Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for February 24, 2022

Sometimes I think Calvin’s father is an idiot. Instead of appreciating his son’s talent and hard work, he belittles it.

Dum-dum…..and Easter’s getting closer.

Keep up your mischief, Calvin, and you’ll be going to Easter Island.

Your home is NOT Easter Island for one thing.

Considering Calvin’s size and the size of his snowmen, he must have gotten a lot of help from Hobbes.

Crushing his spirit rather than appreciating his creativity

Snow moai!

Then they should be squared off, not rounded, right?

I wish it still snowed that much where I live.

The kid obviously has too much time on his hands!! How about doing your homework, or reading a book???

If they don’t see their shadows, things will be good.

So do we, Calvin, so do we.

Where does that kid find all that snow

I like Easter Island, too.

’sno use, Cal. Some folks will just never learn to appreciate art! :D

Betcha Dad is planning to send Calvin to Easter Island—permanently!!

For one thing, Town Hall will probably come out to re-assess the house and raise the property tax! Oh, and maybe a fine for not getting a building permit!

von Daniken would have made a big deal out of this, maybe even another movie. (I am showing my age :D)

No trees.

The moai look at this comic, the moai like it. I think I’ll create an original hip-hop song and Rapanui.

These snow heads are all singing to dad. Looking at the sizes of their mouths, however, it’s a wonder their faces don’t fall to the ground.

Calvin would have to depose some of the “gods” and have them lying on their backs…

I saw the Easter Island statues in Life magazine (I think) when I was a kid… those things creeped me out something awful, especially the ones that were pictured lying down like they were dead. :-)

Y’all get that much snow in the winter? Where do you live, Whitehorse, Yukon?

That moment when Dad considered canceling his subscription to National Geographic.

A reply to Calvin’s question of yesterday…

He didn’t even make them on the driveway.

Dad is just hoping all of the snow came from the driveway.

At least these snowmen look a bit happier than the Easter Island statues.

Another monument to someone with to much time on their hands. Apparently, “the devils tools” do snow too.

My big question: How does a 6-year old(who doesn’t like to study-i.e. homework)know about the statues on Easter Island let alone how they basically look ???

It is really impressive he can build 7’ snowmen when he is only 2’ tall.

Ya gotta wonder how many copy-cats have taken a liking to Calvin’s models.

“I’ve been planning this vacation for years – I’m finally going to see Easter Island!”

“Oh right, with the giant heads!”

“With the what now?”

Calvin used tons of snow; but, notice the stoop at the front door is still snowed in.

no one does snowmen quite like Calvin

At least they’re smiling, compared to the real Easter Island statues.

“… I am a man of mediocre intellect. // I am a man of uneventful days. // But i saw a travelogue // It meant a lot to me // It had a picture of // How i want my life to be… // I want a head like the heads you see on Easter Island, Easter Island // I want a three-ton nose job // I want to stand up tall … " //

I think they look like dad. He should be flattered

These massive snow sculpture installations are contrary to the Calvin we know is there – the one that doesn’t like to do any hard work at all.

In the real world, Calvin may have thought about these artistic endeavors, but he wouldn’t put the work in – he would be in front of the fire sucking up cocoa and reading comic books.

I once had a chess set with carved stone pieces based on the Easter Island statues. It was a bit unsettling… ♟️

gocomics is lagging so much right now

You people DO realize this IS a Comic strip!? Calvin Nor his father really exist!

Yesterday, I gave a detailed commentary on the Snow Goon story arc which was reprinted a year ago after someone wrongly described Calvin’s snowmen as snow goons. I pointed out that Calvin never created a snow goon – just a living snowman who turned himself into a snow goon and created other living snow goons. Someone asked, “Really? When was that?”

It was first printed in January 1990 and is reprinted every ten years so the last reprint was in January last year. That wonderful story arc inspired the title of a Calvin and Hobbes collection – “Attack of the Snow Goons”. The full title was “Attack of the Monster Mutant Killer Deranged Snow Goons”. That was almost as marvellous a title as Watterson’s own favourite “Homicidal Psycho Jungle Cat” which came from a Sunday strip rather than a story arc.

how does he GET that much snow?

His mother must be happy to have Calvin out of the house and not making messes indoors.

There’s moai to love here.

It’s pretty tame for Calvin as none of the heads is eating a snow child

Hopefully he put the first one in his duplicator box instead of hand making each one.

They just walked there, dad! You know, aku-aku?

It’s his job. He’s a cartoon father.

A little snow goes a long way with Calvin

In today’s world the HOA who have a field day with Calvin’s house.

Easter Island doesn’t have heads with creepy smiles.

Just send him to art school already.

Those aren’t Easter Peeps. Unless the ears melted off