“The third angel sounded his trumpet, and a great star, blazing like a torch, fell from the sky on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water— the name of the star is Wormwood. A third of the waters turned bitter, and many people died from the waters that had become bitter.” (Revelation 8:10-11, NIV)
Umm, the first mistake was announcing to the class and your teacher you were done for the day. You might have gotten away with it had you simply walked out…at least until your teacher and your parents started looking for you.
Reminds me of driving by my old elementary school building, years later after my parents moved to another town for work…That building seemed so large when I went there from grades one to four… then in my twenties, when I saw it again, it looked rather cozy and inviting…
Put Mrs. Wormwood in a nun’s clothes and a habit and she’d look like my 1st grade teacher looming over us kids! At least Mrs. W didn’t master the arcane martial art of yard stick!
BE THIS GUY over 1 year ago
Calvin’s right. He knows when he’s had his fill.
codycab over 1 year ago
Did you actually learn anything, Calvin?
GreasyOldTam over 1 year ago
I’ll show her. I’ll just zoom off to another planet and fight monsters.
Blu Bunny over 1 year ago
The look on her face, you’ll be thru all right. And do that again and she’ll be thru with you. (like you want)
C over 1 year ago
Ogres rule
SHIVA over 1 year ago
He lives in his own universe, and treats reality as a nuisance!!
Sugar Bombs 95 over 1 year ago
Miss Wormwood is so scary that Calvin doesn’t NEED to imagine her as a space monster.
hariseldon59 over 1 year ago
Amazing how much bigger our teachers seemed at that age.
Dr. Quatermass over 1 year ago
Panel three is when the wife gives me the “uh uh, no way” sign when I try to grab that elusive 5th beer at a family reunion.
Panufo over 1 year ago
“The third angel sounded his trumpet, and a great star, blazing like a torch, fell from the sky on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water— the name of the star is Wormwood. A third of the waters turned bitter, and many people died from the waters that had become bitter.” (Revelation 8:10-11, NIV)
BigDaveGlass over 1 year ago
And you have to come back on Monday as well…….
Ermine Notyours over 1 year ago
The Great Wall of Wormwood.
M2MM over 1 year ago
You have my sympathy, kiddo! :)
jvo over 1 year ago
Never have polka dots looked so intimidating
win.45mag over 1 year ago
You will be all through once Godzilla stops roaming the classroom.
tremaine53 over 1 year ago
Panel 3 stands independently as a brilliant piece of art.
Huckleberry Hiroshima over 1 year ago
Gallant effort, for a few seconds.
Chris over 1 year ago
nice try Calvin.
jagedlo over 1 year ago
Just seeing that look on Calvin’s face in the final panel!
sandpiper over 1 year ago
Reality can sometimes be a bummer
Zebrastripes over 1 year ago
Ummm I don’t think so, Calvin!
Count Olaf Premium Member over 1 year ago
“Can I Go Home Now? My Brain Is Full”. ~ Gary Larson “The Far Side”
rshive over 1 year ago
In this case, Calvin, might makes right.
petermerck over 1 year ago
You can lead Calvin to his desk, but you can’t make him learn.
vaughnrl2003 Premium Member over 1 year ago
Thus, the Genisus of “work from home” was delayed, again.
uniquename over 1 year ago
Calvin, you just learned that you’re not done learning.
Just-me over 1 year ago
Umm, the first mistake was announcing to the class and your teacher you were done for the day. You might have gotten away with it had you simply walked out…at least until your teacher and your parents started looking for you.
smsrt over 1 year ago
Large Marge, and in Charge!
g04922 over 1 year ago
Oh nooo…. the same teacher as last year ! Going to be a rough year – for Both of them…
klapre over 1 year ago
Best he learn the lesson now that he doesn’t control his own life or it’ll be a shock as an adult when the boss wants him to work his full shift
delennwen over 1 year ago
The perspective in panel three is cracking me up. Watterson was such a brilliant artist!
hoffquotes2 over 1 year ago
Poor Ms. Wormwood, she had Calvin as a perpetual student.
Troglodyte over 1 year ago
School rules.
mistercatworks over 1 year ago
You can decide to stop learning, eating, breathing, etc. You are only hurting yourself.
1JennyJenkins over 1 year ago
So that’s how Mrs. W. looks like to Calvin…
Reminds me of driving by my old elementary school building, years later after my parents moved to another town for work…That building seemed so large when I went there from grades one to four… then in my twenties, when I saw it again, it looked rather cozy and inviting…
josh_bisbee over 1 year ago
If only I could do that at work, and get away with it.
crazeekatlady over 1 year ago
“excuse me. My brain is full. May we leave now?”
BiggerNate91 over 1 year ago
You can do this in college. Or at least you can at mine.
Bilan over 1 year ago
Of course he’s a better judge, he’s a genius.
rob over 1 year ago
Angry Indeed Premium Member over 1 year ago
Put Mrs. Wormwood in a nun’s clothes and a habit and she’d look like my 1st grade teacher looming over us kids! At least Mrs. W didn’t master the arcane martial art of yard stick!
mindjob over 1 year ago
He’ll have to emphasize his point by spilling fake brains on his desk
eced52 over 1 year ago
Just because you’re through doesn’t mean the school is through with you.
minty_Joe over 1 year ago
And this comic, pretty much nails what it’s like to have A.D.D. as a kid, like I did.
randyingr over 1 year ago
Reality called. Calvin hung up.