Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for June 13, 2015

From previous strips, we know that Calvin has an outstanding vocabulary for a six year old.

There must be more time for reading more, a day should last 48 hours!!

“I’m a man of a few words.” That’s not what the other comics did too you.

More technically he’s a man of few thoughts.

Oh, snap!

At least he was smart enough to recognise the insult. A good number of people would go “What?”

This strip should ask readers about what Calvin reads.

I think Calvin reads nothing but comic books. But then, that’s what I did when I was six.

Good point Hobbes.

Just like the cartoons that we used to watch as kids—SOME people today say that they were too violent and MADE the violent youth we have today. Speaking as a representative of those who grew up during those times—WE KNEW THEY WERE CARTOONS and accepted them as such. Just like playing ‘Cowboys and Indians, etc’., we knew it was pretend and that our ‘guns’ and such were toys and only when responsible adults were around were we allowed to handle anything more dangerous(my dad used to take me rabbit hunting).

Usually Hobbes gives Calvin a serious reply, but today the smile on Hobbes’s face indicates that he is trying to be funny.

Just a little white truth…

I had the Golden Book “Little Black Sambo” too. What I didn’t understand was why he was called Black. In the picture, he looked like he was from India, not Africa.

Thank you for that. If I hadn’t grown up in the US in the 1960s, that might have been news.

Talk about non P.C.: The names of the two characters in the B.C. strip that Hobbes linked — are they still called “cute chick” and “fat broad”?

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Based on the last panel, if Hobbes were Siamese (twins), it could be called “A Tail of Two Kitties”.

Meanwhile, getting back to today’s Calvin and Hobbes comic strip:

Bah dah bing!

I always have a book on the end of my bed. Right now it’s “Diary of a Wimpy Kid – Cabin Fever” I have all the Wimpy Kid books apart from the “Do-it-Yourself” one.

xxx

@pshapley: Regarding the B.C. comics, it seems like Mason Mastroianni, who took over B.C. after Johnny Hart’s death, has been avoiding the original names “Fat Broad” and “Cute Chick.” In the past, the “Cute Chick” has sometimes referred to the “Fat Broad” as “Fats,” perhaps already in the years when Johnny was still drawing the strip.Here is a strip for you:Pearls Before Swine (February 26, 2009)

About all I know of how the Brits treated their subjects in India comes from the Flashman books, but Flashman definitely called them black, and sometimes even the “n” word. (Some Indians are very dark, and many are not. They come from many tribes, of several different origins – including the Sanskrit-speakers, who were the true Aryans – and at least six entirely different language groups.)

Calvin = me!

Hahaha!!!! I love these strips where Calvin sets himself up for a punchline from Hobbes!!!