Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for February 19, 2023

Face it, Calvin: You live in O-H-I-O

Some ride, huh Calvin?

They all look like that before the first run.

Actually, that’s how Fort Benning looked from the 34-foot jump tower in 1962.

I like how he hallucinates!!!

Another wonderful layout from Watterson!

Downhill is always fun, till you get to the bottom and reality strikes!

That reminds me of Suicide Hill in Forest Park in St. Louis.

We had a Flying Saucer, any hill was fun with that

Mimicking the Grinch’s downhill ride. Brilliant!

His ride was so fiery, it wore down the 100-foot cliff. Yeah, that’s it.

Imagination can be a wonderful thing………

Whheeeewww! I was on the edge of my seat!

Anticipation: some times more fun than the result.

When you’re little, any hill looks huge.

Go for the gusto young man

Every panel a gem! & the layout is brilliant. If your eyes scan ahead & jump to the ending before you’ve fully appreciated each panel, you can still go back & enjoy each one. I love the lone hat.

That hits too close to home. To see that old hill now… But we had fun.

We actually had a sledding hill in our neighborhood that started out like that. Maybe the first 3 or 4 feet was straight down before it started to get some actual slope to it. Like Calvin’s, ours wasn’t something set up by adults for us, it was a drop into a gully in back of town. It was a 10 minute walk out of the gully and up the street to get back to the top. the hill itself was unclimbable. Trees were a real danger on the way down if you didn’t steer you were going to get hurt. (Thinking back on it, a friend’s broken nose sparked an investigation among us 4th-graders that would have made the NTSB proud. We developed some safety rules for that hill after the incident. The grown ups? They just said “You kids better be more careful!” and went about their business.)

At age 6, Calvin doesn’t have much life to flash before his eyes on the way down.

One thing about it—-the boy has a vivid imagination ! ! ! !

I went back to a childhood sledding hill I had not seen since I was a child. I was shocked at how barely inclined it was. I remembered that hill as epic! Never go back.

I remember this one from my own childhood :-D

Been there. Every group of kids has a ‘’Dead Man’s Hill’’.

When and If, you find yourself there, as an adult …‘’Hmm, I remember this as steeper?’’

I always find the way back up is higher than the way down. Now, there’s philosophy.

ahhhh, childhood…

Spectacular!

LOL! Great companion piece with today’s Cul de Sac.

I remember when it felt just like that

As is the case with so many things in life, it is a matter of perspective.

If he leaned back and took the weight off the front, he could get at least another 10 feet!

Double sigh, I gotta climb back up, nah, home to hot chocolate…

Watterson could not have illustrated life’s disappointments better. No dialogue was the kicker.

LOL.. Hobbes wisely stayed indoors next to the fireplace today.

Adrenaline will do that to you

Calvin finds that expectations are usually greater than reality.

Reality!

Kudos on the artwork, Mr. W. That large panel gave me that awful feeling in the pit of my stomach!

Hobbs must have been a fradie cat that day.

These were the type of strips and art that took the Sunday funnies to a new level!

When I was a youngster there was a hill we all knew as ‘Mount Misery’. It was a scary ride down on a pushbike and misery to ride back up.

I guess the colorist was off that day. I’ve never seen blue shadows like that.

Check out Cul de Sac Petey is clearly the opposite of Calvin.

Brilliant art work!