Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson

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Margueritem said, 4 months ago

Up periscope!
cleokaya said, 4 months ago

Periscopes, gosh I wish that I would have thought of those.
Ladywolf17 said, 4 months ago

Somebody’s going to get it now.
rayannina said, 4 months ago

Where there’s a will, there’s a way …
4deerinmyyard said, 4 months ago

Subtlety. Calvin’s middle name.
DAHamilton said, 4 months ago

I wish I’d had room for a periscope in MY school desk.
Ivy0730 said, 4 months ago

LOOOOL sneaky Kid!
Crumbucket said, 4 months ago

What foresight that child has! Had it handy in his desk the whole time. What else could he do with it?
Jor-El said, 4 months ago

Cheaters never prosper.
wndrwrthg said, 4 months ago

Dive! Dive!
Johanan Rakkav said, 4 months ago

The funniest thing about Calvin is how much work he does trying to avoid doing work. He even transmorgifies a copy of himself and goes time-traveling in order to avoid doing work. Now THAT’s dedication! :)
Ladywolf17 said, 4 months ago

DOWN PERISCOPE! the teacher’s coming.
Yukoner said, 4 months ago

Either engineering or espionage are in that kid’s future.
JFri said, 4 months ago

All hands prepare to cheat!
LX013 said, 4 months ago

Sometimes a periscope would be usefull again and again!
Superfrog said, 4 months ago

What else is in that desk?
Sebastian Van Uytfange said, 4 months ago

I’ve seen this gag before in a Belgian comic, Urbanus.
prasrinivara said, 4 months ago

You did DAHamilton; all you had to do was make it multi-section and disassemble it.

Or, another way (also for Superfrog) is to cram it au Big Nate (who else can get a boxcar-load of stuff, including a hamster-cage, into a school locker?).
cabrobst said, 4 months ago

crash dive! Dive! Dive! close all hatches! Prepare for depth charges! Ah Ooooga!
LX013 said, 4 months ago

To superfrog:
Snakes and snails!
LX013 said, 4 months ago

And superfrogs too!
Macushlalondra said, 4 months ago

Superfrog said,

What else is in that desk?

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Reminds me of how cluttered my desk always was in school. I was such a pack rat! I remember once the teacher getting another girl to help me clean it out. She found my report card which was supposed to have been returned to the teacher after my parents saw it and signed it.
JimmyLite52 said, 4 months ago

all aim on Susie’s paper
BC13 said, 4 months ago

Wherer in the blue blazes did he get that? The Navy surplus store?
Leonardeuler said, 4 months ago

Heck, Calvin is a real technical genius: he constructed the transmogrifier, an airplane, a periscope ……. He realy deserves a noble prize. Isn’t he nominated yet ??
bald 716 said, 4 months ago

i could have put one of those in the ink well hole in my school desk it i had been as smart as calvin
DD FENCE EMET said, 4 months ago

Place a large spitball in the periscope, launch ……….

and when it distracts Suzy, switch papers.
BirishB said, 4 months ago

Love the eyeball in the periscope in panel 4 … classic Watterson … tossing in a bit of surrealism to challenge our perception of the real.
comicsnoob said, 4 months ago

Calvin’s Desk - is like Mary Popin’s handbag…..
midiranger said, 4 months ago

Love the eyeball in the top lens. Watterson = comic genius
Wiseguy411 said, 4 months ago

Jor-El said:

Cheaters never prosper.

There is an aphorism applicable to all sports (and Business and Life are sports) that goes

” if you ain’t cheating, you ain’t trying ”

However, a little more studying and a little less fantasizing would take Calvin a long way.
musicnut1986 said, 4 months ago

I agree with Rakkav, Calvin puts so much work and effort into trying to get out of some work. If Calvin can’t get the answers on his own (from soneone else) maybe its time for Stupendous Man or Spaceman Spiff to try.
Madruga said, 4 months ago

Oh, c’mon Susie!! Please! You know we get marks for that…don’t you want me to join you in the next year??

NO!

=DDD
RinaFarina said, 4 months ago

calvin’s desk reminds me of snoopy’s doghouse - it also contained a lot of unexpected things, like a pool table…
tgpLMT said, 4 months ago

hey it was worth a shot
JonD17 said, 4 months ago

What!!?? Doesn’t every resourceful 1st grader keep a periscope in their desk; along with a shoulder mounted rocket launcher and a mini transmogrifier and a couple of butterfinger candy bars……….
bmonk said, 4 months ago

Nobody works so hard as a lazy person.
Wildmustang1262 said, 4 months ago

Oh sheeshhh! Calvin is very naughty for cheating!
BC13 said, 4 months ago

FinaFarina, I remember the pool table and other assorted games, tyewriter, television set and furnishings in Snoopy’s doghouse. It was even a meeting place for Woodstock’s friends. If Schultz were doing that strip now he probably have to do a scene with a big screen hi-def TV being delivered.
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The look on Calvin’s face as he’s looking over his shoulder is priceless in panel 3 - as he’s pulling out the periscope…hoping he won’t get caught.
pomy2191 said, 4 months ago

looks like calvin’s trying reeallly hard to look into susie’s paper..tongue’s out in hard work
mottih said, 4 months ago

susie must be really stubborn, never letting him cheat and all that…
Coffee-Turtle said, 4 months ago

Calvin is a true genius in some things… and not so much in others. LOL! love him!
grazer said, 4 months ago

A periscope. How clever. Who would ever notice?

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I remember a time when I glanced sideways and copied a whole list of True and False answers from the smart girl next to me. Trouble was the test questions and my correct answers were off by one line all the way through. Teacher noticed.
Yukoner said, 4 months ago

Don’t forget that Snoopy also had a grand piano in there.
unemandarine said, 4 months ago

Yukoner said, about 1 hour ago

Don’t forget that Snoopy also had a grand piano in there.

and a Van Gogh!
Shalpa said, 4 months ago

I love that you can see his eye at the top end of the periscope.
BC13 said, 4 months ago

I totally forgot about the Van Gogh! Didn’t he also have a bowling alley in there?
Lewreader said, 4 months ago

How come I forsee Calvin in a tuxedo and Sueie in a gown
carpetinwater9 said, 4 months ago

I See Ms. Wormwoods Shadow right behind Calvin
Yukoner said, 4 months ago

BC13, I don’t remember the bowling alley but it could well have been there.