to distract the dame!

LOVE the artwork. Watterson is a master.

Dames, huh?

Now ain’t dat a nice democratic answer. Create the narrative! And so, there will be at least .45 reasons why da dam can’t trample on da scene. Now dat’d be loaded for sure.

Dames are like a cold cup of java…

“I won’t play the sap for you!”

I love how his story in his head reads like a Sin City graphic novel :)

Heh, I like to picture that in the Tracer Bullet imagine spots, Tracer has a Humphrey Bogart-like voice, while in reality when Calvin is thinking Tracer’s dialogue we hear it in his regular voice. And he’ll get his .45 on so he can rock on!

Funny about that sound.

I once had a backyard prowler, and just that sound made him flee for his life.

all of a sudden he will fire back be TUNED FOR DEATH

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I could read a story like this for days yet.

Pretty good line!

Well this isn’t going to end well …

uh oh…

Just plain bloody CLASSIC!

i don’t like the 45 as the co author…

I think Mom already has made a decision-“Guilty”

how does he know what a .45 is?