Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for August 23, 2021

Why is a 6 year old, who wants to Get Rid Of Slimy girlS, so concerned about increasing his sex appeal?

Up your nose…..with a rubber hose.

one of my favorites

Hard to believe a children’s comic strip in the eighties got away with the words “sex appeal”.

why would a six-year-old have to worry about his sex appeal?

Southern mating call.

That’ll get the ladies over here…NOT!

At his age “sex appeal” has no meaning whatever.

That kink in the tail looks painful……

The funniest thing in this strip is the look on Calvin’s face in the 3rd panel! BW’s a genius!

At his age, i could barely manage a couple of “Glicks” of soda before the burp popped out. That is, if we were allowed anywhere near a soda – which was very very rarely.

That “right up my nose!” feeling? That’s to prepare you for horseradish and wasabi.

It’s all in the marketing. You can sell just about anything if you tell people it will make them “better” somehow. FOMO works very well, too.

Two words: Susie Derkins.

It will certainly improve his six appeal…his appeal to other six-year-olds.

Sex appeal. Calvin doesn’t even like girls.

one of my all time favorites

Better a burp than from the other end.

And where is the sex appeal?

“A little”, Hobbes?

Makes you pretty and hyperactive… oh, no, that’s “pretty hyperactive”.

I laughed out loud on this one. My guess is he didn’t want to be sexy, but needed to check out the truth of the commercial. I loved Hobbes’ reaction and his bent tail in #3. When a burp goes up your nose it’s not so much fun then.

Girls LOVE that!

I did not salute Donnie. I am that guy.

I remember when I was young Mad magazine had a comic that used the pepsi commercial "Now It’s Pepsi For Those Who Think Young” to its help the elderly belch.

Reminds me of the Coke commercial with Mean Joe Greene. Had to do many retakes on making it because of Joe burping. https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/mean-joe-greene-drank-how-many-cokes-for-that-super-bowl-commercial-150044137.html

This one ranks in the top 5 of my all-time favorites.

That was GROSS (Get Rid Of Slimy girlS)with the premature sex appeal.

i’ ve had that happen to me. think tht the BURP would be a deal breaker unless the other person is interested in a contest to see who can BURRRRRRPPPPPPP THE LOUDEST!

Another round of Watterson vs. Consumerism.