Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for September 24, 2021

That’s a 10 game suspension for Hobbes for using the sticky stuff.

That’s some pretty adhesive saliva.

OK, it’s not a spitball. It is, however, a Velcro ball.

“I would but that would be a lie.”

That’s. Not. Spit.

How did Hobbes get hold of Spider Tack years before pitchers in MLB started using it (because their 98 MPH heaters apparently didn’t give them enough of an advantage)?

Tiger spit is super sticky! Like Gorilla snot, it holds the world together!

No, that’s literally a game of stick ball. Congrats, Calvin you scored one stick.

He’s lucky it wasn’t a hairball.

Love Hobbes’s wind-up and delivery. He must be a Luis Tiant fan.

Good hit.

Spider tack…

Too much pine tar?

They’re banned now!

Gaylord Perry’s on the mound.

Tell ME you didn’t tar that bat, glue boy.

Well don’t just stand there, throw the bat towards the outfield, it’s still considered a live ball!

Looks more like a “loogie” ball! ;o]

Enough about the sticky ball. What is that pitch pose in the first panel?

I would guess that it’s more of a glueball than a spitball…

2021 reboot: “TELL ME THIS ISN’T SPIDERTACK!!”

That would be a “gum ball”. Spit balls don’t interact with the bat as well as dry balls.

Interesting artwork in panel 3.

A phlegm ball.

Gorilla glue has nothing on tiger spit.

Start running with the bat. If Hobbes get close, throw the bat into the outfield.

That’s some sticky spit.

Not spit. Tiger balm!

Animation visually leaps from panel in Hobbs’ pitch.

Every one of these cells is a work of art!

Gum ball?

lol

More like a glue ball.

No, it’s a glandular secretion ball…