Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for December 22, 2022

I thought Calvin liked maggots — the rawer, the better.

What’s for dessert?

Pay attention Santa

Watterson was ahead of his time because someone says that bugs are the food of future. Proteins! I’ ll always prefer my Mediterranean diet.

I was a slightly picky eater growing up, still am a little bit now, but I was never that bad. Jeepers.

Another good reason why he’s an only child.

Socks and underwear for you Calvin

I think the creators of “The Weekenders” (which no one remembers but I greatly enjoyed) used Calvin’s mom’s meals as inspiration for Tino’s mom’s meals.

Not so easy to worm your way out of eating dinner, Cal!

Do you think the old guy is buying it?

So, all caps, bold font, speaking out of the side of your mouth & raised eyebrows..the true way to show scarcasm. Maybe extra use of ! too.

Calvin seems to confuse being good with masochism. He sees being good as doing things that he hates to please others. He doesn’t seem to recognize his environmental concerns as part of his goodness.

Are you talking about being good and then canceling it by demanding good presents? I don’t think it works that way, Calvin!

Love Calvin. He sometimes reminds me of me growing up. Today especially.

Not an appetizing comic ! I’ll hold off on breakfast for a while.

The look on Calvin’s face in the first panel! Nearly shot coffee out of my nose.

This is not funny! https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-10867737/Scientists-plan-feed-primary-school-children-crickets-mealworms-make-UK-greener.html

I take it the maggots are rice and the guano is gravy?

I’m impressed with his use of the word guano, so much better than… well, you know.

Take the hint, lady!

As usual for the past x years, Mom just rides with it. Whatever works.

Gruel….yuk!

Maggots are the most versatile food after potatoes. Boiled maggots, stewed maggots, deep fried maggots… the possibilities are endless

I used to put ketchup on the rice. Lucky for us, rice was an unusual meal item. This works on mashed spuds too. Dad used HP steak sauce, that stuff is great on everything. Gulden’s spicy mustard on the baked beans. Everything tasted better with some kinda spicy sauce.

Cowpies with whipped cream… LOL

Oh geez, I’ve been in relationships like this where every “nice” thing was phrased to make sure the other person know how much they hated it.It’s amazing how so many people’s idea of “Nice” is really just a more complicated version of selfishness.

Nothing like enthusiasm for Mom’s work, Calvin.

Gotta love how MOM plays along. :D

Amazing. That’s pretty close to what I call goulash. I love goulash, though.

I never boil the guano when preparing that dish – it gets too runny.

Me attempting to eat broccoli as a kid.

I would imagine we’ve all made faces similar to Calvin’s at one time or another.

Mom had four kids before she was twenty and no one had really taught her how to cook. One day at breakfast Dad made a comment about the hardness of the biscuits. We four boys laughed and Mom left the table in tears. Nobody made jokes about the food after that. We boys could not cook and all Dad could cook was pancakes and hash. (Oh, and we realized how mean that was.)

Haggis – frozen – topped with fresh-plucked chicken tongue.

I love Calvin’s expressions!

LOL at Calvin’s face in the first panel! And I thought Calvin actually liked the idea of eating “maggots” (i.e. rice), as what happened four years earlier… https://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1988/11/15

One of my all time faves.

For enduring his mother’s cooking, Calvin should get something.

Protein = Presents

Calvin really is kind of a prick.

Love moms expression in last panel. She is the only Santa you can really rely upon, fella.