I was one of those kids like Chubb. No expression. Someone would tell a joke. No expression. I wondered why they told such a lame joke. How hard of a guffaw were you expected to give? Did it deserve any kind of chuckle? And giving the punchline (knowing) only makes the jokester upset that you killed their show. No expression. Worse – was I expected to return their gift with my own joke? Did it have to be a pun joke? No expression. As I pondered the entire universe of bad jokes… they (or myself) would wander away. No expression.
Calvinist1966 12 months ago
Calvin showed a slowness in getting Hobbes’s insulting joke in two recent Calvin and Hobbes reprints.
markkahler52 12 months ago
You can stretch this arc WELL into Summer, Jason!
i_am_the_jam 12 months ago
Going meta there…
rockyridge1977 12 months ago
….and the expression on his face never changes………….payday someday!!!!!
hfelder7219 12 months ago
And we’re breaking the fourth wall here!
I Mad Am I 12 months ago
I was one of those kids like Chubb. No expression. Someone would tell a joke. No expression. I wondered why they told such a lame joke. How hard of a guffaw were you expected to give? Did it deserve any kind of chuckle? And giving the punchline (knowing) only makes the jokester upset that you killed their show. No expression. Worse – was I expected to return their gift with my own joke? Did it have to be a pun joke? No expression. As I pondered the entire universe of bad jokes… they (or myself) would wander away. No expression.
GoComicsGo! 12 months ago
I think someone wrote in asking about why there’s no Chubb in the strip.