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Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson

Calvin and Hobbes

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  1. margueritem

    margueritemGenius_badge said, 3 months ago

    Wonderful!

  2. cleO'kaya

    cleO'kayaGenius_badge said, 3 months ago

    I’ve given up on balloons because a swollen head is not necessarily a good thing.

  3. rayannina

    rayannina said, 3 months ago

    Shouldn’t have insulted it, Calvin. Payback is a stinker.

  4. Gweed O'Murray

    Gweed O'Murray said, 3 months ago

    Those long, narrow ones are hard to get air into.

  5. Fer Lefer

    Fer Lefer said, 3 months ago

    The pain in the cheeks!

  6. sjoujke

    sjoujkeGenius_badge said, 3 months ago

    Finally another person who’s as inept at blowing up balloons as I am.

  7. robbieboy

    robbieboy said, 3 months ago

    The worst part comes after…dizziness and delirium…

  8. marjancek

    marjancek said, 3 months ago

    This balloon blows.

  9. jukeofurl

    jukeofurl said, 3 months ago

    …when fully inflated reads “blowme”

  10. Carmy

    CarmyGenius_badge said, 3 months ago

    Must have been a lead balloon.

  11. Yukoner

    Yukoner said, 3 months ago

    … thus proving that Calvin is not a blowhard,

  12. vibjyor

    vibjyor said, 3 months ago

    Next time don’t call the balloon dumb before you blow it. It is bound to take offence.

  13. watcha

    watcha said, 3 months ago

    Airhead!

  14. bigCandHfan

    bigCandHfan said, 3 months ago

    Reminds me of my childhood, when as Calvin is now I did not have sufficient lung power to blow a balloon!!! good ol’ days..

  15. Lefty2

    Lefty2 said, 3 months ago

    Oh and how your jaws hurt after trying to blow up a balloon!

  16. LX013

    LX013 said, 3 months ago

    I must be wary not to eat so much, that I look in this way, with bloated cheeks!

  17. BinaryWiener

    BinaryWiener said, 3 months ago

    I never managed to inflate any baloons either, not as a kid or now that I’ve grown up. I pity the parent who has to inflate a pool toy for their kids…

  18. dkram

    dkram said, 3 months ago

    Two words: Air Pump.

  19. Herocoder

    Herocoder said, 3 months ago

    Thank god .. it didnt go Pop!!

    By the way to my fellow amateurs at blowing balloons .. there is a simply technique to it .. u just strech the narrow ones with one hand and blow using the other .. the balloon swells up in the middle where it is the weakest and spreads out .. you let go after it grows to a considerable size and continue blowing the conventional two handed way to the required size ..

    Dont make it pop .. hurts like a Bit*# .. ;-) ..

    spare the headaches and dizziness .. (u get to impress girls as well .. :-P )

  20. Lewreader

    LewreaderGenius_badge said, 3 months ago

    2 Methods to blowing up a balloon

    1 Stretch it in all directions first

    2 Have your better half do it.

  21. Johanan Rakkav

    Johanan RakkavGenius_badge said, 3 months ago

    This would make a great animation if there were a few more cels to work with.

  22. jrbj

    jrbj said, 3 months ago

    What’s even worse is to get one partially blown up and then all the air reverses and comes back down your throat.

  23. Wanda Felty

    Wanda Felty said, 3 months ago

    Fill it with water…..Then throw it at someone.

  24. rshive

    rshive said, 3 months ago

    I could always blow them up. But never quite got the hang of tying them. Very frustrating.

  25. DDFENCE EMET First

    DDFENCE EMET First said, 3 months ago

    Hot head - too much carbon dioxide. Please return to your post global warming position…..

  26. chubbygirlcomics.com

    chubbygirlcomics.comGenius_badge said, 3 months ago

    I think that even as an adult, I still don’t have the lung power to blow up one of those skinny balloons. And, I have even less patience for it now then I did as a kid!

  27. Grog

    GrogGenius_badge said, 3 months ago

    Well, at least Calvin stopped before his head went up, up and away.

  28. pintcape

    pintcape said, 3 months ago

    right calvin throw that dang thing away before your head blows up.

  29. Macushlalondra

    Macushlalondra said, 3 months ago

    This brings back memories, it’s been years since I attempted to blow up a balloon but yeah I never could do it very well either or tie it!

  30. bald 716

    bald 716 said, 3 months ago

    i never liked blowing up balloons. but here is something i saw on TV a while ago..

    about 45 seconds into this video

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fx5TPoVMWV4

  31. vardeman62

    vardeman62 said, 3 months ago

    This could’ve been the start of a week-long set of strips with Calvin floating around the city as a hot air balloon…

  32. Coffee-Turtle

    Coffee-TurtleGenius_badge said, 3 months ago

    are balloons really that much fun without helium?

  33. toddguatemala

    toddguatemala said, 3 months ago

    I love these simple ones.

  34. thebird55

    thebird55 said, 3 months ago

    Calvin putting air in a balloon instead of water?

  35. MisngNOLA

    MisngNOLA said, 3 months ago

    balloons and nitrous oxide are fun together

  36. Susan001

    Susan001Genius_badge said, 3 months ago

    They missed the best part: Hobbes with a pin! LOL

  37. gocomicsmember

    gocomicsmember said, 3 months ago

    The skinny ones are the hardest, but those who advocate pre-stretching are right. I have plenty of lung power, but I still sometimes have trouble with the long thin ones.

  38. bunnyface (bmonk)

    bunnyface (bmonk) said, 3 months ago

    Lewreader said, about 5 methods ago

    “2 Methods to blowing up a balloon

    “1 Stretch it in all directions first

    “2 Have your better half do it.”

    Another: Rent a Helium tank–then you can talk like a duck also!

  39. Grog

    GrogGenius_badge said, 3 months ago

    Then once you’ve got them blown up, you have to tie the knot…something I was not good at with balloons.

  40. ratlum

    ratlum said, 3 months ago

    At last I can admit I was never any good with dumb balloons
    Thanks to Calvin

  41. Bryan Nelson

    Bryan Nelson said, 3 months ago

    That’s not that good sorry to say.

  42. Awesome-o

    Awesome-o said, 3 months ago

    Wrong Way Calvin….

  43. majorlyskilled

    majorlyskilled said, 3 months ago

    Reading some of these comments makes me laugh….haha.
    I love these simple ones

  44. ilikea21

    ilikea21 said, 3 months ago

    I always loved it when I SWALLOWED the air! Big burp around the corner.

  45. james the great and magnificent

    james the great and ... said, 3 months ago

    That happened to me once! My hats still don’t fit!

  46. pouncingtiger

    pouncingtiger said, 3 months ago

    (3rd panel) Calvin had always been bigheaded.

  47. jbmetalmonster

    jbmetalmonster said, 3 months ago

    balloons u no
    they tend 2 “blo up”

  48. jbmetalmonster

    jbmetalmonster said, 3 months ago

    its fun 2 do that with helium balloons

  49. mottih

    mottih said, 3 months ago

    how on earth did his head get that BIG?!?!?!

  50. diggit03

    diggit03 said, 3 months ago

    haha that happens to me!! my cheeks blow up instead of the balloon, in a fit of it’s revenge. my head never blows up though…