Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for June 08, 2022

PTERODACTYL?!

Calvin doesn’t look that old!

Of course Calvin thinks that’s cool.

last time Calvin asked this kind of question, Dad said Sears for most babies, but Calvin came from K-Mart

Calvin was delivered by the four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.

Well done, Dad. I thoroughly approve of fathers educating their children about the realities of life.

This explains a lot.

I love Calvin’s dad’s stories.

Does the hairy pterodactyl accept returns?

In the 90’s, was it known that pterodactyls might have had hair?

If you think Calvin is bad now, you should have seen him during his “Pterrible Ptwos”!

A very special way!

Down the chimney?!? That’s like Christmas!!!

Dad is a real SOB!!

Besides, pterodactyls were reptiles; they weren’t hairy!!

The parents killed the pterodactyl and fed him to the baby Calvin. That’s even MORE cool!

Pterodactyls were warm blooded and yes, hairy.

Calvin’s dad knows his child, a pteranodon is far more cool than a stork.

Better than the way too many States are going, i.e.: delivered by subpoena, which arrives shortly after conception.

Failure to deliver a healthy infant by the due date, resulting in the mother being arrested on criminal charges.

I thought he was a Blue Light Special from Walmart.

THAT explains everything. :D

Dad has more imagination than me, I would have said vulture…….

Calvin’s dad is very hard to live up to, as far as false information goes. I especially admire his size-of-the-sun and black-and-white-versus-color-film discussions.

On the night of December 24. Santa Pterodactly is coming to town.

Good Job Dad !

Dad plays to Calvin’s imagination. Good move.

I was told something about “cabbage leaves” before I finally learned that babies were delivered by storks. Some people just can’t handle science.

Not so sure Mom would agree on the ‘big, hairy pterodactyl’ part.

So lying to your son builds character? How will Dad explain this when Mom finds out?

Well done, Dad! :D

I would think that would leave Calvin draggen.

It does explain a lot. Especially since Calvin thinks it’s cool.

Know your audience…

I thought pterodactyls were feathery rather than hairy.

I thought Calvin was a Blue Light Special from K-Mart.

BE THIS GUY should remember that this is the world of comic strips. Except in “Gasoline Alley” and “For Better Or For Worse”, no character ever ages!

Big Harry the Pterydactyl. Didn’t he defeat Jack Johnson for the championship?

We really ought to collect all of Dad’s wonderful answers to Calvin questions.

Dad is a wise man.

He would accept something like that. How about a UFO dropped him off as it flew by?

“Uncerermonious” is a nice way to put it. Even the pterodactyl was trying to get away from Calvin as fast as possible.

We can see that Calvin obviously gets his crazy imagination from his Dad. I wouldn’t be surprised if the Dad did just as poorly in school as Calvin when HE was six years old.

For people wondering about the Blue Light Special thing, let’s just say the Pterodactyl was Kmart’s delivery service at the time and call it a day.

Rank superstition. Turn over large cabbage leaves until you find a baby. It won’t take long.

I was going to audition to an oldies band until I found out they meant the 90’s. Does anyone play 50’s and 60’s music any more?

Dad knows his son. Sweet.

Cool, indeed!

I like my pterodactyls shaved

Calvin’s imagination and subversive spirit came from his father. His mother’s a lot like Susie Derkins.

One of the few times that Calvin likes what his Father has said.

I’ll bet his mom screamed like one when she was giving birth.

What till he gets to middle school health class, Dad.