Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for August 27, 2020

Lawyer fees.

In the emergency room.

How is Hobbes going to spend his fifty?

Now the fight begins to divide up the booty .

Paying for the film from Dad’s camera and the developing at 1-hour photo.

Nicely composed fourth panel!

Play nice, Calvin, or Suzy’ll build a trap door in your treehouse.

Calvin has crossed the line, he’s now into crime.

I think Suzy will handle it just fine.

I love this arc and I am not sure if it ends by Saturday or not.

I do not think that Calvin thought this all the way through.

This is straight for adalt intervention time…

They better not start counting those dollars yet!

If you two are up in the tree, then who’s guarding the doll?

Pay for a lawyer?

Medical expenses.

And so was born the tree house Mafia. Which was quickly crushed by the tattle-tale(righteous though) next door and the Mom.

Is Susie even going to pay $100??

Zero money coming your way.

Susie shows the note to her parents who shows it to Calvin’s parents, and the kid will be grounded for a decade.

Does Calvin have a polaroid? It would have taken days to get film developed.

Calvin and Hobbes are counting on the money way too much. But then Calvin never does think of consequences.

Published too early for this story line but if Binky Betsy used doll telepathy to put in a call to Chucky…

Yes, I know…way too dark for here but aspiring screenplay writers should feel free to take the concept as a public service on behalf of all mistreated dolls.

Suzie should hire Tracer Bullet to track down Calvin & get Bitsy back!

I have never heard of a kidnapping that went well

I used to think, when I was Calvin’s age, that I would grow up to be a cartoonist. How hard can it be? Draw a few pictures, take the rest of the day off. But after struggling for ten years to get there, I gave up. The sheer art of Watterson’s work (who can draw fighter jets and dinosaurs in ONE PANEL?!!) and his perceptive insights into the weird dynamics of kids. Watterson remembers my childhood better than I do. I wish I could be Bill Watterson when I grow up.

I’m thinking medical bills.

Evidently, Calvin had a Polaroid camera at his disposal…

Why would Calvin tie Binky Betsy to a chair? She can’t go anywhere, and Calvin wouldn’t have captured her so easily, anyway.

Gotta love the little details Calvin puts into plans like those!

When I was an undergrad, a friend of mine had big pink flamingos outside his apartment. One day, one turned up missing and he got a ransom phone call about it. His roommate and I (we had no role in the actual disappearance and didn’t know who took it) wrote him a ransom letter cut out of newspaper and included a pink feather from a feather duster and mailed the letter to him. He got his flamingo back, eventually (some other friends took it). I don’t know if he ever knew we were the ones who sent the letter.

I see an explosion coming. Fifty? What is this about FIFTY?

Susie will bring the pain!

I’m buying comic books, candy bars, and a Dr Pepper in a glass bottle.

I love Suzy.

Now, is Susie going to tell her mother and let the grownups handle it? Or is she going to get revenge?

Fabric softener.

Might need it to post bond.

Why the horror, Susie? Would it hurt Binky Betsy’s boot-sie?!

Suzie should show the note to Calvin’s mom. She would be very interested in what her son is doing.

:o

Funny how he hates her for nothiny

Time for Susie to kidnap Hobbes…by inviting him to a tea party. He’d like that.

Kid thought of everything!!-maybe Susie will call the FBI !!! Lol

I can see Susie’s parents talking to Calvin’s parents. Susie will get the doll, and Calvin will get ….maybe an angry look from Mom and time out? Not priceless.

That picture of Betsy in the chair better not get back to Calvin’s parents. He’ll be headed to a military school or worse before he knows it.

hhhmmmmmmmm…

How did they get a picture of the doll tied to the chair so fast? It’s already been established in previous stories that the family camera is not an instant camera – Mom has to go and have the film developed.