Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for February 12, 2021

NOW, Calvin will see justice reign.

That’s one heavy snowball.

“Stupendous Man?” More like Stoopid Man!!

/SNARK/

direct hit. good job !

I think Calvin has a thing for Susie

Unfortunately for Calvin he isn’t Clark Kent.

Victory was just for a fleeting moment

Calvin, NOW is the time to actually zip-up!

He’s a mean widdle kid!

You forgot one thing, Calvin: “villains” always come back for revenge.

Uh ohh, Calvin’s really in trouble… Susie really got plastered hard.

Busted.

Hopefully, Stupendous Man’s powers include invisibility and/or invulnerability.

I have to admit it that panel two with Suzie splayed on the sidewalk and covered with snow made me laugh. Great artwork.

Has Calvin ever had Hobbes taken away as punishment?

And it’s about to reign on you…

“Justice once more reigns.”

Did he save the day? Judging by what is about to happen, the answer would be NO!

Calvin? Who’s Calvin?! I’m Stupendous Man!

Calvin just looks wrong without his spiky hair.

something I never thought of before: how did he get the snowball all the way up the tree?

This looks like a job for…Mighty Mom!

He may not fly, but he sure is a good tree-climber.

I’m thinking that Stealth is not Stupendous Man’s middle name.

Well there you go. The perfect chance to use that secret identity thing. Plausible deniability.

Kid you have no idea what kind of justice is about to reign down.

Did Ma and Pa Kent have days like this?

blowback

Their wedding will be lovely.

Impressive he was able to climb that high up the tree pulling himself up from a much lower limb while carrying a snowball.

Watterson based Suzie on his wife….

I was out by the creek with Jeff and Forrest. Of course we brought the bb gun in case we were attacked by a bear or something. We already knew that it smarts like crazy if it hit bare skin, but if it hit somebody’s (guess who) bib, he’d barely notice.

Now Oswald was up on the bridge throwing rocks at us. He would have been welcome to join us, but he could be a bit contrary.

“Look out,” Forrest called. “We brought our gun!”

“You can’t hit a barn,” Oswald called back. This was true. If Forrest aimed for you, you were quite safe.

“Tentoes is here!” This was a threat. I had a reputation for hitting what I aimed at. Oswald backed off to the other side of the bridge, but kept throwing rocks.

A rock hit me in the chest, went inside my bib and rolled out onto my foot. Forrest was mad. Jeff handed me the gun.

Since the target was a ways off, I loaded a pellet instead of a bb as a pellet is more accurate. I let him have it. You can see the pellet on the way to the target, and it hit his tee shirt in the middle of his breastbone. “Ow. That must have hurt.” I didn’t mean to actually hurt him. Oswald rubbed the spot, turned and walked away.

At supper, the phone rang. Jeff and Forrest’s mom answered. “Uh hu. Uh hu. Uh hu. Tentoes, did you shoot Oswald with a bb.”

“No, ma’am. I used a pellet.” This was not going to be good, but now I had gone mute and could not tell her why.

Jeff came to my rescue and told the story.

“I see,” said his mom.

Then she turned back to the phone and said, “Tentoes is the littlest kid around here and Oswald hit him with a rock. Next time Tentoes is out with the boys, I’ll make sure they take a 22, not a bb gun!”

Calvin will now face his other archived, Angry Mom.

Poor Susi, yes, justice is coming in the end!

Just talk?

“I fear the moment of retribution is at hand…” ~Father John Francis Patrick Mulcahey.

Only Calvin sees Stupendous Man as a hero. Others see Stupendous Man as a villain!

Luckily, Calvin’s only real superpower is goofiness.

That “Annoying Girl” is just so… Annoying…

Stupendous Man about to fall to Mighty Mom.

Susie could have had a concussion from hitting her head on the sidewalk after Calvin hit her in the head with the snowball…looks like stupendous man will be returned to the drawer forever.

Um; it’s like in football, and most sports, it’s always the “second” guy that gets caught i.e. Calvin !

were i live, there is supposed to be 2-6 inches snow on monday

Until Mom reins in her little terror and retribution rains down on him.

Isn’t this called a Pyrric victory?

Poor Suzie! Hobbes would be much happier living with her instead of the rotten Calvin.

Repercussions faster than the internet or the grape vine……..

Calvin will feel the paddle of justice on the seat of his pants.

Given his tree climbing ability and making dozens of snowmen in the same day for his projects, Calvin must be very athletic. If he could handle the structure and discipline of a team activity, he would probably the star of any sport he went out for. Of course, his head would explode trying to work in that environment.

I lived in a dormitory my first year in college. One of the guys I knew broke a car windshield with a water balloon from a third floor window.

How’d he manage to climb that tree with that huge snowball? He must really have superpowers….

Newsflash!!!! 25 years into hte future, Suzie marries this boy genius, and she get’s even with him… every single day… and Hobb continues to get daily kisses.

I’m sure she gets her revenge after they get married.

Welp, Suises dead. If the snowball doesn’t kill her, the impact against the concrete will.