Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for January 06, 2024

It works!

Gee if only we knew how to break down that snow fort…

The origin of the phrase “The best defense is a good offense.”

Looks like Calvin got in over his head, LOL!

A year later searchers find a small skeleton, mittens, and a wool cap!!

Gotta remember to think things through before doing something you’ll regret.

Not so much a fort as a pit…….

Hilarious

Escape-proof, too.

The Introvert’s Dilemma.

Don’t worry, in just a few months it will be spring.

At least he’s safe from any attack.

One winter a bunch of us guys hiked up a mountain and built a snow cave to spend the night. We each had a cubby in the snow cave to sleep in. Kind of like a catacomb. During the night one guy got claustrophobic and freaked out. I thought a bear was outside.

I think Calvin has just stumbled upon the world of Pink Floyd.

Ah, see the results of self-imposed siege warfare.

Why doesn’t he just break through the wall? It’s just snow.

Cal is a linear thinker – one step at a time without assessing the possibilities for the succeeding steps.

A problem the inventors of the Broch likely also faced.

He learned that from Ray Barone. Maybe Suzie will come by and help.

now you have to hope that Hobbes rescues you!

A fortress becomes a prison. There’s a lesson in here.

At least he didn’t build it like Squidward did!

“Make it too tough for the enemy to get in and you can’t get out.” – Murphy’s Laws of Combat

Calv seems to have snowed himself into a proverbial corner, so to speak. Next time – steps first!

It’s like painting yourself into a corner!

Nobody can get at you, Calvin, but then again, you can’t get at anybody……either ! ! !!

That should keep him out of mischief for a little bit.

Where is the flush handle?

Oh, good one, Calvin!

I’ve known a lot of people like that.

now his enemies can just lob snowballs into the fort, mortar fashion.

Reminds me of the government lockdowns, mandates, and heavily-promoted panic. We’re still isolated in that hole.

I guess the fort was a little TOO amazing.

When in doubt call for mom. Moms always help. :)

Watterson could have increased the “laugh” factor a bit by showing a smirking Hobbes on the outside.

Guess it didn’t come with instructions.

One would think the fort was designed by committee…

What a perfect metaphor for our times.

Snow walls do not a prison make, but they don’t always help.

Three men found the genie’s lamp at the same time, so each got only one wish. The Oklahoman wished for a large ranch with rich soil, so that he could be a happy and successful farmer. The Texan wished for a impenetrable wall, as high as the highest building in the state, to keep out unwanted people. The Coloradan wished that the genie would feel that with water.

♪ “Barbed wire, it’s just a sin/It’ll fence you out but it’ll also fence me in”♫

Artie Traum

LOL… I bet Hobbes was involved with the design. Now he can get his cat nap for today.

Good thing Calvin never had to fight in the trenches of WW1

“…stop digging…”

The strip makes me think of certain periods of history. Japan before Meiji. Russia and China for most of their history. Easter Island.

The Disciples will not understand this cartoon.

A lesson about isolationism, I guess.

The marshal will have a word with you about the lack of fire escapes.

What if the fort caught fire?

Soon to be prisoner of the snow goons!

Heh, pretty funny, but not as funny as Calvin’s screaming for help in the May 2, 1995 strip…

Might be a moral in there somewhere. :-)

Quick Lassie ! Calvin fell in the well!….er fort…

No, no, Calvin. You’re good right there….

Didn’t Squidward try something like this?

it might as well be the crater of the metor that killed off the dinosaurs (and calvin)

Someone run out and sprinkle some water on it!

This might work with the cancellers and professional offendees. As long as the walls are 10 kilometres high and 5 thick