Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for May 08, 2010

He’s a force of Nature…

Good morning People!

Run, Suzie, run.

Good Morning, Marg!

(In the fourth panel) If only Calvin was doing that on purpose. That would be classic.

Ew! totally gross, Calvin. I did not want to see that.

This one really makes me laugh. I taught first grade for 15 years. It’s perfect!

I know a guy who had bugs pinned that were still alive. They flew away on him! LOL

Now, if that bug was a stink bug…………

Good morning ALL! I just got back from the rain forest and so have been living with bugs for the last couple of days and I come back to find Calvin with his own bug problems! Seems this is one project Calvin would’ve wanted to do. By the way, I wonder if he has a hemiptera on the bottom of his shoe ‘cause that’s the only true “bug”. All others are insects.

Poindexter, I hope you didn’t pick up any botflies!

Good morning, Grog! Thank you for the great breakfast.

Come back, Suzie…………………….Calvin needs to know if it’s good!

Quit acting like such a girl Susie. How did you catch your OWN bugs???? Squeemishly?

Drama queen!

Why is Susie looking to the right for the bus? I thought C&H was set in the US, not UK or Australia.

calvin, tell suzie she has bugs in her hair then start picking at her head

are you going to jump on one leg to school

….I’m betting the bug is a shoofly.

May-bug!

When I was a little girl, my grandfather awakened me at 5 in the morning, than we walked in a wood next our house shook the may-bugs from the trees and trampled them, we great fun together!

Calvin needs the turnip twaddler.

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Good morning Marg! Good morning Fran and Kizzy!

Can Calvin use the bottom of his show as a display case?

sussie has a bunch of leftover bugs, ask her for some..

Hey marg how come that you always are the first one to comment?

Marg is actually Calvin’s mom. She’s the one behind all this.

Hello Montana Lady! EEEWWWW! Stink Bugs! I never even heard of one til I moved out to PA. And they have such mean little faces too. Yuck!

margueritem said, about 8 hours ago

He’s a force of Nature…

I would agree and it could also be said He’s a force Against Nature…

At any rate he’s Calvin and you got’a love him.

BUGS! I didn’t know the CIA was after Calvin

Suzie would be looking on the right if they live on a cul-de-sac. Or the bus route requires the bus to come from that direction and then turn around in order to pick them up.

Suzie probably collected her bugs in an efficient and scientific manner: tweezers, sugical gloves, ziploc sandwich bags. For her a specimin collected in the name of science is fine; a bug squashed under a sneaker is gross. But I love how she’s the voice of logic and reason while Calvin doesn’t hear a word she’s saying. As usual he’s totally in his own world; just today it’s panic-driven.

..I say we just get rid of all the new cartoons and just run C& H repeats…

You ain’t lived till you swat a blister bug that was crawling up your leg inside your pants!

I like your avatar LW18

Gilligan agrees with the cap. Or can we bug Watterson into creating new ones?

Well, at least Calvin’s sole (soul) is in it, and Susie’s tongue, also …but he’s still a heel. “If the shoe fits, wear it!”

Calvin this is not going to work. Throw yourself at the mercy of Mrs Wormwood and Susie, AAhh

The bus is on the other side of the street. We DO have 2 lanes here in the tricky USA, where every bus I have to stop for has kids that cross the street getting on or off of it.

When the bus comes to a halt, with flashing lights on, traffic going in both directions must stop allowing children to cross the street safely. The bus driver will signal the children when it is safe to cross. This will allow Calvin a few more precious seconds to stomp some more “bugs” or insects as they case may be. Of course nurturing Susie is full of “You Should Have” and “You Ought To” advice. And as someone has already observed Calvin is in his own little world. Watterson is an astute observer of human nature. His insight delights me. I agree with 3hourtour - just run C & H repeats !!!

3hourtour- First of all i love your name! And, yes, that would be amazing!

3hourtour, thats the best idea you’ve had yet!

May bugs? We have June bugs- hard shelled beetles. Cats and dogs love to catch them, then they show up in their poop. Ugh! Susie has her job cut out for her to domesticate Calvin. Of course, hormones may help.

Susie STOP! you have nothing in your arms - where’s YOUR bug collection???

Perhaps Calvin will offer his teacher his shoe like Wall-E did…..

Thanks for the concern Marg. No, No botflies (Dermatobia hominis) but I did pick up some Boughtbeers; only down in Mexico they are called Cervezascompradas.

How true-to-Life!! Bless his “sole”!!

CAN’T ANYONE ELSE SEE THAT THEY’RE IN LOVE! It is so plain to me…

Marvee, I’m used to them being called Mayflies (which aren’t flies) and Junebugs (which aren’t bugs) Does that help?

Now i’m going to go have a boughtbeer with Poindexter.

bleepingdeadalien, I don’t see that at all. He can’t get along with anyone but Hobbes and even that isn’t even a perfect relationship.

Who says you have to get along to be in love, especially at that age?

My theory is that Calvin is an ENFP Inspirer and Susie an INFJ Protector: a relationship of Contrasts. Love each other, drive each other crazy, won’t admit any of it until much later.

And if you doubt that Calvin loves Suzie, wait until his transmogrifier brings out his “good side” and puts it in separate bodily form.

Susie’s carrying something under her right arm in the first panel that might possibly be her bug collection but knowing her, she probably got her assignment done a month ago shortly after it was first discussed by the teacher and has already turned it in by now!

But rest assured, unlike Calvin, who spent at least a month daydreaming about all the fun he was going to have with his (hopefully red!) beanie propeller hat, Susie did get her assignment done!!!