Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for April 05, 2021

At least he isn’t going to be referring to himself in the first person plural.

Received an email reply from our old friend LeadingEdge today after I sent him Easter’s greetings. Unfortunately, he is still banned from GoComics. He has kept his artistic skills sharp. I would place a link but I don’t want to get banned.

The Lone…..de-Ranger.

Yes, sire.

Aye lad! The self, that belongs to you, needs to be respected.

Panel 4, his mother is absolutely right!!!

How about Calvin the Solipsistic? Except, of course, for that enigmatic tiger!

“Calvin the Bold”: we’ll decide that.

So long as he never gets hold of the nuclear codes, or the chip fryer at a fast food place, I am happy.

I wonder if Watterson was thinking of the ’50s swashbuckler strip KEVIN THE BOLD?

Calvin would totally be “that guy” who refers to themselves in third person

…as does Alexander the Good Enough.

Since he would be over 40 now, he is probably “Calvin the Bald”.

Calvin the Oddball.

Is this where all of our pronoun trouble started?

Why would he like to be called after a washing powder? Is it because he’s a washout?

Home, home on deranged…

I’d prefer Calvin the Hobbes.

Bold, that will soon get old.

In the old days he would be referred to as “Calvin the smarting”!

Yeah, that’s going to get annoying real…wait…it already is.

The artist formerly known as “Calvin” is still a brat. New branding just makes the obvious, complicated.

Neil Perry: So what are you going to do, Charlie?

Charlie Dalton: Damn it Neil, the name is Nuwanda.

Mom’s suggestion makes the most sense. (I have come Calvin’s parents aren’t as bad as we have thought.)

Call the shrink.

konjiki disapproves of this use of the third person…

Deranged it is.

sounds like some of his grammar lessons have taken hold.

Since we don’t know their last names, Calvin the Bold seems to work!

WCraft thinks today’s strip is silly.

Perhaps Calvin the Bold will one day meet up with Wallace the Brave!

Calvin the bowled

Later on he calls himself “Calvin, Boy of Destiny.”

He is going to be Calvin the Hungry if he keeps being a brat.

He may be going third person, but no chance he’ll declare himself transgender…he wouldn’t want to be one of those Slimy girlS.

Calvin the bold and May I suggest reckless. Calvin the bold and reckless

Hmm. Maybe I’ll try it, too.

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Update: Baroness the Pink does not think this is working for her.

My usual policy is to call people what they want to be called, but I draw the line at anything arrogant.

Calvin the Boldly Deluded.

Since Calvin also refers to himself as a genius from time to time, he should be “ Calvin the Bold Genius”. You doin’t go bold enough, Calvin!

Calvin the Bold soon becomes Calvin the Irritating.

Ka`ōnōhi`ula`okahōkūmiomio`ehiku the Unreadable.

Edwin does not think this will go over well.

At 30, Calvin became known as “Calvin the Bald”

The way his mom has to keep after him, he should be Calvin the Told.