Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for September 26, 2018

Maybe the Martians can lay down some newspapers until the Earthlings figure out how to behave.

You’re questioning why he’s afraid of you, but not why you’re afraid of him?

According to Agent Smith, “human beings are a virus”….

Hey Calvin! Just look around you and see how much humans have already polluted Mars

Hobbes, tigers are not known for being “trained.”

Given the blood sport that modern politics has become, pollution seems almost… quaint.

Maybe he looks too much like that spaceman that keeps attacking his big brother.

The Martians must have chatted with Calvin’s parents.

Little late for “We come in peace” then, huh?

No one would have believed, in the last years of thenineteenth century, that human affairs were being watched from the timeless worldsof space.

Beings who trash their own place will usually not be welcome to stay at someone else’s place.

As usual, Hobbes is prescient.

Geeze! Why does everything have to turn into a political cartoon?

Because contemporary politics offers the most frequent and fruitful targets for humor and sarcasm of any other field on the planet. These people offer themselves up as sitting targets just by opening their mouths. Where I come from, you shoots your ducks where you finds ’em.

How to serve man.Great cook book ;)

@robertromera: this strip was published in 1966. That alone shows how little the political melange has changed. And Hobbe’s sentiment applies to almost every other meeting between cultures or groups, not just to the political branch.

This strip is an absolutely brilliant comic! A perfect example of premise, setup, punch line. With an added twist for comic effect. Fantastic! Damn, Mr. Watterson is magnificent!

Humans have many flaws and defects. They are a poor design in so many ways.

Call it a hunch, but you’re a big fan of Mr Watterson, aren’t you!

Humans aren’t house trained, and we have a tendency to bite even when not provoked, and we breed like rats.

It’s why we haven’t had any contact from any alien civilizations. The solar system is in quarantine until the problems with humans can be worked out. Will we ever earn our stripes and be allowed to enter the greater galaxy? Well, current events seem to point to a big, yuge, step back!

Calvin loose lips sink spaceships. You just blew it.

Right now the Red Planet of War – Ares has a planet wide dust storm. The air may be thing but it can still blow at 200 mph.

Another expression of Watterson’s typical misanthropic attitude.