Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson

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  1. Margueritem

    MargueritemGenius_badge said, 17 days ago

    The Blame Game…..

  2. Johanan Rakkav

    Johanan RakkavGenius_badge said, 17 days ago

    It’s not what you bring, but what you forget to bring, that makes the trip. :)

  3. Yukoner

    Yukoner said, 17 days ago

    Food, the map, the camera: Calvin, you need a better pre-flight check list.

  4. LX013

    LX013 said, 17 days ago

    Turn around? Hope Calvin will not get lost!

  5. Ivy0730

    Ivy0730 said, 17 days ago

    Enjoy the trip on Mars!
    Im looking up to you two!

  6. mroberts88

    mroberts88 said, 17 days ago

    Yeah, the driver never wants to turn around.

  7. bigCandHfan

    bigCandHfan said, 17 days ago

    Now…Calvin’s face in the last panel says it all.. not bringing the camera was the biggest disappointment!! not the food, not the map!! quite surprisingly!!

  8. sjoujke

    sjoujke said, 17 days ago

    What about the breathing masks?

  9. vibjyor

    vibjyor said, 17 days ago

    Bonk, Bonk ?? Pretty rough landing, hmmm …

  10. unemandarine

    unemandarine said, 17 days ago

    Yukoner said:
    Food, the map, the camera: Calvin, you need a better pre-flight check list.

    You’re right, this wasn’t a very well planned trip, but this will give us lots of pleasurable moments, since Calvin’s imagination is so great…

  11. jrbj

    jrbj said, 17 days ago

    It would appear they also forgot space suits to protect them from the hostile Martian environment and space helmets that would allow them to breathe Oxygen. Now food and cameras seem soooo …. secondary.

  12. ninmas

    ninmas said, 17 days ago

    you tell ‘im hobbes!

  13. ♠Lonewolf♠

    ♠Lonewolf♠Genius_badge said, 17 days ago

    I thought it was cold there. Oh yeah, Calvin’s imagination.

  14. rshive

    rshive said, 17 days ago

    Without the camera, who’s gonna believe you?

  15. naohjohn

    naohjohn said, 17 days ago

    If you bring a camera, Bill Watterson will lose his job!

  16. ooounohu

    ooounohu said, 17 days ago

    Watch our for aliens there Spiff…

  17. Macushlalondra

    MacushlalondraGenius_badge said, 17 days ago

    I wondered about the breathing aparatus too, the space suits, all of that. How are you able to breathe Calvin?

  18. midiranger

    midiranger said, 17 days ago

    It’s a comic AND it’s Calvin’s imagination! c’mon folks, why so literal all of a sudden? If they can fly to Mars in a Radio Flyer they can certainly chill without O2 once they get there.

  19. Susan001

    Susan001 said, 17 days ago

    Oh, lighten up, midiranger! Part of the fun of reading this comic is thinking up witty posts in reply.

    After Calvin & Hobbes are captured by Martian forces, the news will probably be broadcast all over the universe, so they needn’t worry about forgetting a camera.

  20. Ldywldkat

    Ldywldkat said, 17 days ago

    Wonder why they didn’t stop at a Walmart and pick up a camera on the way… I mean there’s one every where you look here on earth I am sure they have them at all the exits on the way to Mars…

  21. bald 716

    bald 716 said, 17 days ago

    maybe they can find a walmart, and get food and a camera, there are walmart stores everywhere

  22. cleokaya

    cleokayaGenius_badge said, 17 days ago

    I love the little suitcase next to Hobbes.

  23. musicnut1986

    musicnut1986 said, 17 days ago

    In the last frame they sound like an old bickering married couple.

  24. Hirshhorn

    Hirshhorn said, 17 days ago

    I’m kinda surprised they decided to take the radio flyer. I expected to see them taking spaceman spiff’s spaceship.

  25. bmonk

    bmonkGenius_badge said, 17 days ago

    I don’t think Hobbes figures in Spaceman Spiff. That’s more for dealing with human authority figures, not felines.

  26. grazer

    grazer said, 17 days ago

    Nice landing all things considered.

    Too bad about the camera.
    Picture postcards will have to do.

  27. gecko142

    gecko142 said, 17 days ago

    Hirshhorn said:
    I’m kinda surprised they decided to take the radio flyer. I expected to see them taking spaceman spiff’s spaceship.

    Aw, come off it. Spaceman Spiff – that’s only Calvin’s imagination. But their trip to mars it’s the real world, so they could not take spiff’s spaceship, of course. That would be completely loony, eh?

  28. nakula_sadewa

    nakula_sadewa said, 17 days ago

    why always blaming each other?watterson, express another ideas!!

  29. ratlum

    ratlum said, 17 days ago

    They both are having a great adventure
    Wish the space wagon had of been bigger I,d like to have went too

  30. Wildmustang1262

    Wildmustang1262 said, 17 days ago

    Bon Voyage for Mars trip!

  31. Andantonius

    Andantonius said, 17 days ago

    It’s amazing how they’re the first ones to ever get to Mars if all you need to get there is a wagon.

  32. Johanan Rakkav

    Johanan RakkavGenius_badge said, 17 days ago

    If all it takes is imagination and a red wagon, I’m afraid I beat this pair to Mars by at least a decade. :)

  33. treBsdrawkcaB

    treBsdrawkcaB said, 17 days ago

    The friction caused by impacting the Martian atmosphere at 5.5 kilometers per second (the average speed of a Mars lander mission) heats the leading surfaces of the spacecraft to approx. 8000 Kelvin for up to 45 seconds or more.

    If they didn’t need a heat shield and/or guidance system to get through EDL (Entry, Descent & Landing), then I doubt that they’d need breathing masks, space suits, food, water, maps or anything else but their imaginations. For that matter, they could just pick up a disposable camera at the local Mars Walmart while they get their lattes at the Mars Starbucks.

    See

    http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/mer/images.cfm?id=1539.

  34. Johanan Rakkav

    Johanan RakkavGenius_badge said, 17 days ago

    But then, if there are Walmarts and Starbucks on Mars when they arrive, then they can’t be the first on Mars, now can they?

    Ah, forget it. Sometimes you just have to bow to the absurd. :)

    Thanks for the NASA link! :D

  35. aelwero

    aelwero said, 17 days ago

    “The friction caused by impacting the Martian atmosphere at 5.5 kilometers per second (the average speed of a Mars lander mission) heats the leading surfaces of the spacecraft to approx. 8000 Kelvin for up to 45 seconds or more.”

    I think the leading surfaces would probably heat up to something closer to 8 bajillion degrees CALVIN…

    ;)

    and why the BONK at landing??? I thought scientific progress went BOINK!

  36. Fer Lefer

    Fer Lefer said, 17 days ago

    As stated once at Broom Hilda’s, They made it this way, because nobody told them they can’t!

  37. Dino-1

    Dino-1 said, 16 days ago

    treBsdrawkcaB: Thanks for the NASA link! It’ll be fun discovering all about space with my granddaughter!

    Many wars were fought in generations of our family over who’s responsibility it was to bring the camera! I’ve been to friends and family get togethers where the host sets out a whole bunch of disposable cameras for their guests. I’ve even seen pictures that kids have taken at birthday parties where they were given disposable cameras. I think it’s a great way to keep the party going!

  38. ogogogo823

    ogogogo823 said, 16 days ago

    Nice Hobbes…

  39. OldHipster

    OldHipster said, 16 days ago

    Hey, I remember cameras.

    Ya know?