Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for October 03, 2019

Whatever mood Mom and Dad came home in is now gone.

Not like he’ll be able to fall asleep anyways.

Lucy… I mean Calvin, you’ve got some ‘splainin’ to do!

Fun’s over.

The chickens have come home to roost, eh Calvin?

BUSTED! (Finally)

There’s always consequences Calvin and you always seem to learn them the hard way. You’re going to have a rough life.

Calvin you are in so much trouble… so much trouble… so much trouble…

that was great !

This strip is from thirty years ago. Cell phones existed, but I’m guessing that Rosalyn went over to a neighbor’s house, called the restaurant where Calvin’s parents told her they would be, and got them home early. Too bad, they’d probably planned on going somewhere else after that.

I like those dancing TVs in Calvin Land, by the way.

Calvin’s Comeuppance seems like a great kid story.

You danced Calvin, now you must pay the piper….and you will…AND HOW! ;-D

why is mom already in her housecoat ?

Ladies and gentlemen the red glow you see from 25,000 feet is the backside of Calvin….

If looks could kill, you’d be pinned to the wall by now….

I’m sure Calvin expected the misadventure to end like this. He had fun while it lasted, paid Rosalyn back in full and then some. That’s what the plan was all about!

The dues are about to be paid.

Uh-oh Spaghettios!

Aaaand this is why Calvin has no siblings…

Show’s over, Calvin, and life as we know it comes to an end…! :D

Notice how Calvin is an only child?

UH-OH!!

the jig is up!

You danced to the music, Calvin; now it’s time to pay the piper!

Maybe Calvin should draw his own chalk outline on the floor and be done with it.

BUSTED !!!

I noted on Saturday that Calvin was thinking further ahead of himself than usual and even thinking ahead of Hobbes. That was when Hobbes reported that Rosalyn was trying to open a window and Calvin replied that he had locked them all. If Calvin had continued to think ahead, he would have been in bed pretending to be asleep when Mom and Dad returned to let Calvin in. That plan might not of worked, of course, but if it had he would only have to face his angry parents tomorrow rather than his parents and Rosalyn tonight.

Incidentally, Hobbes reporting to Calvin that Rosalyn was trying to open a window was another of those small pieces of evidence that Hobbes knows things Calvin doesn’t know. I don’t think anyone commented on that at the time.

Start praying, Calvin!

Calvin’s face in panel #3 is a classic.

It’s hammer time!

So many angry faces.

Calvin made his bed (or at least should have been in it all along).

Rumor has it this was how Oedipus got his start on a hillside.

Cue the theme music from “Dragnet”.

Calvin deserves whatever is coming to him, no doubt. That being said, I wonder how Rosalyn explains to Mom and Dad just what happened.

So THATS how she got back in. I couldn’t remember.

I love the difference a slight change in the mouth squiggle makes in the expressions of the three tall people. Rosalyn and Mom are just outraged and mad at Calvin. Dad, on the other hand, seems to be partly mad at Calvin, partly sympathetic because he knows what’s coming for Calvin, and partly just hoping Mom doesn’t blame him later by way of collateral damage!

That’ll learn him… yeah right.

Mom would NOT say, “Do I have to get my belt?”

Ah, childhood, when “consequences” is just a long word or part of the title of a TV game show. (Or a city in NM)

That is going to cost the parents more than the Illinois debt is costing the citizens!

Sitter just cost more than dinner.

I still can’t believe that Calvin never took this into account.

I’d like to see Calvin wriggle out of this one…

Like a Typical Kid, Calvin hadn’t Thought That Far Ahead. :-)

You have the right to reman grounded….

This is consonant with children’s cerebral development although at the extreme. Very much like the Dear Leader who never developed impulse control or foresight.

Better do the insanity plea quickly Cal cause I see the judge, jury and executioner about two feet away.

If there ever is a next time, better leave Rosalyn a house key.

The jig is up

In a sense, Calvin did the same thing as his parents: He spent some enjoyable time alone with the one he loves most, only to face a bad ending that he should have seen coming.

Good idea to have all those cookies; probably won’t be seeing any for a while.

The night of reckoning has arrived.

Rosalyn must be Mom’s cousin… They look alike. :-)

Uh-oh! Looks like somebody’s LITTLE goose is cooked BIG time! ;-)

Now comes the FUN part. Deciding whether to slowly draw and quarter, or drop in a pool of piranha…

How convenient for Hobbes to turn into a stuffed animal at this time.

Why oh why does Rosalyn keep returning? This reminds me of the Squirrel Wood from “Count Zero”.

Is Calvin’s dad incapable of narrowing his eyes?

In the third panel it looks like Tex Avery drew Calvin.

Roz is going to turn this into a big payday.

Haha….Calvin really stepped in it this time

But remember Rosalyn insisted on being paid before they left.

Give Rosalyn her own key.

The one factor Calvin didn’t account for has come into play: His parents having their own house keys.

Uh Oh

It may be past your expiration date.

He’s a troublemaker… but in a funny way!

It was at this moment that Calvin knew: He fucked up.