Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for February 28, 2022

If that’s all there is my friends, then let’s keep dancing…

Where’s the big brass band?…..

I guess the “spectators” prefer chess.

YUP that’s all there is

I don’t know why Magnus Carlson is more famous than the world’s checker champion.

What, not even a musical set in Bangkpk?

It’s lonely at the top

Yup.

If your aim is “Be the winner” then (maybe) you get a big short thrill. But if your aim is “Enjoy the game” then (maybe) you get a nice short thrill… but you ALSO get quite a bit of enjoyment.

If that’s all there is my friend, then let’s keep dancing…

Yes and No! it is all downhill from here…. so best of luck!!

Get dad to buy you a trophy.

’Fraid so….

Calvin is “tired of winning” already.

Calvin reminds me of Rose, a character on THE GOLDEN GIRLS, played by the late Betty White.

She was extremely competitive, and out to win at ANY cost.

When she (and Sophia) won a bowling match, her reaction was the same as Calvin’s!!

Where are the fireworks? Where’s the confetti?

A window into Calvin’s checkered past.

Let me check mate

At least Hobbes is being a good sport about it…

That’s all there is unless we do truly amazing stuff. We should all do truly amazing stuff occasionally to keep a small aura of legend around us. The merely good work will be forgotten when we pass on.

REALLY……‘Calvin’……it was one game of checkers, what did you think it was………….the million dollar question on ‘Who Wants To Be A Millionaire’ ????

Fame is fleeting and never more so than with Calvin, the Spazz.

Bobby Fischer, he’s not. (And Bobby is dead)

sadly yes…

“Is this all that there is? Is there nothing more?”

The thrill of victory is heady, but short lived. Laurels are overrated and make for an uncomfortable seat.

What did he expect? A medal? People to lift him up?

Yup…lol

Always nice to win. I remember my son and I playing checker’s, he loved playing that game, he said I had to move to get jumped, his teacher back then said my son would cheat, I told then teacher he loved playing checkers.

OF COURSE Calvin’s going to win when he’s playing with a stuffed tiger!

Sinatra to Peggy Lee in three panels.

Like Hobbes said five years earlier, “Look, it’s just a game.”

Every Millennial after they see their first paycheque.

The parade got held up in traffic.

It takes some time to get the ticker tape parade organized.

“The thrill is gone…..”

Great Little #3 does this all the time

Calvin finally won a game of checkers against Hobbes after countless defeats.

Considering he believes a giant statue and a parade is warranted for the poster contest, I wonder what Calvin is expecting here.

Calvin’s getting so stale when it was my favourite strip last year

The difference between a good boss and a bad boss: a good boss allows you to enjoy that feeling of victory after completing a particularly tricky task. A bad boss immediately piles on another tough one.

next come the endorsements and his own line of sneakers

Sports victories are always transitory

Yes, Calvin. Deal with it, it’s life.

My priest told the personal story of the time, when he was a mere lad, when he won a game of Monopoly against his grandmother. The thrill lasted for all of 5 minutes. Then, grandmother told him it was time for him to put all of the pieces back in the box and get ready for bed.

Yep. Pretty much.

That is a great Peggy Lee song!

Yes, Peggy

Yep, that’s it. When yours is a teeny-tiny little world of YOU, that’s all there is. Enjoy.

Welcome to the world of unreal expectations

What happens when you get to the top of the mountain? (But seriously, this was likely the first time Calvin beat Hobbes at anything.)

Show-off! It’s very much like a “Peanuts” comic if somebody gloats about winning at checkers.

It’s the journey that matters.