Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson

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imaginarypet said, about 1 month ago

CAN’T CATCH CALVIN!
margueritem said, about 1 month ago

I’d kill ‘im!
PetrusS said, about 1 month ago

What a sweet boy can Calvin be in frame 2. Dad should have known that wouldn’t last very long.
johnnydoc5 said, about 1 month ago

Wish I’d have done more often, smiles are boring.
sjoujke said, about 1 month ago

I used to pull the same stunt and pretty much got the same reaction from my dad.
MontanaLady said, about 1 month ago

Did we expect anything different from Calvin?

And besides, remember the relatives…………..they might not be coming now!
yyyguy said, about 1 month ago

i don’t mind when folks do this if i’m using the digital camera, but they better not waste my film!
drwatson said, about 1 month ago

Those relatives certainly won’t be coming now.
kreole said, about 1 month ago

I was a Calvin…drove my mom crazy.
Fer Lefer said, about 1 month ago

OK, I give up: who’s the kid in panel 2?
DreamScourge said, about 1 month ago

Simple press the shutter release on the count of 2, and then still chase the lil tike after 3 just so he doesn’t suspect ;) Not that it’s easy to catch a child, they are just too nimble, you need a team effort and a tight corner lolz
Praxsis said, about 1 month ago

as if Dad didn’t know that was going to happen…what did he just meet Calvin or something…He obviously dosen’t know his own son…They need bonding time….This might end up on Calvin’s critique on his Dad’s behavior. LOL
hagarthehorrible said, about 1 month ago

For god’s sake you don’t expect Calvin to maintain the same face like panel 2 for eternity. Its obvious and the shutterbug needs to more creative in capturing the moods he likes!
Mr. Patel said, about 1 month ago

Calvin, PLEASE don’t scare us with that kinda faces..
(referring to panel 2)
LX013 said, about 1 month ago

Same to me! When I should be fotographed, I look horrible in this moment! It doesn’t work, I can understand Calvin by heart!
kpriya bh said, about 1 month ago

it was unbelievable! i mean the panel 2 calvin.
green_engineer said, about 1 month ago

Dad did it all wrong it should have been One, tw….click!.
Though at least now, relatives will be getting a true photo of Calvin!
vibjyor said, about 1 month ago

Dad should know better than to wait till count of three. He should have clicked on 2.
Andy said, about 1 month ago

Dad is so naive…. one could think he doesn’t know him well… lol. After all he doesn’t give up to believe in the good…
Dino-1 said, about 1 month ago

I always take the nice smile, some poses, and some silly faces. I love them all!
Macushlalondra said, about 1 month ago

Calvin doesn’t want the relatives visiting anyway.
pamlicorat said, about 1 month ago

Hobbes should have been in the picture too! He is part of the family.
Johanan Rakkav said, about 1 month ago
Hey, I like the idea of taking a series of serious and silly shots. Dad could negotiate with our little Rebel Without a Cause and offer the chance for silliness in exchange for a chance at seriousness.

Wow. Talk about absolutely classic ENFP behavior:

http://www.typelogic.com/enfp.html

Just one out of quite a few Calvinesque descriptions:
- ENFPs have what some call a “silly switch.” They can be intellectual, serious, all business for a while, but whenever they get the chance, they flip that switch and become CAPTAIN WILDCHILD, the scourge of the swimming pool, ticklers par excellence. Som etimes they may even appear intoxicated when the “switch” is flipped.
ronaldmundy said, about 1 month ago

dad should have known to “go” on two.
enfp…..psycho babble.
APPLESCRUFF said, about 1 month ago

Calvin looks like a Stepford child in panel 2! :>)
Richard said, about 1 month ago

Time to get a pic while Calvin is lying in state.
glitterygal07 said, about 1 month ago

Hobbes, on the other hand, would be polite and possibly do that smile where you close your eyes and grin, or something like that.
ecubed said, about 1 month ago

Hair is the last thing that Calvin should be worried about when Dad catches him.
Musmo said, about 1 month ago

I always took one “nice” picture with the kids: the reward was a series of silly pictures afterward. We all loved it!

