Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson

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Yukoner said, about 1 month ago

Good thinking pal
Margueritem said, about 1 month ago

I’m glad you’re having second thoughts, calvin..
pouncingtiger said, about 1 month ago

This idea probably came from The Twilight Zone.
WoodEye said, about 1 month ago

A conscience?? What’s happening to Calvin?
VistaBill said, about 1 month ago

Shades of “Them!” (1954) and “Legion of Fire–Killer Ants” (1998).
LX013 said, about 1 month ago

Maybe I won’t!
sjoujke said, about 1 month ago

OMG he actually has a conscience.
LX013 said, about 1 month ago

Margarituem: Yes, second thoughts can turn often into better!
vibjyor said, about 1 month ago

Such strips restore your faith in Calvin sufficiently to make you wait eagerly for the next day’s strip; and then …
Ladywolf17 said, about 1 month ago

I think somebody here has seen way to many mutated giant killer ant movies.
EarlWash said, about 1 month ago

C’mon, Calvin, be a real hero for once. Be the destroyer who distroys the destroyer. The whole universe will rise up to recognise and honor you BRAAAVOOOO!
gimmickgenius said, about 1 month ago

Empathy? In Calvin???
ashimau said, about 1 month ago

Havent you noticed? He is always kind to animals!
Susan001 said, about 1 month ago

Next, Calvin will bring the entire ant colony home for dinner.
Why not a sense of hospitality along with a conscience?
unemandarine said, about 1 month ago

Rethinking is a good thing Calvin…
Puddleglum2 said, about 1 month ago

If Calvin brings them home for supper they could have pizza with ‘antchovies’.
…or Calvin could bring them home for breakfast. They could have Ant Jemima Pancakes.
47crash said, about 1 month ago

Imagination as a force for good.
Destiny23 said, about 1 month ago

Of course, if those are fire ants, Calvin is doing HIMSELF a favour by not stepping on them!
MisngNOLA said, about 1 month ago

I think he’ll just wind up with a magnifying glass instead.
rshive said, about 1 month ago

Better not, Calvin. He might live there.
Macushlalondra said, about 1 month ago

Eenee meenee miney moe… To smash or not to smash that is the question.
jrbj said, about 1 month ago

Smash! Smash! Smash! Smash! Smash! Smash!

Eeeeaaaaahhhhhhahahahahaha!
Wow! I really needed that.
♠Lonewolf♠ said, about 1 month ago

A reprieve from Calvin. What’s the catch?!
ninmas said, about 1 month ago

hey calvin, look at today’s BC!
MisterP58 said, about 1 month ago

That’s funny how everyone is saying Calvin has a conscience. For years I have always interpreted this as Calvin worried about a giant ant taking revenge.
threlfallm said, about 1 month ago

Another possible interpretation is “Maybe I won’t…get smashed because I’m about to smash the ants first.”
Coffee-Turtle said, about 1 month ago

@MisterP58 - you’re right about that.

The year was 1977: Empire of the Ants

LOL!
Fer Lefer said, about 1 month ago

I agree with MisterP58: he has not conscience (at least, as we understand it), but affraid of retaliation: Se he’s not “green”… but “yellow”

… but we can give him the credit for planning…

( ^ _ ^ )
CogentModality said, about 1 month ago

You don’t smash the hill, you wipe it away and then push the dirt back over the hole so it fills it in. The more time they have to spend repairing the hill the less time they have to gather food and this encourages them to move on to greener pastures without killing them.
BC13 said, about 1 month ago

He’s thinking about himself, I think.

Personally, I dont want any kind of ants on my grounds. I’ll go for the ant/fire ant killer every time I see the signs of infestation.
cleokaya said, about 1 month ago

It’s always best to give careful thought before one acts.
grazer said, about 1 month ago

I’m currently at WAR with some pesky little house ants. I’m much bigger but badly outnumbered. Appears to be draw thus far.

I’ll keep y’all posted.
M Smokey said, about 1 month ago

I would ask Hobbes about this one.
Josh said, about 1 month ago

he’s basically thinking “How would I feel if the roles were reversed?” After doing so, he decided not to.
grammahotsho said, about 1 month ago

Calvin evidenty hasn’t heard about ants in your pants.
bmonk said, about 1 month ago

Lesson I learned many years ago: Destruction is so much easier, but ultimately less satisfying than Building up.

@Grazer, be careful. I heard about a short story of man (with flamethrower, like Calvin always wanted) vs. army ants many years ago, but never tracked it down until just now at here. Cautionary tale…
Vonnegut said, about 1 month ago

Calvinism succumbs to Buddhism. No bad karma for Calvin today!
Rmom said, about 1 month ago

Bmonk - That is quite the tale! I just read it for the first time a few months ago.
jopado said, about 1 month ago

Criminy! I’ve always enjoyed Calvin & Hobbs but I never realized it was so deep. I just thought it was cute. Guess that’s an indication of how shallow I am.
bald 716 said, about 1 month ago

just hope hobbs doesn’t sneak up behind him and scare him into stepping on the ant hill
Ray C said, about 1 month ago

grazer: You are indeed outnumbered. We all are. The biomass of ants on the planet greatly exceeds that of humans.
Have you tried Terro? It’s a bait (sugar water) that ants take back to their nest where it wipes out the queen and everyone else. The active ingredient is boric acid, which is harmless to humans and environmentally pretty innocuous (I believe). I love watching them grabbing it up and heading back to the nest, thinking what a bounty they’ve found.
OldHipster said, about 1 month ago

Yeah, I remember that episode of the Twilight Zone. Also the one where the old lady is alone and sees tiny aliens in a tiny saucer and starts smashing the saucer. Then you hear the aliens distress message sending a message back to EARTH and suddenly realize that these are explorers from EARTH trying to escape the giant race of mad women trying to kill them! This could be a variation of a Star Trek episode, also, but I won’t go onto that, now.
Ronshua said, about 1 month ago

Good advice Ray , good luck with your campaign Grazer .
stonerock94 said, about 1 month ago

Well, Calvin likes things like that, so I think THATS why he might not do it. If you recall, Calvin has pretended to be an ant many times in the past.
stonerock94 said, about 1 month ago

Bald716, Hobbes is too logical to scare Calvin into doing that.
ratlum said, about 1 month ago

I wish Hobbes was here His take on things like this are pretty good
toddguatemala said, about 1 month ago

Good job Calvin.
Badto Thebone said, about 1 month ago

Empathy for others, a good sign. Delusional thoughts of mayhem, a bad sign. It’s always 50-50 with Calvin.
Dino-1 said, about 1 month ago

Good or bad we are all God’s creatures!
Sammi Person said, about 1 month ago

I may be new to this web-site ,but I know my calvin and hobes!!! I absolutly LOVE LOVE LOVE them!!! And I think he balances good and evil very well… XOXO SuperStar