Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for October 31, 2024

I don’t think Moe will ever be religious himself.

Gimmee that old time religion…..

Can’t wait for all the commenters to call Calvin out for “not defending himself”.

I have a theory/headcanon that “Twinky” is actually Calvin’s surname, since I noticed it’s common for bullies in fiction to refer to their victims by their last name.

Isn’t it though?

Don’t sweat it, Calvin—he’ll be burning in Hell for all eternity!

ok

I’d like to think that it’s hard to be religious if your religion claims that there are such things as miracles (virgin births, people arising from the dead, a great worldwide flood, etc.). But the suckers continue to fall for it anyway.

How old is Moe supposed to be? He looks bigger than the other kids.

Where’s Zeus when you need him? Or Thor?

Hobbes will get revenge in Calvin’s mind.

Sigh, here we go again…

Show him the other ceek, but keep your trousersv buttoned.

Has Moe ever met Roselyn? If she thinks babysitting Calvin is bad, how would she deal with Moe?

But that’s one of the reasons why people invented God. If there is no Hell, guys like Moe will never be punished.

I’m having flashbacks of my childhood. Thanks to the actor Tom Holland, I go to the gym many times a week, about a half century late. My first time hitting a punching bag gave me bruises. Now I punch bare knuckles. I can’t seem to lose weight anyway.

Obveeously his god is more powerful than yours god.

So don’t be religious. Nicely done, Moe.

I remember a Sunday strip in which Calvin fantasized that he was a God. “But Calvin is no kind and loving God. He is one of the old gods and demands sacrifice.”

It turned out he was playing with building blocks. Dad reported to Mom, “He’s making worlds out there!” Mom replied, “I bet he grows up to be an architect.”

Calvin’s steenky school is really pathetic with incredibly incompetent staff. They is never investigate why little kids is gets beat up into a pulp by this goon kid and is never takes any action against the violent jerk too. Even Calvin’s parents is pathetic and they never bothers that their kid is comes beaten up black and blue from school and never even demand a explanation from steenky school too. But they all sure queeck in blaming and punishing Calvin for each and everytheengs he do. Because it builds character eh.

I love Watterson’s work, but I never liked Moe as a character. There’s too much bullying in real life, and schools – with their idiotic “zero tolerance” policies – generally punish victims more severely than abusers. Administrators pay lip service to school safety, but in reality they are turning their backs on the problem because all they care about is their standardized test scores.

“Time wounds all heels.” — Groucho Marx

How’d you like a nice hawaiian punch ?

Moe needs a Glasgow Kiss. Right on the forehead.

TBO I found being bullied and defending yourself only resulted in a vicious circle.

You know, all this gonna do is show kids what will happen if you try to stand up to bullies or reason with them!

Too bad bullies don’t just bully other bullies.

Happy Reformation Day

…..no good deed goes unpunished!!!!!

What? No political responses??? ;>

Queen, Bohemian Rhapsody:

Thunderbolt and lightning, very, very frightening me

(Galileo) Galileo, (Galileo) Galileo, Galileo Figaro, magnifico

Incidents with Moe are teaching Calvin toleration for bits of life he can’t handle. But also causes him to pass on the meanness to Susie and others.

Moe certainly isn’t religious. But is Calvin?

Amen to that, Calvin.

The way Calvin’s shoes fly off, and then his little socked feet, aww.

Reason and religion never work with kids like Moe.

Just 4 inches and our troubles would have ended. Hard to be religious . . .

Yes, this is the major drawback to politics!

Do I miss the old days at school? Not a bit, though the change from this crap to school shootings is not what I wanted either.

Why would Moe want a swing? To carve knives out of the seat?

I feel sorry for Moe, being raised in an abusive family and alcoholic mother

Especially around election time

hard to believe anymore

So, you figure Moe’s like 25 and still in elementary school or what ??? ;-)

So, is Calvin a child in Gaza or in Ukraine? Oh, just a kid in a swing…got it…

Nor by assassinations

Calvin’s got a point.

Calvin has an uncertain relationship with God. In one other strip, he said “well, someone is out go get me” while implying that it might just be God. But usually, Calvin just rolls with the punches…

Another reason for home schooling.

That was a Mortal Kombat uppercut right there!

Happy Halloween, all!

So, no one is calling out Moe for being a bully? Where are the adults/teachers in this scenario?

In theological circles, this is the problem of theodicy— if God is all-powerful, and good, why doesn’t God do something about Moe?

Divine lightning has been rather lacking since Zeus retired.