So, a snowman walks into another snowman’s ice cream shop, and he says, “I’d like a snow cone, please.” The snowman behind the counter replies, “Just a minute. Let me get some snow out of the back.”
Now, for the meaning behind today’s Calvin and Hobbes strip:Possible Interpretation #1: The first snowman is the Syndicate, enjoying the profits of the Calvin and Hobbes series and wanting more. The second snowman is Bill Watterson, who has suffered as a result of having to deal with them.Possible Interpretation #2: The first snowman is Bill Watterson, enjoying the profits of his labors. The second snowman is the Syndicate, which feels that it has suffered at Bill’s expense because he has refused to allow “Calvin and Hobbes” to be commercialized.Posible Interpretation #3: This is a story about Calvin using two snowmen to illustrate the problem of Evil.Possible Interpretation #4: The first snowman is Bill Watterson, enjoying his retirement. The second snowman is Bill’s readers, who are suffering as a result.Possible Interpretation #5: All of the above.Possible Interpretation #6: None of the above.To view the following strips in the archive and help GoComics generate revenue, please click on the blue archive links below. To view the strips directly, click on the images below or stretch them.Rogue snowmen can be a scary thing:Peanuts (January 1, 1952)Calvin and Hobbes (December 27, 1990)Garfield (January 27, 2013)Calvin and Hobbes (December 31, 1990)FoxTrot (February 7, 2003)
So, a snowman walks into another snowman’s ice cream shop, and he says, “I’d like a snow cone, please.” The snowman behind the counter doesn’t hear him because he’s too busy singing, “There’s No Business Like Snow Business.”
Hobbes Premium Member almost 9 years ago
So, a snowman walks into another snowman’s ice cream shop, and he says, “I’d like a snow cone, please.” The snowman behind the counter replies, “Just a minute. Let me get some snow out of the back.”
Now, for the meaning behind today’s Calvin and Hobbes strip:Possible Interpretation #1: The first snowman is the Syndicate, enjoying the profits of the Calvin and Hobbes series and wanting more. The second snowman is Bill Watterson, who has suffered as a result of having to deal with them.Possible Interpretation #2: The first snowman is Bill Watterson, enjoying the profits of his labors. The second snowman is the Syndicate, which feels that it has suffered at Bill’s expense because he has refused to allow “Calvin and Hobbes” to be commercialized.Posible Interpretation #3: This is a story about Calvin using two snowmen to illustrate the problem of Evil.Possible Interpretation #4: The first snowman is Bill Watterson, enjoying his retirement. The second snowman is Bill’s readers, who are suffering as a result.Possible Interpretation #5: All of the above.Possible Interpretation #6: None of the above.To view the following strips in the archive and help GoComics generate revenue, please click on the blue archive links below. To view the strips directly, click on the images below or stretch them.Rogue snowmen can be a scary thing:Peanuts (January 1, 1952)Calvin and Hobbes (December 27, 1990)Garfield (January 27, 2013)Calvin and Hobbes (December 31, 1990)FoxTrot (February 7, 2003)BE THIS GUY almost 9 years ago
Cannibalism among snowmen is plague on our society.
Liverlips McCracken Premium Member almost 9 years ago
Let me guess. These are the Donner snowmen?
NormyBates almost 9 years ago
Please Calvin, spare us the gory details.
rentier almost 9 years ago
And that on Christmas Eve.
Merry Christmas to everyone!!
vanoss almost 9 years ago
It’s a snow eat snow world
Pointspread almost 9 years ago
He got iced.
Egrayjames almost 9 years ago
It’s already a cold case file.
IndyMan almost 9 years ago
I thought yesterday, Calvin had given up on ‘individual, specialized’ snowmen and would create ‘generic’, everyday snowmen ??
Hobbes Premium Member almost 9 years ago
So, a snowman walks into another snowman’s ice cream shop, and he says, “I’d like a snow cone, please.” The snowman behind the counter doesn’t hear him because he’s too busy singing, “There’s No Business Like Snow Business.”
Hobbes Premium Member almost 9 years ago
So, the snowman asks the snowman behind the counter, “Do you enjoy this line of work?” The other snowman replies, “It’s a snow job.”
OPQRSTV98 almost 9 years ago
Snowbalism,. What a nasty crime.
Dr_Fogg almost 9 years ago
#sharethegift
Merry Christmas to all ツ
Sailor46 USN 65-95 almost 9 years ago
We all Like a Good Sordid Story now and then!
neverenoughgold almost 9 years ago
Ho Ho Ho… Oh Noooooooo…
neverenoughgold almost 9 years ago
One more for the road…What do you call a snowman in the tropics? Lost…
neverenoughgold almost 9 years ago
If you ever get a chance, read Christmas in the Trenches by John McCutcheon. Interesting book based on a true event known as the Christmas Truce…
Susie Derkins :D almost 9 years ago
Law & Order time.
bmonk almost 9 years ago
Reminds me of Frosty’s Autopsy