Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for August 02, 2013

Thats a good deal.

Take it Calvin, take it!

Haha oh Calvin too dumb to know when he’s being tricked into a voluntary time out from mischief kudos mum

Not all bribes consist of money. I give it about three days till Cal gets bored out of his skull & comes down to ghet up tohis usual shennanigans.

Suzie surely knows enough to give the tree house a WIIIIDEberth when Cal is in it.

hahhaa……move to stay up…….Calvin

I don’t dispute that but you have to admit he is at least put on a short leash, and boy if I were Suzie would I taunt him from a safe distance not that she’s scared of Calvin but I’m sure his pain would bring pleasure to her.

Hey, with a few comic books, a thermos of lemonade, and a few snacks, you have the way we spent summer days at my cousin’s house. His dad built him a treehouse like that. It was fun. My cousin was a bundle of energy on the ground (today they’d call him hyperactive or ADD or whatever) but get him up in the treetops and he chillaxed into total serenity.

Some lessons in the end of vacation will not harm!

Sounds like a “win-win” situation—until Calvin gets into some mischief.

Clever mom!

Go for it, Calvin !!!

Text should read: I don’t have to take any OTHER lessons this summer.

Smart mom. Calvin-less time to herself.

Tree-House could use more work…

A tree house! Is Calvin’s mother insane?? Where is his helmet? Where is the safety rope? Where is the railing so he can’t jump or fall out? Where is the bug repellent, the sun block, the tweezers and antiseptic for splinters, the firmly-attached stairs with safety railing for getting up there? Oh, the humanity! I can’t look. (snerk)

Your choice, Calvin… Vanish or Banish!

…Except this one.

Didn’t Calvin make it into selling derivatives and retiring by 2008?

After yesterday’s strip, I’m surprised Calvin’s even alive to bargain…

“Go outside,find a stick,do something with it”I did not imagine Calvin’s mom having to say this…

Seems like that’s where Calvin would want to be anyway

We’re rooting for you, Calvin!

xxx

In other words, you’re a pain in the butt, Calvin.

26? My brother is in his 40s doing that.

This is Mom’s summer vacation from Calvin, two hours every day! She’s probably reading or napping.

Your mom never sprayed you down with OFF?

I sure wish my mom had! I remember being covered in mosquito bites when I was a little kid living in New Jersey. I would scratch them at night without realizing it and my sheets would be all bloody in the morning. One day my mom just screamed at me about the bloody sheets, and somehow it subconsciously worked because I stopped scratching at night, but I guess not during the day. I still have the scars from those bites.

Jeff H — I think Calivin IS 26 years old.