Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for May 01, 2023

Maybe Calvin used a meat sauce to be more realistic.

He wanted to use ketchup but that was probably too easy.

Good thing he didn’t use actual blood.

Nice touch

This poster is sounding better and better. Good punchy slogan, and strong illustration.

I hope ABC (Anyone But Calvin) wins first prize.

In fact, I’d be happy if Hobbes wins! After all, he did all the work!!

In any good work of art, texture is paramount.

For once, Calvin is meeting Susie at the bus stop with a completed assignment (even if it’s a competition entry, it still counts) and not just trying to rip out an actual road sign from the side of the road at the last moment.

The winner of the competition will be announced in Thursday’s strip. That is a really brilliant strip even by Calvin and Hobbes standards with an unusual view of Hobbes.

Oh, I don’t know. It DOES have a certain ring to it.

Susie has a pleasant smile on her face when she greets Calvin. I don’t know how she does it.

Genuine road kill, Suzy, and I’m sorry your cat is missing.

It’s for shock value….

Like Cal’s idea but know it won’t float. Too direct.

Susie, rule number 2 in journalism: If it bleeds, it leads.

Rule number 1: Never let the facts get in the way of a good story.

It’s as close to blood as Calvin could find.

Also mothers assist daughters by saying do you need help with anything, fathers assist sons by saying go do your homework!

Sounds like the old Drivers Ed movies showing all the accidents and indicating dead folks.

Very avant garde. (Which usually means ick)

If I had been his teacher I’d have probably given him an A+, but then, most of my students thought I was weird.

…Or you should just be more careful, because otherwise, you’re gonna be sitting in a boiler, becoming lunch. All that just because you didn’t listen to Calvin’s Traffic Safety Poster.

My kind of kid

LOL… Calvin is avant garde graphics artist – bringing more reality into art.

Winner, winner, chicken dinner!

Susie always seems at least mildly happy to see Calvin at first, and to assume their interaction will be normal. You’d think she’d have learned by now.

I hope Prego sales don’t take a hit because of this strip

Ewww!

I like how we never see the drawing at all in this storyline.

The slogan is pretty realistic, although a bit graphic.

Absolutely brilliant! Both the slogan and the art!!! Calvin absolutely should win!

LOL at Susie’s face in the third and fourth panels!

In second grade, I learned that when walking on a roadway that doesn’t have a designated space for pedestrians, you walk on the LEFT side of the road. It’s amazing to me that most of the walkers in my neighborhood (who have advanced degrees) never learned that. They must have been so smart they skipped second grade.

Calvin is likely to win this one.

Blood and guts a nice touch.

Funny.

I’m betting Susie wins the contest, throwing Calvin into a real rage.

When I was 5 years old, I saw a playmate hit by a car while I was waiting at a bus stop. It was definitely his fault; he ran directly into the path of a car on a highway while playing “chase”. He was young and OK after six months in a body cast. It made a very strong impression on me about safety. It’s too bad everyone cannot learn from someone else’s experience.

Be grateful, Susie, this wasn’t a group project.

The 2nd panel, Calvin has a lot of swag