Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for June 26, 2009

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    margueritem  over 15 years ago

    Up periscope!

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    cleokaya  over 15 years ago

    Periscopes, gosh I wish that I would have thought of those.

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    ladywolf17  over 15 years ago

    Somebody’s going to get it now.

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    rayannina  over 15 years ago

    Where there’s a will, there’s a way …

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    4deerinmyyard  over 15 years ago

    Subtlety. Calvin’s middle name.

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    David Hamilton  over 15 years ago

    I wish I’d had room for a periscope in MY school desk.

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    Ivy0730Lcsq  over 15 years ago

    LOOOOL sneaky Kid!

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    Crumbucket  over 15 years ago

    What foresight that child has! Had it handy in his desk the whole time. What else could he do with it?

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    Jor-El  over 15 years ago

    Cheaters never prosper.

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    wndrwrthg  over 15 years ago

    Dive! Dive!

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    Rakkav  over 15 years ago

    The funniest thing about Calvin is how much work he does trying to avoid doing work. He even transmorgifies a copy of himself and goes time-traveling in order to avoid doing work. Now THAT’s dedication! :)

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    ladywolf17  over 15 years ago

    DOWN PERISCOPE! the teacher’s coming.

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    Yukoner  over 15 years ago

    Either engineering or espionage are in that kid’s future.

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    The Duke 1  over 15 years ago

    All hands prepare to cheat!

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    rentier  over 15 years ago

    Sometimes a periscope would be usefull again and again!

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    Superfrog  over 15 years ago

    What else is in that desk?

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    tyrannusbe  over 15 years ago

    I’ve seen this gag before in a Belgian comic, Urbanus.

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    prasrinivara  over 15 years ago

    You did DAHamilton; all you had to do was make it multi-section and disassemble it.

    Or, another way (also for Superfrog) is to cram it au Big Nate (who else can get a boxcar-load of stuff, including a hamster-cage, into a school locker?).

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    Charles Brobst Premium Member over 15 years ago

    crash dive! Dive! Dive! close all hatches! Prepare for depth charges! Ah Ooooga!

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    rentier  over 15 years ago

    To superfrog: Snakes and snails!

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    rentier  over 15 years ago

    And superfrogs too!

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    alondra  over 15 years ago

    Superfrog said,

    What else is in that desk?

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    Reminds me of how cluttered my desk always was in school. I was such a pack rat! I remember once the teacher getting another girl to help me clean it out. She found my report card which was supposed to have been returned to the teacher after my parents saw it and signed it.

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    JimmyLite52  over 15 years ago

    all aim on Susie’s paper

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    GROG Premium Member over 15 years ago

    Wherer in the blue blazes did he get that? The Navy surplus store?

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    Leonardeuler  over 15 years ago

    Heck, Calvin is a real technical genius: he constructed the transmogrifier, an airplane, a periscope ……. He realy deserves a noble prize. Isn’t he nominated yet ??

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    bald  over 15 years ago

    i could have put one of those in the ink well hole in my school desk it i had been as smart as calvin

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    BirishB  over 15 years ago

    Love the eyeball in the periscope in panel 4 … classic Watterson … tossing in a bit of surrealism to challenge our perception of the real.

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    comicsnoob  over 15 years ago

    Calvin’s Desk - is like Mary Popin’s handbag…..

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    midiranger  over 15 years ago

    Love the eyeball in the top lens. Watterson = comic genius

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    Wiseguy411  over 15 years ago

    Jor-El said:

    Cheaters never prosper.

    There is an aphorism applicable to all sports (and Business and Life are sports) that goes

    ” if you ain’t cheating, you ain’t trying ”

    However, a little more studying and a little less fantasizing would take Calvin a long way.

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    musicnut1986  over 15 years ago

    I agree with Rakkav, Calvin puts so much work and effort into trying to get out of some work. If Calvin can’t get the answers on his own (from soneone else) maybe its time for Stupendous Man or Spaceman Spiff to try.

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    Madruga  over 15 years ago

    Oh, c’mon Susie!! Please! You know we get marks for that…don’t you want me to join you in the next year??

