Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for April 03, 2011

Hoist by his own petard.

That’s one cool game.

Bping Boing Boing

Well he told Susie to do it.

I never knew Suzie could be so evil.

Good Morning, Marg, Mike & ♠Lonewolf♠!

Calvin did “ask for it.”

that’s a evil smile she has given….. LOL

Give the rules you ever want, fine Calvin ball!

There’s only one rule to Calvinball or Calvin Ball… I’m not sure how it’s spelt. But that one rule is that you can never play the same way twice.

@khpage, “You’re undecided now, so what are you going to do?” from Ames Brothers song (1951)

Incurable Weirdness Poster Child - Gotta love it!

Yup, there’s a reason why C&H is the most-popular strip of all time. He really was the best…

**Good morning Marg! Good morning Fran! Good Morning L’Wolf! Good Morning Grog!**

What is it with Marg? She is always first! Were the rest of us sled dogs, Her bottom we’d curse! But this is a comic strip And one of the best So Marg is the leader And does so with zest!

Love that Calvinball!!!

Calvin and Hobbes - The Movie….Gggggrrrrrrr!!!!!

Calvinball of all the sports in the world calvinball is my favorite and one of the few i will play if i could find someone to play with.

giggle

Shows he’s true to the rules of Calvinball. I guess.

Whatever they happen to be, this week…

The greatest sport of all-time!

The rule book is the size of an atlas and 8 feet thick; so far only the first 4 feet have writing. NFL and NA$CAR are watching closely. NBA, MLB, and NHL are a little further back.

Permanent rules in Calvinball

-You have to wear a mask -Nobody can question the masks -You can’t play the same way twice

Past that, the sky’s the limit

whoa, i love calvinball!!

CB rules here:

http://www.bartel.org/calvinball/

I do not understand but Suzie sure did.

The boy in the movie trailer looks more like Dennis the Menace than Calvin. But at least he’s blond! (That’s one scary looking Hobbes he has behind him!!)

Well, what can she say? He told her to do it (and the fact that she also enjoyed doing it made it all that much sweeter for her)!!! Hey, those are the rules Calvin (and Hobbes?) made up for Calvinball; therefore, as the loser of their latest (C.b.) game, he must follow them (according to rule #1.4 from junco49’s link)!!!!!

He was clearly asking for it. But I wonder what his motive was. By the way, did you mention a Calvin and Hobbes movie Destiny23, is it a cartoon?

@Puddlegum …

“Undecided” was previously recorded by Django Reinhart in August 1939.

Although the Ames Brothers was a fine version as well.

Hey Grog,

Susie is not evil…she is opportunistically evil.

If she were really evil, she would have kept the bucket of water to use when Calvin wasn’t expecting it.

ellisaana, I do not dispute that, though you must admit that evil does lurk within - no matter how it manifests itself.

Grog - that is so true.

Susie hides it well.

What does “petard” mean? Oh, I’ve see the Google dictionary meaning of an explosive device but how can one be “hoisted” onto a land mine? Oh the cartoon. I’m impressed that Calvin is honest enough to play by the rules…even if they hurt at times.

Love your avatar, ellisaana

The Movie, was an April Fool’s Joke on us!

And I am so grateful, too. No movie you could imagine could equal the imagination of Calvin and Hobbes - because it provokes the imagination of each of us in different ways, as it should be.

Considering a movie is the ultimate in “merchandising”, I assume there won’t be one (live-action or animated) as long as Watterson’s alive! And hopefully whoever inherits the rights from him (many decades from now!) will honour his wishes.