I love the subtleties here. Calvin has been doing this because he thinks it’s an improvement… not aesthetically, but in utter outrageousness. Why should he care what Suzie thinks except that she wasn’t put off by it. So she agrees that it’s an improvement, not in outrageousness, but aesthetically. Clearly, an ostensible agreement with him is not what he was looking for.
It never ceases to amaze me how this same pattern can be observed in adults, just in more sophisticated ways.
BE THIS GUY over 2 years ago
And Susie brings Calvin back to reality — or as close as he is going to get to it.
codycab over 2 years ago
Last panel: Is that your face or did an oven chew you up and spit you out?
Renatus Profuturus Frigeridus Premium Member over 2 years ago
In naval battle one would say: ‘Hit and sunk’.
GROG Premium Member over 2 years ago
That’s him. Good ol’ blender head.
sirbadger over 2 years ago
It looks like you got too close to the fan that people talk about when they say “When the stuff hits the fan.”
Templo S.U.D. over 2 years ago
Good try, Calvin.
in.amongst over 2 years ago
Girls – i tell you… they can sort you out just like that. Where do they get it from, dammit?!?
Bilan over 2 years ago
Making the funny face did make Hobbes much taller.
Baarorso over 2 years ago
It didn’t work because Susie KNOWS you Calvin.;-D
Susan00100 over 2 years ago
Susie could do what Calvin’s parents couldn’t. Maybe they should talk to Susie’s folks about “renting” her for such occasions.
DaveG1960 over 2 years ago
The flirting continues….
rklynch over 2 years ago
Wicked burn by Suzie there….
Frog-on-a-Log Premium Member over 2 years ago
Come on Calvin, how can you resist falling for a girl like Susie?
su43dipta over 2 years ago
She knows how to straighten him up, literally!
jagedlo over 2 years ago
Susie, the “unfreezer”…
uniquename over 2 years ago
His expression changed sides.
vaughnrl2003 Premium Member over 2 years ago
Well done Susie. Nothing like a compliment to take the fun out of ugly. Even if it’s with the left hand.
Lady loves a joke over 2 years ago
There’s Susie, showing off her girl power!
BiggerNate91 over 2 years ago
It must have been a real pain for Calvin to talk while making that face.
jim_pem over 2 years ago
I love the subtleties here. Calvin has been doing this because he thinks it’s an improvement… not aesthetically, but in utter outrageousness. Why should he care what Suzie thinks except that she wasn’t put off by it. So she agrees that it’s an improvement, not in outrageousness, but aesthetically. Clearly, an ostensible agreement with him is not what he was looking for.
It never ceases to amaze me how this same pattern can be observed in adults, just in more sophisticated ways.
awcoffman over 2 years ago
Throughout this arc I’ve been wondering how he can talk while his face is “stuck” that way.
mistercatworks over 2 years ago
Ouch! Now their faces are stuck in that expression. :)
ChessPirate over 2 years ago
Oh, snap!
Oh no you di-ent…
akb02 over 2 years ago
At least it’s unstuck.
wiley207 over 2 years ago
A medical discovery! Susie Derkins’s insults can unfreeze such faces!
kathleenhicks62 over 2 years ago
Susie sure know how to handle him and Hobbes loves her smooches. I bet when they grorw up they will marry each other.
Scoutmaster77 over 2 years ago
A righteous burn…
Dkram over 2 years ago
No, it was a mechanical rice picker.
\\//_
Carl Rennhack Premium Member over 2 years ago
A reference to my favorite episode of “Star Trek”!
Carl Rennhack Premium Member over 2 years ago
Gotta go with Susie this time!
ekke over 2 years ago
But, but, isn’t that EXACTLY what they wanted?
christelisbetty over 2 years ago
Hobbes wisely assumes a straight face, so Susie will still see him as smoochy.
StackableContainers over 2 years ago
Later in the strip, an emergency meeting of G.R.O.S.S. would have been called.
GreggW Premium Member over 2 years ago
How did the doll increase in size to be larger than Calvin? I guess it really is a magical being.
schaefer jim over 2 years ago
Good old Suzi, always beating the guys
hagarthehorrible over 2 years ago
Calvin you have a competition in this lady lass, alright.
rgcviper over 2 years ago
Between the words in panel 3 and the visuals throughout, this one has always made me laugh. Blender, indeed …
why cant i delete my account over 2 years ago
roasted