Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for May 06, 2023

Bill Watterson saw the future and warned us.

Calvin’s dad is exactly right, Calvin should move on and get over it

Wouldn’t it be funny if Susie’s poster said the same thing that Calvin’s mom said?

which athletic show ads were those, Dad?

Winning isn’t everything… unless there is a money prize involved.

Be like Mike.

I am continually amazed at how prescient this strip was.

Is anyone certain that Calvin isn’t Trump??

Or did the Orange Baboon see this strip before the 2020 election?

Y’know, this is one time I wouldn’t blame Dad if he dop-slapped that kid!!

“The very thought of losing is hateful to Americans”—General Patton

“Just Win, Baby.”

Replace “school board” with “voting officials”, “prize money” with “presidency”, and “Susie” with “Biden”

And you’ll have something similar to what an ex-president wanted when he lost the election. And shows that he acts like a six year old when he doesn’t get what he wants

Watterson: a man ahead of his time.

For clarification, those are the ads that start with the message “Winning is EVERYTHING!!”

Could this have been more prophetic?

One of Calvin’s most deeply held beliefs is, “Winning isn’t everything; it’s the only thing”.

This would be a very bad time for Calvin to watch an old movie called “The Bad Seed.” A little girl doesn’t like losing the penmanship pin to a boy in her class. Her mother tells her just what Calvin’s father tells him but the little girl had another way to settle the issue. We wouldn’t want to give Calvin any ideas.

I like how Calvin’s dad gets down to his son’s level to explain this to him. That’s a good parent.

And they ignore foot odor too!

“Atheletic shoe ads,” too.

Calvin Got Cancelled.

He lost. Some people can’t accept reality.

Like the school board would listen to a parent.

It’s not athletic shoe ads that have been filling Calvin’s mind with conspiracy theories, it’s FOX News coverage of Dominion Voting Machines.

No dad, that message would be, Money Is Everythinf.

Dad’s closing comment reflects a situation that just developed in Henrico County, VA when the owner of Sneak Foot athletic shoes fell under federal investigation for fraud. Evidently Cal is not the only person to trust the wrong ads.

Out of the mouths of babes…..

Winning isn’t everything.

Young Donald. “So unfair! Cheat for me, please!”

Dad’s last comment should have been, “No more reality TV or cable news for you.”

Or he has been listening to TRAITOR Trumputin whining about his 2020 loss, AGAIN.

This is so familiar…

Ladies and gentlemen, Donald Trump and the Republican Party.

To use a trite phrase, not winning builds character.

Athletic shoes, like political statements in cartoons, just stink.

History may not repeat itself, but boy howdy, does it ever rhyme!

We use to teach sportsmanship; now we just teach winning.

Here in America, if you don’t win, you should never have tried, and you should be humiliated for the grievous offense of being a loser.

Calvin gets mad, then he gets even. Susie can expect a lot of snowballs coming her way

Yeah, athletic shoe ads years ago started openly choosing which political partisans and positions they support.

If Calvin doesn’t learn from this he will have an awful life as an adult – - – that is if he makes it through his teen years.

“Men, I’ll be honest. Winning isn’t everything.” …long pause… “Men, it’s the only thing!” ~ UCLA Coach Red Sanders (1950)

Heh, imagine if Calvin DID go with the Dad’s slogan idea about cyclists…

Also, if Calvin did win the contest, I’m sure the Dad would still tell him “Winning isn’t everything.”

Where have we heard this before – over and over and over and over…?

“Calvin, losing is a part of life…winning isn’t everything.”

Someone missed having this conversation.

At least Dad didn’t say that losing builds character.

A message for our times

Calvin is epic self lover. Wonder Watterson has similar traits. No wonder he went into hiding after generating this masterpiece.

LOL.. Calvin sounds like modern day ‘Trumper’… l

No, he’s been listening to Donald Trump.

Donald Trump’s reaction to losing the 2020 election in a nutshell.

Aaaaaand, there goes the TV privileges… again…

I’ve been waiting for this arc to end for this comment. If you wonder why Calvin’s father was working on him to build character, it was for things like this. Whatever Dad went through growing up, he learned what was important and that is something he knows Calvin must learn too, even if Dad can come off thick-headed or worse, to Calvin anyway. And that ending bin not against the athletic apparel industry was great, too. They have long been more about selling ‘attitude’ among other things over actual products.

It is astonishing how much Calvin sounds like that one-term president we just survived, so childish, such a poor sport, but that’s probably going too far—an insult to Calvin.

THAT!!! is just plain scary! This is from 1993.

All he wants his dad to do is find 11,780 judges, which is one more than he has.

I WISH EVERYONE WOULD STOP MAKING NO POLITCAL COMICS POLITICAL AND TURN A NICE CONVERSION INTO ARGUMENTS, GO TO THE POLITCAL COMICS FOR THAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

good lord the deja vu