Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for May 08, 2022

At least the pain is short-term.

I’m going to totally ignore my broken arm.

Not an insult, but I’m a little tired of the mini cart rides.

I always wondered how Calvin and Hobbes survive falling off these high cliffs during their wagon and sled rides.

The world is a cruel teacher…..

Don’t want to see problems, Calvin? Don’t look in a mirror!

More of Watterson’s briliant artistry. Frame two is four frames divided by trees, showing the action while keeping Calvin’s argument tied together. The top down view in frame four emphasises the rapidity of the plunge to doom that comes from following stupid short term self-interest.

That would be bad

Don’t worry Calvin. You won’t.

When was this strip first published? 1992?

Nope. I’m not going to start… I’m not going to mention politics or any political parties or their “philosophies” at all. Not one bit. People wouldn’t like that. Many, MANY people really do treasure their ignorance…

Well, the cart is broken, might have no choice but to learn from that…..

Darwin adds that the stupid usually aren’t around long enough to enjoy their bliss.

“…And change means doing things that aren’t fun.”

Nonsense! If you’re a miserable killjoy, change can only bring MORE fun.

The validity of this strip has become even more relevant today. It makes one wonder: at what point is a critical mass of wilful stupidity reached from which there is no turning back? I hope not to find out.

His most prescient strip.

This describes Humanity perfectly (especially politics and corporate interests)

Yesterday, I gave another account of how I came from seeing Hobbes as part of Calvin’s imagination to accepting Bill Watterson’s view that Hobbes is not part of Calvin’s imagination but part of a reality that Calvin can see but other characters cannot. As usual, someone told me I was overthinking. I don’t think I’m overthinking as this is my all-time favourite comic strip and I love to think about different aspects of it including the complexity of Hobbes’s personality and the things Hobbes does which Calvin doesn’t know about.

Calvin thinks like a Republican!!

Hobbes ? No problem. Calvin ? Tough comics guy !

I sometimes wonder if Bill Watterson and Matt Groening ever shared notes on predicting the future through illustration.

Bless all mothers for their hopes and dreams. They put a lot of love and effort into growing us.

Their social dilemma speaks volumes about the human psyche. Bit of a history lesson here, I think. But how many people actually learn from history?

atta boy Calvin.

If one is ignorant, one doesn’t know that ignorance is bliss.

Comic Physics make more sense than republicans.

I couldn’t agree more. That is a fine sophistic philosophy. It even works sometimes, If you’re rich or famous.

30 years ahead of his time.

Sounds like a metaphor for current times.

Ignorance vs Innocence. So close. Life insight from a Red Flyer Wagon. NO BRAKES! ( and a handle positioned perfectly to knock your front teeth out.

I’m not sure that there are any cliffs that high anywhere close to Chagrin Falls, Ohio…

Oh, to be willfully stupid again. Good times.

This is the first cartoon of calvin and hobbies I saw and the first one that made me laugh out loud.

It’s all about the damage/epiphany ratio.

Calvin captures the zeitgeist of conservative politics in that lower left panel absolutely perfectly.

Definitely one of my all-time favorites

What a PERFECT explanation of the logic employed by the anti-vaxxers and anti-maskers, the only difference being that many of them die from their fall off the cliff (and push others off with them).

Even Wiley Coyote never lost his head on ground impact. This looks messy.

Why would I want to be “happy”?

A generation of Calvins has grown up and taken over the GOP.

This Comic hung in my Office for over 20 years. It is really quite profound.

This is so much more pertinent these days. . . .

The irony of his head in the sand in the last panel is genius.

This six year old knows the the secret of bliss, alright.

God forbid…