Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for February 03, 2023

I don’t see a future in sales for Calvin.

Correction: No one wants to trade with a kid with a screwed up mind.

How to win friends and influence people

Well I got baloney, mayo on white bread EVERY DAY. Except on Friday when I goypt Kraft American, mayo on white. Every. Single. Day.

Innocent well-meaning moms getting a bad rap because of their weirdo kids.

Knowing Calvin, I’d think he’d consider all those to be good points! I mean, inky brine, pickle pulp, golly gee!

When he grows up, Calvin might get a job at a weight-loss clinic.

You know mom did not put any of that in there, except maybe the pickles

Yes, she did. Except for the pickles.

This one’s about 30 years old. Notice how Suzie’s face isn’t quite as developed as later.

No squid jigging in the lunchroom!

My mother used to give me peanut butter sandwiches. This was in the olden days, before they were banned from schools.

A girl from a German family would trade her sausage sandwiches for my peanut butter sandwiches, because that’s what her mother gave her every day and she would get very very tired of them. I never found out what kind of sausage it was or where to get it, but they were delicious.

Another guy got head cheese sandwiches a lot. I traded with him once. Once. (Head cheese is a meat jelly made from the head meats of pigs [or other animals] — and back when I was in school that could include the brain.)

What surprises me? Susie allowing Calvin that close to her ! ! ! !

Interesting facial expression on Susie’s face there in the third panel!

All I want for supper is greasy, grimy gopher guts….

Who makes a calamari sandwich for a kids lunch? WHO?

PB&J?

I almost snorted inky brine, I mean coffee, out of my nose with this one…

And a thermos of warm bug juice …. ahh, memories of youth.

Mine were always healthy – marmite and walnuts, scrambled egg, lettuce and cheese etc always on wholemeal. Must have been good for me, but just sometimes, I longed for raspberry jam on white … No-one would trade with me either!

I love this kid. I would have SO hung with him.

My mother-in-law made me a date sandwich to take to work. Odd. Chopped up dates do not do well between slices of bread.

Cal, as a former ad rep, I think I can safely say your sales pitch su . . . er . . . uh . . . ah . . . needs a lot of work.

LOL… Calvin LOVES to torment and gross out Susie. That means he actually likes her.

Try some jelly with your Squid. Perhaps Squid jerky and jelly.

Calvin’s future as a Food Critic.

His sandwich sounds like a stage prop in a horror movie

Susie’s face in the third panel always made me laugh.

Suzie needs to stop sitting near him. If he sits near her, she needs to move

Great disgusted face from Susie in the third panel!

Oh wow! I must try this tactic the next time someone tries to steal my food!

Don’t oversell it.

Yeah Calvin, try olive loaf!!!!

I don’t believe Calvin’s Mom made him a Squid and pickle sandwich.

You figure Susie is smarter than that .

That look on Susie’s face — OMG so funny

Sounds like something that would be popular in Japan. ;-)