Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for July 20, 2022

Often, it is getting out of those suits that requires superpowers.

I don’t know, saving the world seems like a pretty serious issue.

Of course Calvin’s comics are not suitable for children so what does he know?

I concur with Calvin. My Filipina fiance just gave me an Archie & Friends Double Digest for my birthday (“I know that reading is one of your passions”) and Betty and Veronica still look like they wear poured-on clothing. And they don’t even have super powers…at least none that can be mentioned here.

Squeezing one part of the body, makes another part of the body bigger.

i presume Amazon Girls were forbearers of Elastigirl!

“Comic books deal with serious issues”. In fact, since my chidhood, I have always thought that Donald Duck was a victim of evil capitalist Uncle Scrooge.

IMO, the REAL superheroes are the scientists who developed the vaccine against COVID-19.

You’d think all the superheroes would have a wardrobe assistant?

To help them get in and out of their outfits, handle the laundry, do the ironing and mending (uniforms always being ripped and stained in fights with evildoers).

Nope.

I can’t see Wonder Woman volunteering for domestic drudgery for the male cast of the Justice League either, or Black Widow doing the needful with the Avengers.

I guess it will have to stay one of those mysteries.

I like how Hobbes always sees the obvious. :D

Didn’t she have an invisible costume?

Tintin is considered serious literature in Belgium.

So, Marvel movies are also sophisticated social critique? How about morality and responsibility?

I bet she looks hot in a sweater.

I think Mom understands comic books, she just doesn’t understand the ones that YOU buy, Calvin!

“Amazon Girl”, could that be Jeff Bezos’ mother…? No, that’s just too silly.., but, if she married Bozo the clown…? No, still too silly.

We had a comic called “Axa” featuring a scantily-clad warrior princess which, so to say, kindled our adolescent fantasies thoroughly, back in the day. :D

Most guys learn better, or at least stay engaged in the lesson longer if the teacher is easy on the eyes. I know I did. Thank you Miss Bridgewater.

Calvin always sound like he is in college.

Calvin needs to take up graphic novels :)

Calvin is transferring his latent male urges through Hobbes….

With great power comes great responsibility.

Cartooning is by nature a lonely profession. It is little wonder that female characters were over-idealized in form and dress, as the male characters were over-idealized super-athletes running around in “apocalypse mode” all the time. Fortunately, all modern comic strips and animation are well-told, character-driven stories about co-equal gender-blind commissars working toward resolution of community …

Sorry, couldn’t continue with a straight face.

Wasn’t Sheena practically falling out of her costume?

Calvin is still a few years shy of a heightened appreciation for Amazon girl’s wardrobe, or lack thereof.

You can tell that the artists designing costumes for female superheroes and villains are men.

I’ve signed up but cannot find a way to search for a specific comic strip. Do you have a search?

Any thoughts on Superman giving up his American citizenship to become a citizen of the world?

I want my superheros to be superheros. not soap opera victims

Always wondered about that with Lynda Carter.

Watterson said he thought comic books were stupid. This whole week must be for this.