Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for November 12, 2018

Art critics have referred to this as Calvin’s “Black Period.”

Calvin must like the color black.

Wow, he even used the ink out of panel 4!

At that rate there will be nothing left of that crayon.

Calvin must be into the Stones

“I see a brown bear and I want it colored black”

How can he tell what’s what?

In some movies, night scenes are bluish.

Susie saw red over his black – and he ain’t bringing up the white flag of truce!

I prefer the polar bears on ice in the mist.

He should have asked to borrow everyone’s black crayon.

Susie has an extremely meticulous personality. Calvin it won’t work out between you. You’re to wild for her.

Calvin is very creative. A couple of years ago, I visited a contemporary museum in Sydney where one of the exhibits was a replica of a two socket power switch. The lady museum guide thought it was fabulous. I was so totally underwhelmed. I have not and will not waste my time ever visiting again.

“Jeez, why don’t you take out an insurance policy on it?” LOL. Nice comment, Cal.

Susie should have known not to lend her crayon to that future Goth.

my mother use to do jig saw puzzles when i was a kid. she had one that was just a circle of uniform brown. the title was “A close up of one of the three bears”

I thought he was drawing a black cat in a coal mine eating licorice during a new moon.

Hey, it’s easy to make.

He’ll probably be able to look at this all-black picture and make out the bear and the campground, while everyone else who looks at it will see a piece of paper colored black!

Why do I feel like I’ve seen this strip recently, or at least, one very much like it?

No wonder Susie wants her crayon back. It’s sure to get blunted.

Way back in 1957, my Zorro coloring book required lots of black crayons.

I’m embarrassed to admit how much I relate to Susie today.

We used to sharpen crayons in the pencil sharpener.

Next, he will need the white one for “A Cow Eating Grass”.

What’s up with the ink?

I only use burnt umber. It’s a phase.

Cavlin’s “Black Period” was most of his artistic life. He liked the Black Knight too.

I suspect that Calvin’s next crayon borrowing will be “red” and will involve a tiger “enjoying” his next meal. Hobbes will be happy to pose.

Easier to do a Polar Bear in a snow storm, no crayons needed.