Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for March 16, 2019

Have fun, guys.

“I can’t get this beanie to fly, so I’ll use this box to fly instead!”

“Idiot box” from Spongebob, anyone?

Just wait until you all see the sequel to this story arc starting on Monday. It’s one of the funniest arcs in the entire strip!

Calvin must be a cat, like Hobbes!

Even BIG cats can’t resist cardboard boxes!

It took Calvin a while, but he appreciated the life lesson in the end (we hope!)…

The beanie makes evident the bee in the bonnet! Ssssssssssss……..

imagination, a kids best friend

Lesson learned. Throw away the cereal and play with the box.

So did all that cereal.

Nothing gets a child’s imagination going like a cardboard box!

“Not ‘style’ certainly”! LOL! Nice one, Hobbes!

Everyone can have fun with a cardboard box.

For a 5 year old a cardboard box can be as amusing as a live toy.

Ah, the simple joys of childhood!

Shoulda left it on for Suzi…she might have flipped …ZZTop even sang about it…

…AND, it’s recyclable!!

So…he can use his imagination with the box, but not with the beanie. ???

“Give a kid an educational game and, if he has any spirit at all, he’ll quickly destroy the game and find endless, interesting things to do with the box it came in.” (Attributed to Alfred Hitchcock)

After all of that cereal would you call Calvin a cereal killer?

use the box to ship a kid in!!

Anyone else notice how, in profile, Calvin’s head looks like Pac Man with bedhead?

Style is in the eyes of the beholder.

I would not discard the beanie so fast. Summer is a coming in and it can keep you cool.

I love cardboard.

I’ve never known Calvin to be so hindered by actuality.

Would have been funny if the beanie had flown away on its own first.

Amazing! Calvin can create a human clone machine from a cardboard box; but, his imagination won’t allow him to fly using a beanie. Must have something to do with the fact that his past achievements were the results of only his efforts. Move over Hawking, this kid’s going to be a Theoretical Physicist from hell.

I love a happy ending.

I think the third panel image is the one that got certain fame used in antifascism marchs in Europe on the 90’s, switching a swastika for the beannie. I am not sure, googled it and didn´t found any image yet.

He probably busted the thing again, too.

As I said before, I rather doubt that the little propellor of beanie fame was anything but a whimsical ornament. It would after all be hard to get a “motor” and its batteries into the crown of a beanie.

Calvin you brat. Your mom payed lots of money for those boxes and stuff

The best toy is imagination!

When Forey Ackerman first devised the propeller beanie (Using a yarmulke and parts from a toy airplane) it was for cosplay at the very first WorldCon. I understand that he still had the thing when he passed away.

Calvin. You’ve been hanging out with Hobbes too much.

I can hear his parents’ eyes rolling. :P

what do you expect Calvin, you’re such an idiot, humans haven’t developed beanie-copters.

My tabby spent the entire afternoon trying to fit into a 2" square box once.