My favourite students were the Calvins of this world: they continue to be my friends after all these years.
Grog said, about 1 month ago

So that’s what Calvin’s supposed to look like at his best.
Sheila said, about 1 month ago

I’d keep it, send it to all my relatives, then keep one for Calvin’s wedding day. Then when he has kids, I’d bring it out and rub it in his face when he complains about what horrible brats he has (because as you all know, what goes around comes around)
Herocoder said, about 1 month ago

Jeez Dad .. Calvin was only helping you for the relatives thingy .. (am sure Dad is only angry cause he got owned .. lol ) ..

He should’ve known better than to wait til three .. duhh …
james the great and ... said, about 1 month ago

The question is: what was dad like when he was a kid and if it’s “the same as Calvin” then he shouldn’t complain. And if it´s not, then he should hold it till Calvin has his own kids like Sheila says.
HARISH PRAJAPATI said, about 1 month ago

It would have been surprise for us if Calvin you would have allowed your Dad to take that picture :)
Coffee-Turtle said, about 1 month ago

too funny!! :-)
♠Lonewolf♠ said, about 1 month ago

This definitely brings back memories!

Yguy–What’s “film”? lol
Miss.Fit said, about 1 month ago

Nice trick Calvin….to get your hair back in shape…and putting the blame for ‘spoiling’ them -as mom would call it- on dad…!!

and this reminds me of a friend who used to click on the count of ‘ONE’.. to get some interesting pictures….
jrbj said, about 1 month ago

I never liked having my picture taken either. Unfortunately, I had an uncle who was a photographer. My trick was to wait until just before the shutter clicked and then I’d wink. After a while dear uncle found other things to take pictures of besides me winking.
bald 716 said, about 1 month ago

i did something like that with the picture for my sophomore class yearbook, when my mom saw it, she was kinda angry, but my uncle got a good laugh out of it. he said that is definitely you
runninanreadin said, about 1 month ago

See…the trick is to >click< on 2…
bluegreenthing said, about 1 month ago

I know why I love Calvin…I was him!
HelmetHead said, about 1 month ago

So I’m not the only mom who said I would take the picture on 3, but clicked on 2? My kids weren’t Calvinesque in general, but they did read the strip and books and developed their sense of humor accordingly.
BigHug said, about 1 month ago

His mom better not tell him his face will freeze like that. He’ll love it!
cleO'kaya said, about 1 month ago

Panel 2 is chilling. Shades of Children Of The Damned.
Jorge Fernandez said, about 1 month ago

hahaha, one of my favorites strips ever…
legaleagle48 said, about 1 month ago

This is just one more aspect of Calvin’s Scribble-esque behavior (see “The Line and the Dot: a Romance in Lower Mathematics” for the reference) that I just don’t understand. I personally have always loved having my picture taken, and would never have thought of pulling a stunt like that, especially if I had been expressly asked not to.

In other words, so Calvin has to be perfect for three seconds. What’s the big deal?
AJCA said, about 1 month ago

Those were probably the longest 2 seconds for Calvin in the year…. Dad, you won’t get him to be “that good”, ‘til next year, :-).
Stede_Bonnet said, about 1 month ago

Panel 2 is the kid all parents want.
Panel 3 is the kid all parents get.
kab2rb said, about 1 month ago

Calvin dad should not count just snapped the picture while Calvin smilled.
While watching this show a celebraty had her kids take picture of Christmas she showed the picture and had a theme going Have a Crapy Christmas becuase the kids where not behaving and she thought why not. She sent them out as Christmas cards.
Me_Again said, about 1 month ago

I love making faces at the camera at the last second. I can be such a Calvin sometimes, and I’m a 13-year-old girl!