Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for August 25, 2021

Mom’s going to enjoy washing that out of Calvin’s hair.

That illustration scared me as a kid.

“I thought that WAS your face!”

I’ve never been able to make a baloon out of chewingum.

This is one of my all time favorites!

I would think that Calvin would think it a wonderful thing, even if just to show Suzie.

And a new super-villain is born!

Haunting look!!

Have fun getting the bubble gum out of your hair, Calvin! ;P

One of the many iconic and slightly disturbing Calvin avatars!

I remember doing that but I don’t think it covered my whole head.

“He was an ordinary boy until he blew a bubble too big…now he roams the streets as ‘The Gummy’…coming to a theater near you!”

Calvin’s dream come true.

This is my first comment!

By golly, I think you did. Tell me, can you see out your ears?

Cool….

I watched a movie last night where one of the characters’ face looked inside-out. It wasn’t really inside-out, though. It had been eaten by one of the other characters.

I would have given a $1 to see that happen as a kid.

“Good Heavens?”

And, of course, it’s picture day at school.

Go scare Suzy.

Calvin, you bubble-head!

Go scare Susie.

Like something out of The Blob.

Six year olds have all the fun!

A fan of Edvard Munch maybe?

Sure looks that way…

Reminds me of a story I read (and it might be internet or urban legend, probably) about a police officer who came upon a woman sitting in her car and asked if there was a problem. She told the officer that she was sitting still because she heard a loud pop and then felt her head and was afraid that she was feeling part of her brain on her scalp. The officer looked and determined that one of those Pillsbury biscuit tubes she had in a shopping bag exploded sending the dough into her hair.

My guess is we’re not seeing this bubble-gum face for the last time. Who’s going to be the first he shows it to? Susie or Mom?

One of my favorites!

It’s like Bill Watterson once said, he can make a good strip from either funny dialogue or from funny drawings. This is a classic example of the latter.

i bet his mom’s and dad’s reactions will be priceless!

Great Halloween mask.

Well on the bright side, Calvin is good at blowing bubblegum!