The image of Calvin on the fourth panel, is what most believe to be the inspiration for those awful “Calvin peeing” stickers that were so popular with pick-up truck drivers, and Nascar fans. There’s a famous quote from Bill Watterson that said, “I clearly miscalculated how popular it would be to show Calvin urinating on a Ford logo.”
Matt Groening said that Dennis the Menace inspired Bart Simpson…but I think Calvin might have had a bigger influence on that character. Some of Calvin’s expressions look exactly like Bart’s!
sagittaep over 13 years ago
cute!
Frogman_tg over 13 years ago
Aw, c’mon Cal…Ain’t you got no goombas?
purple_martin over 12 years ago
Come on HOBBES! Why don’t you throw it at him?!?!?!??
yow4zip Premium Member over 11 years ago
Nice cartoon moment with Calvin hiding behind the skinny tree.
bmonk over 11 years ago
Were it warm enough, it might be worth throwing it.
ClaraBadWolf over 9 years ago
Love Calvin’s evil genius face in panels 3 and 4.
Rodent over 6 years ago
The image of Calvin on the fourth panel, is what most believe to be the inspiration for those awful “Calvin peeing” stickers that were so popular with pick-up truck drivers, and Nascar fans. There’s a famous quote from Bill Watterson that said, “I clearly miscalculated how popular it would be to show Calvin urinating on a Ford logo.”
Baltimore Ravens 2.0 over 4 years ago
i wanted hobbes to smash it on Calvins head
tom641 over 4 years ago
Hey look it’s that one particular frame of Calvin
DO_WHAT_DA_DOG_SEZ (NOT THE REAL ONE) over 2 years ago
And the Calvin peeing meme is born.
koalaperson about 1 year ago
Matt Groening said that Dennis the Menace inspired Bart Simpson…but I think Calvin might have had a bigger influence on that character. Some of Calvin’s expressions look exactly like Bart’s!