Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for July 14, 2010

A little tense, are we?

Wandering.

Tip off……………..Calvin is shouting……………..

If people weren’t as susceptible to guilt, and others weren’t so perceiving of it, we’d have a lot more shoplifting, more stealing from libraries, etc. The criminal’s body will most certainly betray him. That feeling of getting caught is such a horrible one. The feel of your insides turning dark, and your face reddening. My superiors can always tell when something is wrong.

Welcome to the Internet, where men are women, women are men, and children are the FBI. (This isn’t the case)

Nothing like being a little paranoid, huh Calvin?!

Good Morning, Mike, Marg, Fran & Grog!

The guilty flee where no one pursues.

Calvin’s cracking under pressure to soon.

Not doing a very good job of hiding your guilt, Calvin. Mom’s going to look out the window any minute now. You’re in BIG TROUBLE!

Good morning, all.

Calvin, hit the panic button, NOW!

When I was Calvin’s age I just couldn’t handle the guilt and imagined the worst punishment ever. I’d end up coming in sobbing and confessing all to my parents.

it’s still good evening here in the pacific coast…so good evening everyone!

Wonder why spaceman spiff or stupendous man cannot come to Calvin’s rescue? Maybe they are guilty also? ;)

Where’s that transmogrifier when you really need it.

Hobbes did it.

This is a real laugh-out-louder. I love the expression on Calvin’s face in the last panel. He can have all the clean clothes and sandwiches he wants, but when Mom sees where her car is she will hunt him down. Neither Spaceman Spiff nor the transmogrifier can save him this time! Bye Calvin. :(

Poor Calvin, I think he may fold under questioning.

Good morning Marg! Good morning Fran and Kizzzy! Good Morning L’Wolf! Good Morning Grog! RUN CALVIN RUN!!!!!!!!!!!

If you have a reason to be are you still considered paranoid?

giving to many hints calvin,just pack up and leave.

I just LOVE the smell of burning spam in the morning! :)

Meanwhile back at the comic… we ENFPs (myself, Calvin, B.C., others I could name) have to have the worst poker faces in the world, especially when we’ve been caught out in something.

Don’t loose your cool, Calvin.

Good Morning, Marg, Mike & ♠Lonewolf♠

Some pretty forced laughter there. Calvin doen’t conceal things well. I would still blame it on the Zorgs.

‘Clean clothes’ translates to ‘clean undies’.

Hey Mike and Koki.

You’re really cool, Calvin. No one will ever suspect a thing.

Oh that OK Calvin. Boys will be boys. I’ll call the tow truck before Dad gets home. It will be our little secret

Calvin. Calvin. Wake up.

ChuckTrent64 said, “The guilty flee where no one pursues.” That one reminds me of the smallest creature in the Bible: “The wicked flea…”

Mike Firesmith, What ChuckTrent64 said describes Calvin to a tee. If he’d play it cool, he might escape unscathed. Calvin’s paranoid because he’s (probably) unnecessarily afraid of being caught and found guilty.

Time for a very long unexpected trip with a few dozen sandwiches to sustain you.

I don’t know. Fly casual. – Han Solo

Ya’ll are great! Most times I enjoy reading you all’s comments as much as the strips…………

deepfrieddrippingrag said (yesterday), “Calvin’s mind is streaked with optimism, and a somewhat glittery hollowness.” There has been a change of mind since ‘yesterday’. Now Calvin’s mind is streaked with pessimism (and terror), and the ‘glittery hollowness’ has become claustrophobic, morbid, dark, dismal, dread. BTW, ‘glittery hollowness’ is a brilliant sort of oxymoronish term.

Just a trifle nervous

For a moment, there, I thought Lewreader was on his meds…

what happened to the car?

Calvin is NOT good at this.

That’s it Calvin - just act natural!

This IS natural for Calvin. Mom should have caught on several minutes (days) ago, when she commented about it being quiet in the house.

He is not going to stand up against say, water boarding. Or for that matter any kind of questions about the car he had nothing to do with.

With Calvin, nothing is normal.

Poor little dude is scared to death! I can commiserate…

Enough peanut butter on those sandwiches and he’ll cement his mouth shut. That might help him not look so guilty.

“Do I have any clean clothes?” … “a few dozen sandwiches” … “No need to get up or look, for example, out the window! Just stay where you are for another 10 minutes” …

With a son like Calvin (paired with the fact that he had already been way too quiet for way too long) what have had me immediately looking out every window to see what he didn’t want me to know about!!!!!

Someone tagged this with “ENFP”. What exactly does acting nervous and suspicious have to do with ENFP?

DOOMSDAY DRAWS NEARER!!!!!

Way to stay calm and cool there, Calvin!

Unlike some of his other escapades, at least he realizes that there’s no point in even trying to talk, lie, fantasize or rationalize his way out of this one.

What a great combination of art and dialogue. The fear just drips from Calvin’s facial expressions and words. It leaps off the page - er, screen. And since it isn’t happening to any of us, it’s hilarious!

I’m reminded of other great comedians, such as Lucille Ball and Jackie Gleason, who’ve entertained us with the schtick of utter terror when their plans go awry. I can just picture Calvin being questioned by his mother and responding with nothing more than Gleason’s patented ‘Homina, homina, homina … .”

The jig is up, Calvin. Time to come clean, buddy-boy! :-)

Well, we can’t label Calvin a sociopath…

Very Subtle.

Puddleglum, how about “Barely illuminated hollowness?”

In other words, a human being.

Yukoner……… There is no panic button. Thins eyes

Hobbes, Calvin’s lawyer, has advised Calvin to enter his initial briefs before the court of Mom early in order to create the best possible impression on the judge. Like any good politician, Calvin is appearing to admit guilt while not really acceding to it in the first place. This strip is certainly a Rorschack (sic) for the adult mind, isn’t it?

@Johanan: Does it vary by M-B type, you think? Because I am hardcore INTJ &, though I never did anything that bad as a kid, I’ve never had any trouble playing innocent. If I had intended to run away, as Calvin does, I’d never have broadcast it to my mom; I would have been silent & acted normal & said/done nothing to arouse suspicion. Calvin seems scared stupid in today’s strip.

@Rowena28, I think, in general, Es have more difficulty hiding their feelings, especially EFs, while Is have the easiest time. I remember one INFP whose boss was an ENFJ. She drove her crazy, because the boss could never hide anything from the INFP, while the boss could never figure out what was going on in the INFP’s mind.

On the other hand, kids of any stripe have trouble hiding their feelings, especially when they are as guilty as Calvin here. They know they are in big trouble, and can’t see any way out.

As a hard core ISTP, I think you all are a little to in touch with your feelings. Calvin needs to be a little cooler under preasure.

Poor Calvin. He couldn’t make enough sandwiches to outlast his parents’ wrath.

Dear paullp

Homina, Homina, Homina indeed!!! You absolutely cracked me up!! Thank you.

Question, Do you think the world would end if Calvin and Hobbes met up with Dennis the Menace?

Nothing to see here!

Well, her head can now fit into your mouth.