Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for January 07, 2015
Transcript:
Calvin: "I sure am great! I'm one of the greatest people who ever lived!" Calvin: "How lucky people are to know someone as great as me! I'm great in so many great ways! in fact, I'm so great that my greatness is..." Susie: "You're not get! You're the most conceited blowhard I've ever met!" Calvin: "When you're great, people often mistake candor for bragging"
BE THIS GUY almost 10 years ago
And twenty years in the future, she will marry him.
Alexander the Good Enough almost 10 years ago
I’ve never known Calvin’s last name. Does he have one? Based on this strip, I’d say it must be Dunning-Kruger.
Mr Nobody almost 10 years ago
“To be great is to be misunderstood.”
Tah Tah almost 10 years ago
great boy’s
rshive almost 10 years ago
So I’ve been told, Calvin.
BE THIS GUY almost 10 years ago
@Jonathan MasonChill out, English is not Tah Tah Tah’s native tongue.
stefaanv almost 10 years ago
It’s such a fine line.
orinoco womble almost 10 years ago
This goes really well with today’s Peanuts.
Richard Howland-Bolton Premium Member almost 10 years ago
I too get that reaction when I’m being modest!
Charlie Fogwhistle almost 10 years ago
when you’re perfect in every way.
verticallychallenged Premium Member almost 10 years ago
Calvin Donald Trump, is that you?
Liverlips McCracken Premium Member almost 10 years ago
I used to think I was perfect, but I was conceited.However, now that I’m not conceited anymore, I’m perfect.
GROG Premium Member almost 10 years ago
Blowhards often think they are great.
Hobbes Premium Member almost 10 years ago
You think Calvin sounds like an egotist? You should hear him when he actually starts bragging.
Click here (or stretch image): Peanuts (October 22, 1956)Click here: Peanuts (February 8, 1972)Click here: Pearls Before Swine (August 5, 2006)Click here: Mutts (March 11, 2013)bluram almost 10 years ago
Calvin reminds me of the young Narcissus who fell in love with his own image reflected in a pool of water.
nosirrom almost 10 years ago
I don’t brag, but over the years people have told me that I am perfect. A perfect you know what!
jeffcuetis almost 10 years ago
I propose a toast!
Here’s to the great ones – there’s damn few of us left!Captain Colorado almost 10 years ago
“Why be humble when you are as great as I am?”
meihong almost 10 years ago
Calvin’s head seems bigger than normal today.
Aaron Saltzer almost 10 years ago
I wonder how Calvin ended up that way. His parents don’t give him everything he wants.
neverenoughgold almost 10 years ago
Oh Lord it’s hard to be humble…
eisneun almost 10 years ago
Calvin’s last name is Hobbes, middle initial N.Calvin N. Hobbes
Karaboo2 almost 10 years ago
Calvin the Great, right up there with Alexander.
amaryllis2 Premium Member almost 10 years ago
He’ll get his own radio show and Susie will lead the “Cave-in Calvin!” protests.
dflak almost 10 years ago
I’m the most humble person on this board and damned proud of it!
K M almost 10 years ago
It’s not bragging if you can back it up. Perhaps one day, despite this being a zombie strip, Calvin will learn this. But right now, of course, he can’t back it up.
BE THIS GUY almost 10 years ago
Because Hobbes the Matchmaker knows they are right for each other.
westny77 almost 10 years ago
Lighten up Susie. Listen and enjoy this fine human being.
Hobbes Premium Member almost 10 years ago
Thanks, Wiseguy. Happy New Year to you too.
Dour Scotsman almost 10 years ago
I’m always right….for some reason people find that annoying as well……..
me1308 over 8 years ago
This is SOOOOO Trump!!
RedBear1961 over 8 years ago
Substitute Donald Drumpf’s head for Calvin’s and you got it in one!!!