Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for June 04, 2023

If screaming for help and running scared is character, yup, he’s built plenty of character.

Plot twist: An invisible Dad was riding the bike.

Can I build an anti-bike device…..

Fighting a bicycle builds character?

I don’t think, Calvin, they sell long-range, offensive weapons to six-year-olds.

Calvin’s interpretation of his difficulties riding a bike.

Heh, reminds me of the “Killer Cars” skit on Monty Python’s Flying Circus. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOTl4q0q6lQ

I never had that problem when I learned to ride a bike. My only problem was dealing with a temperamental 10 speed that had a tendency to slip gear and have the chain come off the sprockets while riding. Plenty of scraped knees back then.

Monty Python’s “Bicycle Repair Man” sketch on its ear.

I’ll be glad when it’s winter again so Calvin can build snow “characters” that will bug his insufferable father no end!!

It seems that Calvin’s bike is related to Charlie Brown’s kite.

Childhood Trauma builds character.

Love Calvin’s imagination. It seems it always gets him in trouble.

Calvin? Seriously, Dad.

Calvin sure has a fanciful imagination about bicycles ! While I had my problems when I got my first bike, they were never anywhere close to what Calvin thought ! ! ! !

He was taken by surprise…lol

Calvin’s ready for the Tour de France.

Time for a “Father-Son” bike ride.

I suppose once you’ve proven that your bike can beat you up it’s a lot more satisfying when you break it and force it to your will. A lot like the toilet.

Destroying a cartoon character seems to build character…but this is debatable

Screaming funny! Building character. Good old DADism

Calvin forgot the chair and whip, along with a small pistol.

Calvin will never learn to ride a bicycle, he has neither the attention span or the drive to pay attention and practice until he gets it right.

I believe this is the first time I’ve heard Calvin thank his father (or anyone, for that matter) for anything.

There’s a difference between having character and being a character.

You could get off your back end to help him build that character now and then.

Calvin’s bike must have been created by Stephen King. I remember the book, ‘Christine’. https://www.amazon.com/Christine-BCE-Stephen-King/dp/0670220264/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1685887813&sr=8-1

Isn’t he enough of a character already ?

To think what I missed out on, not having a Helmet

Are we to assume that Calvin is learning to ride a bicycle? It took me a month with training wheels and no helmet! Of course, back then cars didn’t have seat belts, either.

He has the same relationship with his bicycle that Charlie Brown has with the balloon & football.

Calvin? Building character? Don’t hold your breath on that one, Dad!

I say it all the time, there is nothing better than a Sunday C&H strip. Such brilliance makes my Sunday morning, every week.

Ah yes, that is the PERFECT response to seeing your son bruised, battered and limping around. 10 out of 10 parenting.

I can relate to this, I remember when I was bike riding the Hesken trail and once I got off, my bike turned sentient and started attacking me

I had similar experiences with bikes when I was a kid. (Someone should tell kids that there’s a neat trick of physics — the faster you go, the more stable the bike, so you just need to go fast enough to be stable. Conservation of angular momentum, boys and girls.)

Remember the time Sock Puppet Joe fell off his bicycle? Yuk Yuk Yuk…

Building character, lol