Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for August 22, 2022

Who needs virtual reality when you have imagination?

That’s because it has “reality” in the name.

got that right, Susie Derkins

Amen, Susie!!

Sometimes all you need is your imagination

Is he wearing one of those VR headsets?

Calvin’s VR is pre-installed.

He beat Meta (aka Facebook) by about three decades.

Isn’t it time for school to start again??

It may have been ‘weird’, ‘Susie’ but……..at least, he didn’t hit you with a water balloon ! ! ! !

Right, has nothing on Calvin!

What a flirt.

Say’s Susie with a bucket and spade……..

How much virtual reality could there have been back in 1992?

I will find something today that will go “KAPWINNNGGG!”

And where’s his sidekick Hobbes?

“Kapwinnnggg”?!? Did Calvin…errr ‘stupendous man’ save Suzie from an imaginary bullet? If that is not love….

What exactly was “virtual reality” in 1992?

Virtual what?

I have enough issues with reality as it is, I don’t want or need virtual reality…though sometimes I wish for a different reality…one where I’m younger, my knees and shoulders work as they are supposed to…etc…ad infinitum ad nauseam.

I used to pin an old blue towel around my neck, then run around the house jumping off of things. Accompanied by ‘’Superman!’’

If you take ’’superman’’, add a P and a space, it becomes ‘’supper man’‘. Now I’m hungry.

Even today.

I’m not sure Calvin’s reality is ever real.

The great thing about imagination is that you can still see what’s going on in the real world. A 68-year-old friend of mine recently fell and suffered severe knee damage when a small child pushed him over while he was wearing a virtual reality helmet and playing a game with another child.

I’m afraid this will be the new “falling off the child’s skateboard” meme at the trauma center.

Virtual reality is nothing to Calvin. He’s in his own world.

Mom must have forgotten Calvin’s morning meds…. whew.

I remember when VR was a craze, and they had stores offering the experience.

How did she figure out Stupendous Man’s secret identity???

Could you imagine a virtual reality Calvin and Hobbes experience? That would be fun…

Imagination ROCKS!!!

That cannot be overstated!

Susie is not impressed.

This is a comic from 1992. If you’ve been wondering how long people have been trying to make virtual reality into a successful product, here’s proof that the wait has been at least 30 years.

Calvin is his own reality.