Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for August 17, 2023

Therefore, I shall resign as Dictator-for-Life effective at noon tomorrow. First Tiger Hobbes will be sworn in as Dictator-for-Life at that hour in this office.

All those who vote Hobbes as the new Dictator-for-life say “AYE!”

Resigned to staying put

Kim Jong Calvin.

Power is so hard to give up, is’t it , Calvin?

It’s always like that. Make one mistake and everybody’s after your job.

The trouble with being dictator for life is that there are always so many people trying to make the term of office a short one.

Wonder what the Exalted & Omnipotent Leader will come up with next??!!

Well, Calvin, when life hands you a backfire……..fire back.

One of the bigger disadvantages of an authoritarian regime is that succession is typically a very uncertain, and often bloody, affair.

And worst of all, Calvin’s plans were ruined by a girl. I think Calvin would rather take a hit from Moe than to admit failure at the hands of a “slimy” counterpart.

How do they talk in acronyms?

Hobbes would make a more benign dictator, hardly a dictator at all……..

I like Hobbes… he’s Putin it well!

Now we know how Biden feels

Coup time.

Why not, Calvin? I’m sure Hobbes can do a better job!

How did Calvin get dry so fast?

He’ll never give up!

Geez… I wonder how such a well-thought out scheme failed so spectacularly? Oh, is it possibly because that GIRLS AREN’T THE BRAINLESS BLOBS YOU SEE THEM AS?!

Bad day for dictators.

This won’t last long. Cal is nothing if not flexible in his anarchy

Impeach him! Calvin, too. ;)

See! This is why we “delegate” our dirty work. It’s not as much fun, but we’re not to blame if our stooges are incompetent. Even the best of leaders can’t be really blamed if their stooges scru the pooch, just held responsible. There’s a difference.

All you need is Pence to certify it.

As long as you can find some votes in Georgia.

Calvin says “Our brilliant plan backfired” but it was his own plan. Hobbes had a much simpler plan which might have work but Calvin didn’t listen. He hardly ever listens to Hobbes but sometimes he does.

Calvin can deal with ignominy as long as he’s the boss.

Calvin isn’t much of a dictator. He’s a dictator who dictates but isn’t listened to.

Time to hatch a new fiendish plan. Better hop to it, you’re wasting time

I have to admire a six year old, who uses the word ignominy, and uses it correctly. ♥

typical American… won’t take responsibility

Dictators for life never do, no matter how badly they fail.

Give it up, Calvin. Susie has you completely out-classed.

…and the buzzards circle.

He’s just re-sighing.

Ignominy is a big word for a 6 year old

Heh, I can picture Chopin’s Funeral March underscoring this strip, to make Calvin’s grieving extra dramatic.

Cracks in the plaster are already forming.

The Banana of the Republic is starting to overripe..

GROSS ! Get Rid Of Slimy girlS !

LOL…. Hobbes would win that election, for sure.

Forget GROSS club. When the going gets tough, make truce. Invite that cute lass to the tree house and play like a true six year old.

At least Hobbes seems less hasty than Sally trying to take over Charlie Brown’s room.

Calvin I hope you get revenge man.