One of my all time favorite strips. I keep telling my DIL to use the set of Calvin and Hobbes books as a reference guide, not for entertainment. Because not only does my grandson resemble Calvin physically, but behind his adorable big blue eyes lurks Spaceman Spiff.
Hmm… pterodactyls have bits that can work as fingers on the trigger; ducks don’t. If that’s so, Calvin can turn Hobbes back but Hobbes can’t turn Calvin back. The story line depended on Calvin not being able to transform himself.
If there was a top 10 of my individual C&H strips, this would be there. Hobbes using the word “willies”(how many big dinosaurs has he seen?), Hobbes sticking his tongue out at the cranky pterodactyl, and the “duck v. dino” denouement in the end. Genius, that’s all I can say, sheer genius.
BE THIS GUY about 6 years ago
Calvin, you wouldn’t be a tiny pterodactyl if weren’t such a tiny kid.
Sugar Bombs 95 about 6 years ago
Tiny pterosaur species existed in real life, Calvin. So Hobbes wasn’t being inaccurate.
codycab about 6 years ago
Looks like they’re both birds of prey now! Eh?
Kim Metzger Premium Member about 6 years ago
One of them is in a fowl mood.
rentier about 6 years ago
Qua, quack…!
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] about 6 years ago
Fish or foul, pterasaurs are neither. They had pre-feather coverings but still weren’t birds.
Liverlips McCracken Premium Member about 6 years ago
Hobbes’s last line HAS TO BE SAID IN DAFFY DUCK’S VOICE.
orinoco womble about 6 years ago
As Daffy Duck himself would say, “What a revoltin’ predicament.”
cubswin2016 about 6 years ago
You’re despicable!
phredturner about 6 years ago
Calvin makes LOTS of big mistakes
Andrew Sleeth about 6 years ago
Why, it’s Duck Dodgers in the Twenty-Third-and-a-Half Century!
momma-tink about 6 years ago
One of my all time favorite strips. I keep telling my DIL to use the set of Calvin and Hobbes books as a reference guide, not for entertainment. Because not only does my grandson resemble Calvin physically, but behind his adorable big blue eyes lurks Spaceman Spiff.
bluram about 6 years ago
rshive about 6 years ago
Transmogrification runs amuck.
ACK! Premium Member about 6 years ago
Prepare to be nibbled!
flagmichael about 6 years ago
Hmm… pterodactyls have bits that can work as fingers on the trigger; ducks don’t. If that’s so, Calvin can turn Hobbes back but Hobbes can’t turn Calvin back. The story line depended on Calvin not being able to transform himself.
Luanaphile about 6 years ago
Two “birds” with one transmogrifier.
theincrediblebulk about 6 years ago
I am constantly amazed at how many of these story lines I never saw when I was a kid and this comic was new
JohnFarson19 about 6 years ago
If there was a top 10 of my individual C&H strips, this would be there. Hobbes using the word “willies”(how many big dinosaurs has he seen?), Hobbes sticking his tongue out at the cranky pterodactyl, and the “duck v. dino” denouement in the end. Genius, that’s all I can say, sheer genius.
GROG Premium Member about 6 years ago
What a Daffy choice.
Mema Jean about 6 years ago
Oh…..its on.
Stychen Tyme about 6 years ago
On the other hand, Hobbes can now be the new spokesduck for AFLAC.
Scoutmaster77 about 6 years ago
Hobbes should have ducked.
Daeder about 6 years ago
In the last panel, Hobbs should say “You’re…dith-pickable!”
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] about 6 years ago
Calvin got all his ducks in a row.
banjinshiju about 6 years ago
I’m sure Calvin terrifies the neighborhood with out a transmogrifier
SukieCrandall Premium Member about 6 years ago
I love how he still has Calvin’s face in the final panel even in his new form. Hobbes is there in his with the mouth and eyes, too.
Stephen Gilberg about 6 years ago
Funny, I’d be terrified to see a live pterodactyl of any size.
Semolina Pilchard about 6 years ago
Sufferin’ succotash!
Ceeg22 Premium Member about 6 years ago
As Daffy would say, “What a revolting development!”