Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for June 26, 2009

Up periscope!

Periscopes, gosh I wish that I would have thought of those.

Somebody’s going to get it now.

Where there’s a will, there’s a way …

Subtlety. Calvin’s middle name.

I wish I’d had room for a periscope in MY school desk.

LOOOOL sneaky Kid!

What foresight that child has! Had it handy in his desk the whole time. What else could he do with it?

Cheaters never prosper.

Dive! Dive!

The funniest thing about Calvin is how much work he does trying to avoid doing work. He even transmorgifies a copy of himself and goes time-traveling in order to avoid doing work. Now THAT’s dedication! :)

DOWN PERISCOPE! the teacher’s coming.

Either engineering or espionage are in that kid’s future.

All hands prepare to cheat!

Sometimes a periscope would be usefull again and again!

What else is in that desk?

I’ve seen this gag before in a Belgian comic, Urbanus.

You did DAHamilton; all you had to do was make it multi-section and disassemble it.

Or, another way (also for Superfrog) is to cram it au Big Nate (who else can get a boxcar-load of stuff, including a hamster-cage, into a school locker?).

crash dive! Dive! Dive! close all hatches! Prepare for depth charges! Ah Ooooga!

To superfrog: Snakes and snails!

And superfrogs too!

Superfrog said,

What else is in that desk?

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Reminds me of how cluttered my desk always was in school. I was such a pack rat! I remember once the teacher getting another girl to help me clean it out. She found my report card which was supposed to have been returned to the teacher after my parents saw it and signed it.

all aim on Susie’s paper

Wherer in the blue blazes did he get that? The Navy surplus store?

Heck, Calvin is a real technical genius: he constructed the transmogrifier, an airplane, a periscope ……. He realy deserves a noble prize. Isn’t he nominated yet ??

i could have put one of those in the ink well hole in my school desk it i had been as smart as calvin

Love the eyeball in the periscope in panel 4 … classic Watterson … tossing in a bit of surrealism to challenge our perception of the real.

Calvin’s Desk - is like Mary Popin’s handbag…..

Love the eyeball in the top lens. Watterson = comic genius

Jor-El said:

Cheaters never prosper.

There is an aphorism applicable to all sports (and Business and Life are sports) that goes

” if you ain’t cheating, you ain’t trying ”

However, a little more studying and a little less fantasizing would take Calvin a long way.

I agree with Rakkav, Calvin puts so much work and effort into trying to get out of some work. If Calvin can’t get the answers on his own (from soneone else) maybe its time for Stupendous Man or Spaceman Spiff to try.

Oh, c’mon Susie!! Please! You know we get marks for that…don’t you want me to join you in the next year??

NO!

=DDD

calvin’s desk reminds me of snoopy’s doghouse - it also contained a lot of unexpected things, like a pool table…

hey it was worth a shot

What!!?? Doesn’t every resourceful 1st grader keep a periscope in their desk; along with a shoulder mounted rocket launcher and a mini transmogrifier and a couple of butterfinger candy bars……….

Nobody works so hard as a lazy person.

Oh sheeshhh! Calvin is very naughty for cheating!

FinaFarina, I remember the pool table and other assorted games, tyewriter, television set and furnishings in Snoopy’s doghouse. It was even a meeting place for Woodstock’s friends. If Schultz were doing that strip now he probably have to do a scene with a big screen hi-def TV being delivered. ———————– The look on Calvin’s face as he’s looking over his shoulder is priceless in panel 3 - as he’s pulling out the periscope…hoping he won’t get caught.

looks like calvin’s trying reeallly hard to look into susie’s paper..tongue’s out in hard work

susie must be really stubborn, never letting him cheat and all that…

Calvin is a true genius in some things… and not so much in others. LOL! love him!

A periscope. How clever. Who would ever notice?

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I remember a time when I glanced sideways and copied a whole list of True and False answers from the smart girl next to me. Trouble was the test questions and my correct answers were off by one line all the way through. Teacher noticed.

Don’t forget that Snoopy also had a grand piano in there.

Yukoner said, about 1 hour ago

Don’t forget that Snoopy also had a grand piano in there.

and a Van Gogh!

I love that you can see his eye at the top end of the periscope.

I totally forgot about the Van Gogh! Didn’t he also have a bowling alley in there?

How come I forsee Calvin in a tuxedo and Sueie in a gown

I See Ms. Wormwoods Shadow right behind Calvin

BC13, I don’t remember the bowling alley but it could well have been there.

Calvin should ask Governor Sanford (SC) how cheating worked out for him…

Calvin and hobs arent funny…. They’re hilarious ;)

In “Peanuts”, Snoopy’s bowling nickname was Joe Sandbagger, and he had an average of 1, with a handicap of 179. I’m pretty sure he had the bowling alley downstairs, next to something else, but I can’t remember what.

Never had a blackboard on the side of a room ,always in the front and get to do a problem ! Nervous Sweat.

Do do do do do…. hehe!!

Yes, Snoopy did indeed have a bowling alley in his doghouse at one point. I missed seeing Joe Sandbagger, but I think that was later, when he actually played in public bowling alleys.

And if you REALLY want to stump your friends, ask them what the proper name of The Stupid Cat Who Lives Next Door was. Not even “The PEANUTS Trivia Book” has it to my knowledge. I spotted it and remembered it, when the cat, Snoopy and Peppermint Patty were in a fight. Charlie Brown named the cat “World War II”.

We now return you to our regular discussion of CALVIN AND HOBBES. :)

Wish I’d thought of that when I was in school.