Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for February 06, 1990
February 05, 1990
February 07, 1990
Transcript:
Calvin: I'd planned to take the day off and spend time with a couple of buddies. My buddies travel light and they're fun to have around. One travels in a holster, and the other in a hip flask. My name is Bullet. Tracer Bullet. What people call me is something else again. I'm a private eye. It says so on my door. The last thing I wanted this morning was a case to solve, but the dame who brought it was persuasive. Most dames are, somehow. Miss Wormwood: Get to work, Calvin. Calvin: I told her it would cost her fifty greenbacks a day, plus expenses.
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Xalder about 10 years ago
“Most dames are, somehow.” I like how this makes sense when you think about the fact that he’s six and doesn’t fully understand how “dames” are “persuasive.”
Kathleen Healey Premium Member almost 10 years ago
Never thought about how Cavin’s teacher is Wormwood and It’s also in Absinthe and causes hallucinations.
yow4zip Premium Member almost 10 years ago
Miss Wormwood is persuasive in a completely different way.
bmonk about 9 years ago
His teacher is really on his case. She should get the $50 a day, plus expenses.
wiley207 about 2 years ago
I picture if these strips were in animation, the “Tracer Bullet” imagination sequences would be in black-and-white for the classic film noir look, compared to Calvin’s reality being in color. Also in those fantasy sequences, Tracer Bullet would speak in a Humphrey Bogart voice, while in reality the inner monologues are spoken in Calvin’s normal voice.