Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for October 31, 2012

Tardy! Tardy! It will go on your permanent record.

Miss Wormwood is so happy that you’re working on it.

My thoughts and prayers are with all Americans that have been affected by Hurricane Sandy. Will those people who have lost homes and vehicles be covered by their insurance? Here in South Africa we have to have a special clause covering storm damage. Acts of God are excluded from cover.

Calvin you heard it loud and clear,the Principles office for you and phone call to your Mom to come and get you.Dad will take over when he gets home.

Yo’re right Calvin.“We don’t need no education. We don’t need no thought control. No dark sarcasm in the classroom. Teacher leave them kids alone!…”

True, true!

A trip to the Principal’s office ought to wear you down sufficiently.

Miss Wormwood may like it if Calvin stays out after recess.

You can’t say Susie didn’t admonish you!

An “act of God” is an act of God whether anyone is an atheist or not.

Thanks to all who pasted in the URL’s for the Calvin grows up (Not sure Hobbes did). It really caught the essence of the original and best of all, didn’t destroy the memory of the original. C matures some, S (who looks a bit like C’s mom) has come his direction a bit, Hobbes hasn’t changed, and Bacon is believable as a kid who’s a lot like her mom and dad were growing up. Also, C and S seem to actually really love each other in terms of fun, respect etc., as well as love Bacon (just can’t imagine C’s dad playing with C the way C plays with Bacon). AND All the characters can see Hobbes as alive, not just as a stuffed animal.

@JoanHelen- What if you are an atheist?

Ah compulsory public schooling: force the kids into a new mindset every hour or 55 minutes; put down that project you were working on and never take real ownership or complete thought in any of them (and whatever pride you might have built).

Fight the good fight, Calvin…the whole world wants to wear you into a state of submission. Never surrender!-“Acts of God” in terms of disaster is a sham. God only brings disaster for terrible atrocities by first following strict protocols: He first warns everyone, explains what needs to change to avert, then makes safe passage for those who comply. He’ll even decide not to bring it at times. None of the weather tragedies fit those protocols, so they cannot be blamed on Him. (There, that should start a fight…:-)

I can see he’s having a swinging time…

xxx

Get the picket signs out

do you need a pro account to get strips emailed to you?

In areas where Calvin is properly motivated, he learns incredibly well: look at his knowledge of dinosaurs, or his vocabulary. His ability to create poll results and graphs for his Dad’s re-election campaign.

The trick is motivating him to learn the basics—then it won’t matter if he’s an hour late to class.

Or when he pukes.

Wishing all my C&H friends a safe and happy Halloween!

And when homeowners turn a claim in on weather damaged they jack the price up to make up for what they are out.

Stay safe tonight all. Thoughts to all the East on storm damaged.

A little hanging and swinging and then total exhaustion and a near comatose state in the classroom and when did Xerxes cross the Rubicon? Who cares…..

swing for the fences Calvin!

We don’t celebrate Halloween, we celebrate All Saint’s day and All Soul’s day! Some people celebrate Halloween, but it’s not an European celebration!

This is a statement, at least part, of why little boys (and big ones too, probably) don’t fit in with the female-dominated school system agenda. Boys just weren’t made to sit for long hours—they need activity! Which can/should be structured, otherwise, Lord of Flies. Anyway, I think Watterson was very perceptive about this, and thus THIS strip. But will “educators” EVER GET IT????

Happy Halloween everyone! : )

@GretchensMom and ♥Kab♥ Buch

Thank you for the pictures! They’re awesome! : )

It’ll go on your permanent record that will follow you the rest of you life.

No need to call the parents; the good Sisters of St. Agnes would have taken care of Calvin back in the 50s

Why didn’t they run one of the Halloween strips?

Calvin will never be in a state of submission.

Teachers need recess too! >)))*>

no it dose’nt