Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for September 10, 2017

I think Calvin’s Dad’s job has a lot to do with Calvin’s crazy ideas.

We can all agree that Calvin has a uncommon mind.

So Calvin apparently never heard of Icarus.

Calvin: the only human being better at physics than addition.

That’s exactly why Wilber brought his younger brother Orville along with him.

Woody the hummingbird in panels 1 and 2?

Whenever I hear of someone trying to fly, I think of the guy who welded wings to his Ford Pinto and drove off a cliff.

LOVED this

Volare oh ohhhho/Cantare oh oh ohoo/Nel blu dipinto di blu/Felice distare lassù/…Con te.

Cartoon Physics, Calvin. You shouldn’t look down and realise it. If you do, you fall…

Calvin having yet another blond moment.

The little birdie tried to tell him!

Smooth move Ex-Lax.

How many of you tried to jump off a roof with an umbrella? It’s amazing I lived through childhood.

Calvin is a 6 year old boy in the mid 80’s-mid 90’s so it makes sense he hadn’t heard the story of Icarus or seen viral videos online of actual people trying this. Though I DO recall seeing stock footage of guys with wings strapped to their arms jumping off roofs and cliffs on TV back then, mostly as cutaways on kids shows like Beakman’s World or Bill Nye…

Calvin survived?

Oh yes. Cartoon physics.

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He was fine until the feathers fell off.

Yes. We do live in a world where a stuffed toy tiger is more intelligent than a human child.

Calvin is apparently a fan of R Kelly, and is singing “I Believe I Can Fly” But it would appear Hobbes is NOT a fan of Don Williams singing “I Believe In You”

“You understand I assume no responsibility for this.”

Oh, if it was only so simple!

I love that look on Hobbes’ face when he says “I’d agree with that” LOL!