Yes but it’s not just any comic, it’s Calvin and Hobbes. Watterson routinely drew things he’d studied intently in real life, why would he forgo realism here?
One of my biggest comic strip pet peeves is depictions of melting snowmen. They don’t get squishy and slumpy like ice cream while the field around them remains covered. The snow around them is the first to go, with the snowman lingering for days afterwards, slowly shrinking from the outside in as the meltwater refreezes or evaporates.
If you want a job, ask for work. If they don’t give you work, ask for bread. If they don’t give you work or bread, take bread.