    NO!

    =DDD

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    RinaFarina  over 15 years ago

    calvin’s desk reminds me of snoopy’s doghouse - it also contained a lot of unexpected things, like a pool table…

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    tgpLMT  over 15 years ago

    hey it was worth a shot

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    JonD17  over 15 years ago

    What!!?? Doesn’t every resourceful 1st grader keep a periscope in their desk; along with a shoulder mounted rocket launcher and a mini transmogrifier and a couple of butterfinger candy bars……….

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    bmonk  over 15 years ago

    Nobody works so hard as a lazy person.

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    Wildmustang1262  over 15 years ago

    Oh sheeshhh! Calvin is very naughty for cheating!

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    GROG Premium Member over 15 years ago

    FinaFarina, I remember the pool table and other assorted games, tyewriter, television set and furnishings in Snoopy’s doghouse. It was even a meeting place for Woodstock’s friends. If Schultz were doing that strip now he probably have to do a scene with a big screen hi-def TV being delivered. ———————– The look on Calvin’s face as he’s looking over his shoulder is priceless in panel 3 - as he’s pulling out the periscope…hoping he won’t get caught.

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    pomy2191  over 15 years ago

    looks like calvin’s trying reeallly hard to look into susie’s paper..tongue’s out in hard work

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    mottih  over 15 years ago

    susie must be really stubborn, never letting him cheat and all that…

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    coffeeturtle  over 15 years ago

    Calvin is a true genius in some things… and not so much in others. LOL! love him!

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    lazygrazer  over 15 years ago

    A periscope. How clever. Who would ever notice?

    ………………………

    I remember a time when I glanced sideways and copied a whole list of True and False answers from the smart girl next to me. Trouble was the test questions and my correct answers were off by one line all the way through. Teacher noticed.

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    Yukoner  over 15 years ago

    Don’t forget that Snoopy also had a grand piano in there.

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    unemandarine  over 15 years ago

    Yukoner said, about 1 hour ago

    Don’t forget that Snoopy also had a grand piano in there.

    and a Van Gogh!

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    Shalpa  over 15 years ago

    I love that you can see his eye at the top end of the periscope.

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    GROG Premium Member over 15 years ago

    I totally forgot about the Van Gogh! Didn’t he also have a bowling alley in there?

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    lewisbower  over 15 years ago

    How come I forsee Calvin in a tuxedo and Sueie in a gown

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    carpetinwater9  over 15 years ago

    I See Ms. Wormwoods Shadow right behind Calvin

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    Yukoner  over 15 years ago

    BC13, I don’t remember the bowling alley but it could well have been there.

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    Stede_Bonnet  over 15 years ago

    Calvin should ask Governor Sanford (SC) how cheating worked out for him…

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    ebis  over 15 years ago

    Calvin and hobs arent funny…. They’re hilarious ;)

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    bmonk  over 15 years ago

    In “Peanuts”, Snoopy’s bowling nickname was Joe Sandbagger, and he had an average of 1, with a handicap of 179. I’m pretty sure he had the bowling alley downstairs, next to something else, but I can’t remember what.

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    carpetinwater9  over 15 years ago

    Never had a blackboard on the side of a room ,always in the front and get to do a problem ! Nervous Sweat.

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    Emyizcool  over 15 years ago

    Do do do do do…. hehe!!

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    Rakkav  over 15 years ago

    Yes, Snoopy did indeed have a bowling alley in his doghouse at one point. I missed seeing Joe Sandbagger, but I think that was later, when he actually played in public bowling alleys.

    And if you REALLY want to stump your friends, ask them what the proper name of The Stupid Cat Who Lives Next Door was. Not even “The PEANUTS Trivia Book” has it to my knowledge. I spotted it and remembered it, when the cat, Snoopy and Peppermint Patty were in a fight. Charlie Brown named the cat “World War II”.

    We now return you to our regular discussion of CALVIN AND HOBBES. :)

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    saturntv  over 15 years ago

    Wish I’d thought of that when I was in school.

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