Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson

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calvin hobbes said, about 1 month ago

hi m

cheese
margueritem said, about 1 month ago

I rather liked that one.
kpeiyin said, about 1 month ago

Yes, he smiled…
WoodEye said, about 1 month ago

Looks like Alfred E. Neuman….
Mr. Patel said, about 1 month ago

Ok now, that’s a legit smile!
It is not calvin’s fault it’s an ugly one!
kreole said, about 1 month ago

This is probably payback for what dad did to his parents.
MontanaLady said, about 1 month ago

Actually, that is his college “frat” party picture after a few too many beers.
sjoujke said, about 1 month ago

Nice teeth, Calvin.
Carmy said, about 1 month ago

I guess his name is Mud now.
JonnyT said, about 1 month ago

My nephew does the exact same thing! It’s a given that someone will have to tell him to knock it off. Now that he’s a little older, I open picture taking with, “[Name], you ruin this picture and I’ll kill you.” :-)
ben_david said, about 1 month ago

I can just hear that “CALVIN!” as in “ALVIIIIIN”

and the Chipmunks.
LuvH8 said, about 1 month ago

Scared of that smile!!!
ArtyG said, about 1 month ago

As a professional photographer I recommend Dad invest in a long cable release and while standing beside the camera talk to Calvin to get a pleasant smile out of him then shoot the pictures when he doesn’t expect it. I realize these are old strips but with digital he could shoot lots of frames and hope for a winner. Delete the rest.
cryptomaniac said, about 1 month ago

Dad, at least this pic will help achieve your objective of keeping the relatives away… boy, I’d think twice before visiting someone whose kid looked like that, much as I adore the MAD look!
jrbj said, about 1 month ago

Sometimes a boy just has to do what he has to do. But I’m not sure Calvin had to do that one. That was just plain flat EEE-UUU-GLY.
eddieal said, about 1 month ago

This why I didn’t have kids.
Johanan Rakkav said, about 1 month ago

That wasn’t a smile, folks, that was a dopey grin. And I don’t buy Calvin’s innocent act afterwards one little bit.
dkram said, about 1 month ago

When i was a kid I did that once, twice, may be more……
I shut up now.

\\//_
Calvinator said, about 1 month ago

Film! Ha!
Coffee-Turtle said, about 1 month ago

I’m dying!! :-D thanks for the smile on my face, Calvin!
Patrick1946 said, about 1 month ago

Reminded me of the sort of expression my son always got if a camera was pointed his way.
vibjyor said, about 1 month ago

Dad should tell him NOT to smile and spoil the picture. Maybe then he has a better chance of getting a decent one.
celecca said, about 1 month ago

I really hate having my picture taken, and I feel like, no matter hw hard I try, my face unintentionally looks like Calvin’s. His is on purpose though!
grazer said, about 1 month ago

Looks like me about a half hour before closing time.
Grog said, about 1 month ago

Or Dad should say something to make him laugh.
MrsLukeSkywalker said, about 1 month ago

He still looks smarter than you, DAD!

I think those pictures will make the best Christmas cards EVER. I like the look in panel 1.
JennieMR said, about 1 month ago

LOL!!! Some of the comments I’m reading are as funny as the strip.

Love that face Calvin makes. rofl
N7326 Foxtrot said, about 1 month ago

Hey, eddieal , Calvin is just a minute a day. Kids are for 24 HOURS a day.
Macushlalondra said, about 1 month ago

Dad should get Mom to tickle him and get him laughing. Then quickly get out of the way while he snaps the pic.
bald 716 said, about 1 month ago

get mom to stand behind dad with her mad face,

he won’t make funny faces for the camera
Vigilante de noche said, about 1 month ago

Unlike some of the other Calvin’s I think this one because it’s set 20+ years ago Now it means more today then it did then. Because as it’s been said this is now the age of digital cameras… Just delete the bad ones and try try again. Let your mind return to the time when this was done and think about this. Dad will have to relive his frustrations and or anger all over again when he returns from his local …Photo Mat Store and looks at all those pictures! Too funny even today.
mexdr1958 said, about 1 month ago

Macushalondra,

Have you forgotten what happens when Calvin´s mom tickles him????????
♠Lonewolf♠ said, about 1 month ago

Celecca, maybe subconsciously your are on purpose, too? I think mine are. :^)
ronaldmundy said, about 1 month ago

i can still feel the swat to the back of my head everytime i pulled one of these stunts. even when i think of pulling something off….i have to look around to make sure my ol’ man isn’t standing behind me.
raymunc said, about 1 month ago

this has to be one of my all time favorites!!!! can’t help but bust out laughing everytime!!!
vldazzle said, about 1 month ago

Woodeye, I agree “What Me, worry…?” I was wondering just how many years old the strip IS? It’s still great, but noone has to worry about running out of film (just having to go recharge the battery)
Cognizant said, about 1 month ago

Hey jrbj,
Ugly is “Cool”, as long as you don’t have to stay that way.
james the great and ... said, about 1 month ago

I thought it was pretty creative on Calvin’s part. After all, it is a smile (grin or whatever).
Susan001 said, about 1 month ago

Did it ever enter Dad’s thick skull that Calvin just doesn’t want his picture taken?
And the money spent on that camera equipment would ahve been better spent on braces for the kid’s teeth?

I guess not.
JanCinVV said, about 1 month ago

That is not Alfred E Newman’s (the What Me Worry?) face. Not even close. BTW: did you know that years (lots of years) ago Mad had an Alfred look-alike contest? The winner? A very young Prince Charles. LOL
Vonnegut said, about 1 month ago

Photographs steal your soul you know… Think about it. Do you suppose that there are any left among us who have not been rendered completely souless? Explains quite a lot about the world says I.
theStorm said, about 1 month ago

I love this one! Well that was a smile!
BigHug said, about 1 month ago

That smile was pure evil. That’s going to keep me up at night!
Tim said, about 1 month ago

Laughed so hard, my basset thought I’d gone nuts!!!

But really, tell Dad to stop counting and just snap the thing when the little fart isn’t expecting it.

Candid shots are better anyway…

Oh heck - I’m laughing again… HELP!!! Someone make me stop !!!
khpage said, about 1 month ago

Calvin at 40 years of age three sheets in the wind. Either that or he’s still practicing for his (eventual) driver’s license photo. Can you imagine him driving - yoiks…
celecca said, about 1 month ago

@Lonewolf
No - the last good photo I had of me was in 3rd or 4th grade. My bad pictures are real. Maybe I try too hard?
artybee said, about 1 month ago

Swatting him wouldn’t help. I used to take a fiendish delight in seeing how far I could push my dad before he totally lost it, and he used a belt. Calvin won’t stop.
R_Noonan63 said, about 1 month ago

Dad needs to get himself a Digital Camera.
Kinga said, about 1 month ago

ZOO WEE MAMA!! HEHE
dsom8 said, about 1 month ago

One of my boys was simply unable to smile. He wanted to. He tried to. But all that came out was the tension on his face from all the effort.

Later on, his only effort was to not even attempt a smile, but that was a teenage attitude problem.

I’ve always been inclined to believe that this picture WAS Calvin’s legitimate attempt to smile right, but - what’s the old saying - do that too much and your face will freeze like that? The lesson Calvin needs to learn here is you reap what you sow.