Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for May 26, 2020

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    BE THIS GUY  over 4 years ago

    Where is this skill when it comes to his schoolwork?

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    Starjo  over 4 years ago

    Calvin is so smart but he uses his brain after, and when he goes to school his brain shuts down

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    Templo S.U.D.  over 4 years ago

    Excellent, Calvin. Thou sure art quite the poet. Much to Hobbes’ chagrin.

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    codycab  over 4 years ago

    Show off.

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    gbars70  over 4 years ago

    This strip is from 1990. I’m trying to recall whether Haikus were part of the cultural norm back then; or was Calvin simply ahead of his time?

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    Robin Harwood  over 4 years ago

    Haiku? Where’s the season word?

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    Gracella  over 4 years ago

    Calvin should probably take Hobbes to school, whaddya say?

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    Charliegirl Premium Member over 4 years ago

    You don’t often see an embarrassed Tiger.

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    BigDaveGlass  over 4 years ago

    That explains the poem “Tiger, tiger burning bright”, with embarrassment

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    FrannieL Premium Member over 4 years ago

    Good tongue twister Calvin.

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    jpayne4040  over 4 years ago

    (applause) Bravo, Calvin! Way to go! (-:

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    Troglodyte  over 4 years ago

    Highly Haiku of you, Cal!

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    dlkrueger33  over 4 years ago

    Comely, crafty child. -—Quite the creative cherub -——His name is Calvin.

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    jehelatygr Premium Member over 4 years ago

    Garth would say yes (“Does this seem weird to anybody else? I mean, we’re looking down on Wayne’s basement, only that’s not Wayne’s basement. Isn’t that weird?”).

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    jagedlo  over 4 years ago

    You should feel flattered, Hobbes!

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    rshive  over 4 years ago

    Even a good haiku is bothersome if it wakes you up.

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    vaughnrl2003 Premium Member over 4 years ago

    Son of a gun. He made a Haiku way better than anything I did in High School. I still can’t figure out how to put the words together to be identifiable as a Haiku. Maybe I need a tiger?

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    nsr60  over 4 years ago

    Easily composed

    Just count your syllables and

    Arrange them like so

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    katzenbooks45  over 4 years ago

    In the southern US, “tired” only has one syllable, so this wouldn’t be a true haiku.

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    coffeeturtle  over 4 years ago

    and yet he does so poorly on tests.lots of smart people like that though

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    Ermine Notyours  over 4 years ago

    Constructing a verse.

    Bad, corny puns I eschew.

    Gesundheit. (Wipe, wipe.)

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    gantech  over 4 years ago

    “Soft kitty

    Warm Kitty

    Little ball of fur

    Happy kitty

    Sleepy kitty

    Purr, purr, purr"

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    mfrasca  over 4 years ago

    Calvin is incredibly creative. He is sure to grow up to be a writer.

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    Bookworm  over 4 years ago

    “An Alliterative Haiku by Calvin” ranks right up there with “A Poem by Henry Gibson” on Laugh-In. Only not as funny.

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    EnosEugenius  over 4 years ago

    “Tired” is only one syllable… so “A tired tiger” would only be 4. Sorry, Calvin.

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    Ivan Araque  over 4 years ago

    Watterson the Genius. Wonder if you can hear me throwing the pencils in the trash …

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    rklynch  over 4 years ago

    Nicely done, Calvin. Nicely done…

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    STACEY MARSHALL Premium Member over 4 years ago

    Twitchy Timothy Templeton’s Termagant Twerps of Terpitude.

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    gmu328  over 4 years ago

    Haikus are supposed to have 17 syllables – 5 then 7 then 5 in 3 lines. It appears the last line only has 4 syllables, unless tired is pronounced “tir – red”.

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    Robin Harwood  over 4 years ago

    In Japanese it is very clear what is and what isn’t a syllable. No so in English. Try “comfortable”. Do you say “Com -fort-ab-le” or “comft’bl” ? I use both, depending on how fast I am speaking. The first version has four syllables, the second has two. Or maybe three, if you count the t’ and the bl as distinct syllables.

    This is why I think the whole idea of haiku in English is daft.

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    Johnny Q Premium Member over 4 years ago

    “A haiku is like a regular poem except that it doesn’t rhyme and it’s totally stupid!”—Mr. Garrison

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    Otis Rufus Driftwood  over 4 years ago

    Actually, that one was pretty good; my hat off to you, Watterson. Of course, Hobbes proves everyone is a critic.

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    rgcviper  over 4 years ago

    Impressive haiku

    by Calvin in today’s strip.

    He should write more—stat!

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    kevin  over 4 years ago

    “Tired” is a 1-syllable word. I count only 5-7-4 in his haiku format

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