Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for April 28, 2023

I thought Calvin was going blow this 2 bit dump. Now all he wants to do is ruin his teeth.

Want to give a speech as well, Calvin? “I’d like to thank my tiger, Hobbes, for his artwork!”

I think your oysters are out of season.

I can envision Calvin standing by in anger as Hobbes accepts the prize.

And then, Dad will get a patent for Hobbes’ work so that Calvin can’t even brag that he did it!!

And then, Hobbes will move out of the “two-bit dump” and go live in his own place with Susie’s stuffed bunny.

And then,,,

What if you don’t like oysters?

one night, long ago, i had 13 dozen oysters…yep, 13 dozen…

Hobbes’s comment “I’ll draw some stars to show pain and human suffering!” reminds me of an Oor Wullie comic strip from a Scottish newspaper called The Sunday Post. I have detailed this strip before but I will do so again as it makes good use of how stars can show pain in a comic strip:-

Wullie, a Scottish schoolboy, turns down an offer to go roller skating with his “sometime girlfriend” Primrose Patterson. “No time for lassies.” “Your loss. You don’t know what you’re missing!” A blonde schoolgirl asks Wullie to roller skate with her. Wullie is smitten by the blonde and accepts this time. Primrose thinks “Two-timing wee nyaff! I’ll sort his hash!” Primrose hides behind a fence and trips up Wullie. In the first panel of the last row, Wullie was seeing stars from his fall and a tough-looking boy was saying to Wullie, “What were you doing with my new lass, Doris?” Wullie replied, “Your lass? Ooer!” The middle panel showed some more stars and some English and Scottish words – THUMP! CRUNCH! SKUD1BLOOTER! BATTER! BANJO! The last panel showed a battered and bruised Wullie with a lump on his head, a black eye and a sticking plaster between the lump and the black eye. He was seeing more stars, of course. Primrose was bandaging Wullie’s arm and saying, “Not bashful? You look well bashed to me! Ha! Ha!”

Oysters are eaten while they’re still alive.

https://www.eatingwell.com/article/2061423/i-just-learned-that-raw-oysters-are-still-alive-when-you-eat-them/

Calvin has the makings of a fantastic Administrator… Delegate the Work, Take the Credit.

Counting chickens……

Yeah, but… a lot of people don’t LIKE oysters!

Calvin is putting his horse before his cart. He should be paying attention to what Hobbes is drawing, before he dreams about how to spend the prize money.

Calvin is counting his chickens ($) before they hatched. That never works out.

I’ve got the brains. You’ve got the looks. Let’s make lots of money. (Welcome to my earworm of the day)

I remember spending one night in Bangkok.

Melete, Aoede,Mneme…and Hobbes.

Sure Susie will win this..

Jaw Breakers and comic books. YES!

Talent is not enough these days. You need to be a con artist too.

What is the genius author going to do when Calvin outgrows Hobbes and finally retired to the attic??

There are two types of people:

Jawbreakers were the most difficult-to-consume candy of all time but I could not resist them as a kid…

Something tells me that regarding traffic safety, Calvin would love these gruesome PSAs from that decade… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gK0u_JrZR_g

Plus the marketing really helps, Calvin

I’m guessing Hobbes is drawing a tiger eating a jaywalker.

Jawbreakers & comic books all for $5, huh? Perhaps one of each (based on the inflation back when this was first published)?

Both of you have been deft at entertaining millions across the globe already. Who needs better artist and slogan writer.

I count my chickens before they hatch too.

With a $5 prize, about all he could afford in the way of travel is a bus ticket across town.

Over confidence.

I already know who the winner is. Calvin should have submitted to Mad Magazine!

The difference in ambitions for these two is stunning.

Calvin’s an idea man, ideas that usually fail, but an idea man anyway.