@margueritem: Another way to tell that Dad is turning off the TV is that his left hand is at the lower left corner of the TV set. That’s the same location as Calvin’s left hand three panels earlier when he turns the TV on. So the on/off button is at the lower left corner of the TV.
@Number Six: In the 13th panel, Calvin is running so fast that the room is tipping to the right. When Calvin runs really fast, like in the 10th or 13th panels, it almost looks like his hair is on fire.
The PBS strip reminds me of a portion of Hitchhiker’s Guide… where a massive alien fleet launches an attack but due to a failure to consider scale is wiped out by a fly swatter (or something like that). Thanks Hobbes.
@ Number Six: Lit profs are like “critics”—their interpretations say more about them than they do about the piece under consideration. The same could be said for the “diagnoses” of many psychiatrists.
Back in Feb. ‘10, John Campanelli of Cleveland’s The Plain Dealer interviewed Watterson:
C. ‘With almost 15 years of separation and reflection, what do you think it was about “Calvin and Hobbes” that went beyond just capturing readers’ attention, but their hearts as well?"
W. “The only part I understand is what went into the creation of the strip. What readers take away from it is up to them. Once the strip is published, readers bring their own experiences to it, and the work takes on a life of its own. Everyone responds differently to different parts.”
So, for me, each episode conjures from a snapshot of my life, the mental, and most time physical, chuckle!
rentier over 11 years ago
Aliens like TV, too, what a luck, rescued!!
margueritem over 11 years ago
He laughed so hard he broke the screen?
rentier over 11 years ago
What a luck, he only wanted to know newest news!
ratlum over 11 years ago
Dad these things happen even to normal kids,you must believe me?
aejb over 11 years ago
Based on a true story dad…….
Linux0s over 11 years ago
Dad: “Why on earth are you watching… ?”Calvin: “Hey, I wasn’t watching it!”
KatetheGreatComics over 11 years ago
Calvin never needs to say a word. His eyes speak volumes in every panel!
rentier over 11 years ago
I love fifteenth picture, Calvin looking with one eye!
orinoco womble over 11 years ago
Is that an alien…or a bright idea chasing Calvin? Like “Do your homework and pay attention in class, and you might learn something?”
Hobbes Premium Member over 11 years ago
Click here: Calvin and Hobbes (December 16, 1986)Click here: Peanuts (January 2, 1973)Click here: B.C. (January 2, 2012)Click here: Ziggy (November 8, 2009)Click here: Pearls Before Swine (July 7, 2011)
Hobbes Premium Member over 11 years ago
In today’s strip, I like how the alien is laughing at the TV and then he has a big smile as he is leaving.
Hobbes Premium Member over 11 years ago
@margueritem: Another way to tell that Dad is turning off the TV is that his left hand is at the lower left corner of the TV set. That’s the same location as Calvin’s left hand three panels earlier when he turns the TV on. So the on/off button is at the lower left corner of the TV.
Hobbes Premium Member over 11 years ago
@Number Six: In the 13th panel, Calvin is running so fast that the room is tipping to the right. When Calvin runs really fast, like in the 10th or 13th panels, it almost looks like his hair is on fire.
HyveALiveO over 11 years ago
Not funny
Zero-Gabriel over 11 years ago
@Calvin
The Truth is WASTED on a Small-Minded Adult…
linsonl over 11 years ago
So, after spending an hour wathing television, he (she, it) went back home and reported no intelligent life on Earth.
dustspecks Premium Member over 11 years ago
Dad turns the TV off…alien destroys the world.
KEA over 11 years ago
Who but Watterson would fit 20 panels into a Sunday strip. He’s my hero.
KEA over 11 years ago
The PBS strip reminds me of a portion of Hitchhiker’s Guide… where a massive alien fleet launches an attack but due to a failure to consider scale is wiped out by a fly swatter (or something like that). Thanks Hobbes.
crcesc over 11 years ago
Another bunch of illegal aliens causing nothing but trouble!
pshapley Premium Member over 11 years ago
Don’t aliens generally say “Take me to your leader”? So Calvin led the alien to the TV.
post399 over 11 years ago
OK, fellow friends of Calvin, what are his parents names???
fuzzyimages over 11 years ago
Alien Hot Dogs from space!! Appropo for this time of year.
orinoco womble over 11 years ago
@ Number Six: Lit profs are like “critics”—their interpretations say more about them than they do about the piece under consideration. The same could be said for the “diagnoses” of many psychiatrists.
KEStuck over 11 years ago
Anyone else hearing the Emperial probe droid in the Hoth scene from ‘Empre Strikes Back’ the two times Calvin’s alien “spoke” to him?
Number Three over 11 years ago
Starting from Panel 6 onwards had me laughing. I love Calvin’s frightened faces.
The ‘jumping TV’ is one of my favourite effects.
xxx
cosman over 11 years ago
Back in Feb. ‘10, John Campanelli of Cleveland’s The Plain Dealer interviewed Watterson:
C. ‘With almost 15 years of separation and reflection, what do you think it was about “Calvin and Hobbes” that went beyond just capturing readers’ attention, but their hearts as well?"
W. “The only part I understand is what went into the creation of the strip. What readers take away from it is up to them. Once the strip is published, readers bring their own experiences to it, and the work takes on a life of its own. Everyone responds differently to different parts.”
So, for me, each episode conjures from a snapshot of my life, the mental, and most time physical, chuckle!
westny77 over 11 years ago
From what I see the alien is saying take me to your leader which is the TV set.. How true
CrazyIrishOperaGirl over 11 years ago
Funny, I had something similar happen just the other day…
xtempore over 11 years ago
For those who don’t speak alien… it’s that old classic line “Take me to your leader”.
TrulyEpic0914 over 11 years ago
Aliens like TV????
pitbull101 over 11 years ago
I donnu what it’s saying
mfchimpboy over 11 years ago
aaaaaah so scary