Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson

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Margueritem said, 5 months ago

A wheelless plane, rough landings, indeed…
Gweedo Murray said, 5 months ago

This bird wont even get off the ground when these guys are through with it.
Leonardeuler said, 5 months ago

Finally, there will no problem for Spaceman Spiff.
Ladywolf17 said, 5 months ago

Oh Calvin why didn’t you ask your dad to help you with the model. With that said I want to apologize to everyone for bringing the mood down yesterday. I have a comic exercise I would like to try with you all. Even you wolf bashers can participate if you wish. So here goes… O.k. let’s say that we live in a comic strip universe. Now what I want to know is given any comic strip that you like what comic strip character would you be.
Margueritem said, 5 months ago

Lio.
Ladywolf17 said, 5 months ago

I like Dennis The Menace
zipdryve said, 5 months ago

They keep this up, they’ll make a panoramic view of an airplane crash.
Gweedo Murray said, 5 months ago

Nat Bustard.
Walter_Mitty said, 5 months ago

The Phantom
Margueritem said, 5 months ago

Gweedo: Yes, I can see you as Nat.
RHoney said, 5 months ago

i wana be one of those slimy, skedgy, full-of-spikes-all-over-the-body caterpillar from Clavin and Hobbes!

But hey.. dont squat me!!!

:P :P :P
grazer said, 5 months ago

Yikes, only one wheel out of three left. One-point landings are very difficult to make….even for an ace like Spaceman Spiff.
Ivy0730 said, 5 months ago

Oops! accidents!
tamsin said, 5 months ago

all the pieces are optional on this model

I’d be Agnes… in fact, I think I might already be her. Or Charlie Brown
Herkimer Harknfarph said, 5 months ago

Charlie Brown
Superfrog said, 5 months ago

Calvin is right.
If it doesn’t fit then force it.
If it breaks … well it wasn’t working anyway.
cdward said, 5 months ago

My brothers and I built hundreds of these things when we were kids (before plastic got expensive). I’ll bet our first half-dozen (all without adult supervision) were just like Calvin’s. Ah, the memories!
Akenta said, 5 months ago

Normally, I would find today’s comic funny, but not after recent events. My heart goes out to those who lost family and friends on the Air France flight.
xemox said, 5 months ago

thats really sweet Akenta
moonrise293 said, 5 months ago

Pogo
Ladywolf maybe your Dad will know.
Greeneyed Texan said, 5 months ago

Ladywolf: I would like to either be Alice from Cul de Sac or if that is taken–I would like to be Sophie from Dog eat Doug. They both lead interesting lives in their own innocent ways.
PTui2 said, 5 months ago

Wheel won’t fit? My dad always used to say, “Don’t force it, just get a bigger hammer!”
Leonardeuler said, 5 months ago

Grazer, indeed: we all know Calvin don’t have any problems to turn his spaceship into wreckage.
KingRat said, 5 months ago

@LadyWolf I would be Max by Giovannetti

http://www.pbase.com/csw62/image/49759266

that hamster has style.

“We Have Met The Enemy and He Is Us” - Pogo
opuscroakus70 said, 5 months ago

I’d be Snoopy.
prasrinivara said, 5 months ago

grazer, he can always do a Stryker (on no wheels ) landing (very noisy, scary and produces lotsa sparks–see Airplane)
shades_is_here said, 5 months ago

The Phantom
Macushlalondra said, 5 months ago

Looks like you better give it up guys, it’s not going to work.

I don’t know who I’d be. I find myself feeling sorry for most comic strip characters. Maybe that’s why I enjoy reading them, I can sympathize with them.
grebulon said, 5 months ago

@ladywolf17: I’d enjoy being Captain Haddock from Tintin–Just for his impressive diction and creative use of strange words.

@Akenta: After Flight 447, this does seem like a grim reminder of the tragedy.
TapiocaHead said, 5 months ago

Ladywolf17: I like the question, even us adults have fantasies of being someone else … Hobbes get the vote for me!

I guess if you have the right back wheel off and the left front wheel off, the plane night still be balanced ….. hhmm…. lol.
Carmy said, 5 months ago

Sincere condolences to the loved ones of those who perished on the Air France jet.

Hm, maybe Gracie from Baldo would be a good comics character choice for me. She is still young and very smart.
♠Lonewolf♠ said, 5 months ago

I’m with Carmy and Akenta: If these were current strips I don’t think Bill W. would have done this type strip so soon.
Prayers to all involved in the air disaster.
Wildmustang1262 said, 5 months ago

Hey Calvin! I surely hope you will not ruin everything what you try your best to assemble the model airplane. If you broke the smallest parts, you will destroy everything for your favorite model airplane.

Ladywolf17: I think I love the comic strip of For Better or For Worse because it looks like a real life and I love to laugh after I read the comic strips of FBFW many years. And Pickles, too! :-)

Akenta: Yeah, I saw the news on the TV about Air France plane plunged into the Altantic Ocean. Pray and condole for the loss of loved ones. It is horrible tragedy!
bald 716 said, 5 months ago

even if calvin asked dad for help.. how much would he have gottten?

@ladywolf17…
i am dennis the menace.. he was created about the time i was born. and i can relate to his predicaments
mamasky said, 5 months ago

Easy choice of comics character for me: Captain Dennis ‘Tip’ Wilkin
comicgirl1000 said, 5 months ago

ladywolf17

lio its so funny
Stede_Bonnet said, 5 months ago

Think of all the engineering and problem solving skills that children used to learn from building models. Now think about how little they learn from pressing YELLOW-RED-BLUE-RED-RED-YELLOW-GREEN on Guitar Hero or some other mind-numbing video game.

No need to wonder why GM is bankrupt and Chrysler has been sold to the Italians. We’ve trained our children how to avoid learning in favor of just mezmerizing them with flashing lights and sounds.

What we need now is a video game that teaches them Hindi or Chinese so that they can understand basic instructions from their future bosses.
gocomicsmember said, 5 months ago

Except that I don’t know why he continues to hang around with that obnoxious Calvin kid, I’d be Hobbes.
midiranger said, 5 months ago

good times! hm how many of these did I make – models with missing parts and more glue on the outside than in the joints! lol

@ladywolf17
Snoopy
Richard said, 5 months ago

Surly Calvin knows that without failures we would have no successes.

and I’m with Charley , to be Amos in 9CWL that lucky rat.
johnbrl said, 5 months ago

can not find thefar side by gary larson
Doctor Toon said, 5 months ago

I think I identify with Brad from Luann.
He’s a dork, but his girlfriend Tony is HOT.
aerwalt said, 5 months ago

My problem at that age was with balsa flying models. (They didn’t. They do now.)
donhef said, 5 months ago

Dean from “Heart of the City”…I still love Star Wars and SciFi
pibfan868 said, 5 months ago

I’d be Edda or Juliette from 9 Chickweed Lane
cleokaya said, 5 months ago

ladywolf - I would be Harold Head. You wouldn’t have heard of him but he was an underground comic hippie back in the early 1970s.
Dr_E said, 5 months ago

Prince Valiant
bmonk said, 5 months ago

@PTui2, another translation of the bigger hammer principle: anything will fit if enough force is applied.
mjw22307 said, 5 months ago

Dilbert? lol

this model airplane was a disaster from the beginning.
Leonardeuler said, 5 months ago

I’d like to be Linus van Pelt.