Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for September 25, 2010

Tricerotops!!

He has the makings of a politician.

Calvin and Hobbes books, T-shirts, Posters, Models, cups, schoolbags, pictures, sheets and so on, and so on…….

@LX013, is that one of those span ads where I am supposed to buy something from you?

… indeed, LX013! They’re very educational!

I can’t believe Mom fell for Calvin’s ploy! He’s earned his degree in Momfoolery.

Calvin, your my hero, your not getting older,your getting sleezier……………

You’ll go far in business with that attitude, Calvin!

G’Morning, Mike, Marg & Grog!

Someone correct me if my memory fails, but didn’t Watterson refuse to license any of this kind of merchandising?

This is the best evidence yet that Calvin will grow up to be a paleontologist,

I don’t know about that, tbree.

In the May 4 1988 Calvin said: “Archaeologists have the most mind-numbing job on the planet.”

I just think he’d rather take the credit without having to brush and sift through tons of dirt ;)

http://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1988/05/04

Junk he says. Is that what he thinks of his dinosaur stuff?

Good Morning, Marg, Mike & ♠Lonewolf♠.

He has the makings of a great businessman - or a corporate lobbyist! But with Calvin’s wicked ingenuity and self-confidence, I see him being the CEO. Heaven help us.

I could aleways talk Mom into a book.

LX013, you’re surely aware that C&H was never licensed (legally) for any of those products except the book collections?

Lewreader, I always bought the educational stuff for my daughter…even if it was sometimes more fun than strictly educational! Learning is learning, even if the lesson is just in how to have some fun with the parents…Calvin even has fun on the camping trips…just reread the comments to his dad. You can’t tell me he didn’t have fun watching Dad’s face!

I am like Calvin… I love the museum gift shops! Only I am not so lucky as to get Mom to pay for it, and my wife won’t! She agrees it’s “science junk”. But hey! The museum has to pay its electric bill, doesn’t it! Also, I am sure at this point in the game that Watterson could start coming out with some limited edition “junk” or a Sunday only strip and I am sure he now has the clout to ignore the pressure. C’mon Bill! Pleeeaaasssse???

One of my prized possessions came from just such a gift shop at Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello. One of the two trees that still existed from when he was alive died recently and I bought a bowl made from the wood of his Tulip Poplar tree.

Watterson didn’t license his work, but there was a few legit items that had his characters. A couple of calenders, two textbooks, and a T-Shirt in a traveling art exhibit.

Anything past them stole the pictures, and was not licensed by Watterson or Universal Press Syndicate.

Oh, yes, I forgot about the new stamp as well.

Aweshum

Yukoner said He has the makings of a politician.

Yes, but for good or for evil?

I’m glad that Watterson didn’t overexpose C&H, and even happier still that we see less and less of the stickers depicting Calvin urinating on a truck logo.

This is how kids con their parents.

I wonder if all those automobile rear window decals were licensed?

@micalk What the heck is a ‘good politician’?

Well they’re headed for the exit and Calvin managed not to bite anyone… Now we’ll see if he can make it to the car without using his new horns to perforate someone’s backside?

Yeah! He could claim that Batman Begins and The Dark Knight have great value as social commentary and that Batman: The Animated Series has some of the most beautiful animation on TV!

Calvin has three ways to go given his intelligence. A politician, a businessman or, more than likely a con man

@ lexkate

“What the heck is a ‘good politician’?”

Dare I say, A Dead One?

or just an unemployed one?

For a while there were a lot of window decals on pickup trucks depicting Calvin…UNOWAT.

Also, I have a t-shirt depicting C&H with a caption “1986 to 1996 - thanks for the memories”. Wonder if it’s legit. I would have posted a picture but don’t know how. Any suggestions?

Man can that boy learn fast or what.?

Yes, educational. Just recently he achieved worldwide acclaim for the discovery of a new dinosaur in Utah, a 14-horned tricerotops, that he named Kosmoceratops calvinii. I can’t wait to see the hat they make for that one!

I agree Hobbes, she fell big time

MaybelleStearn: Wouldn’t that be a quattuordecacerotops?

JennieMR, People like you help confirm in my mind that my efforts are worthwhile, and not wasted.

lehutan, Please read my final comments from yesterday’s posts.

The incipient lawyer in Calvin manages to make his case before the court of Mom and guilts the judge and wins his case. This kid is a pistol, no doubt….

Calvin is on the horns of a dilemma, or should I say the horns of a ‘dilemma’ are on Calvin. Batman! Batman! Batman! Batman!… I love those lyrics.

UBUBOBU,

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People who get nostalgic about childhood were obviously never children.

Rawr :)

thebird55: Thanx for the tip. I just tried it but the image was too big so I deleted. I’ll start a new comment to experiment.

If you figure out how to resize those things, let me know!

Wilco thebird55: I just hope I haven’t messed anyone up with my experiments. I’m done for now. Nietall.

How come Calvin knows his dinosaur stuff is junk, but his mom didn’t?

As for a “good politician,” that’s an oxymoron.

nice thinking