Charlie's World
Charlie: I can do that! !
Voice: Play time is over, Charlie. Time to come in.
Charlie: Play time? A master's work is never appreciated in his own time.
I know Charlie — he’s quite a kid. Potential booger brain. The kind of kid most teachers would want in their classroom (well, most of the time anyway).
My middle granddaughter developed an interest in insects, frogs, small fish, what have you. Her family lives in a place abutting a creek and about half a block from a millpond and small dam. She used to love going on walks and exploring roadside puddles and collecting things in a jar. (A regular Alix, for Stone Soup readers.)A couple of years ago, though, she receded into premature teenagerism. Now she spends most of her free time in her bunk bed (her older sister has the top one), texting and laptopping. She’ll be thirteen in two months.
@TarredandfeatheredA soppy mess, I would think. Then perhaps he should hum and twiddle his thumbs. I’ve had the riot act read to me twice for leaving a tool outside, but never a Crochet…
Argythree over 9 years ago
The birth of an engineer?
Varnes over 9 years ago
It’s the vision that’s important….You can always do it right later……
hoshisato over 9 years ago
Little Charles Alton Ellis, time to come in!
phylum over 9 years ago
if i had a hammer…i’d hammer in the morning……..but i certainly would not do it during recess..you do not want to excite the swat team….
dadoctah over 9 years ago
Stop hammer time?
pelican47 over 9 years ago
I’m so glad I can see this here where I can magnify the picture to appreciate all the art that goes in to it. .Thanks, Wiley.
s.l over 9 years ago
Is Wiley introducing a new character?
whiteheron over 9 years ago
Yeah Charlie, I have the same problem..I do remember those days like that.
tripwire45 over 9 years ago
At least he plays outside.
doctersmall over 9 years ago
Engineers are the true wizards of our planet.
FWBurr over 9 years ago
Looks like a rip-off from Calvin and Hobbes.
dabugger over 9 years ago
Never disparage child’s play!
Chrisstopher over 9 years ago
Some of my fondest memories are of my Dad letting me borrow his toolbox to take apart an old lawn mower engine.
goweeder over 9 years ago
“This is a new comic strip to me.”~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Congratulations!
yimhere over 9 years ago
….the merging of imagination and creation ….. with little illusion!
Calvins Brother over 9 years ago
Oh to be a kid again back in the 50’s and 60’s. A bat and ball, a bike, and a fishing pole- the world was my oyster!
Rarely528 over 9 years ago
Looks like Jeffrey has some competition.
Rarely528 over 9 years ago
Looks like Jeffrey has some competition.
jahoody over 9 years ago
LOVE IT!!!!!
Happy, happy, happy!!! Premium Member over 9 years ago
He grasps the concept of the flying buttress.Smart kid.
mamarose127 Premium Member over 9 years ago
Vive l’imagination!
Fido (aka Felix Rex) over 9 years ago
I know Charlie — he’s quite a kid. Potential booger brain. The kind of kid most teachers would want in their classroom (well, most of the time anyway).
Darryl Heine over 9 years ago
Is CHARLEY’S WORLD a new addition to the line of Non Sequitur rotating character spotlights mostly for Sunday N.S. strips?
Gokie5 over 9 years ago
My middle granddaughter developed an interest in insects, frogs, small fish, what have you. Her family lives in a place abutting a creek and about half a block from a millpond and small dam. She used to love going on walks and exploring roadside puddles and collecting things in a jar. (A regular Alix, for Stone Soup readers.)A couple of years ago, though, she receded into premature teenagerism. Now she spends most of her free time in her bunk bed (her older sister has the top one), texting and laptopping. She’ll be thirteen in two months.
Tarredandfeathered over 9 years ago
I never knew that Captain Hammer’s first name was Charlie….
wiatr over 9 years ago
No doubt today’s strip is dedicated to backyard engineerseverywhere.
Pointspread over 9 years ago
Je suis Charlie.
Jules934 over 9 years ago
What ever happened to the Ekert?
coffeemugman over 9 years ago
BUT, he left the hammer OUT in the elements! Charlie should look for another occupation…something that doesn’t involve tools. Perhaps, crocheting.
coffeemugman over 9 years ago
@TarredandfeatheredA soppy mess, I would think. Then perhaps he should hum and twiddle his thumbs. I’ve had the riot act read to me twice for leaving a tool outside, but never a Crochet…