Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for July 22, 2009

I’m afraid I must doubt you, Calvin…

It is the basic problem. Grown-ups never know how to fix things in the world and they never hand it over until they get thrown out.

Just another crash course in the thing we call life.

If only, Calvin.

Swimming today, it’s a wonderful day!

I think Calvin’s a bit too used to running things according to the Dictator-For-Life model. Even with a fearsome Chief Tiger at your side, the leakest weak in that chain is always…you.

Scary thought…President Calvin!

Mom, you forgot my Chocolate Frosted Sugar Bombs!

and yet here he is making a mess of himself…

Why not Calvin for president? He could not be any more inept than the Bushs or more deceitful than Clinton. Too soon to judge Obama.

No, it’s not too soon to judge Obama. Many people started doing that as soon as they saw his face. Who cares about the Dems and Republicans? Vote the Cartoon Party! Calvin and Hobbes in ‘13!!!

His cam-pain promise…. ”Two red wagons in every garage!”

You never know…Calvin could just end up being exactly what this country needs!!! :) lol

It’s only “too soon” to judge Obama if you’re blind, deaf and buried in a hole 2 miles underground. While he whines about the deficit he “inherited” he “fixes” it by quadrupling it. The correct judgment is, he has bankrupted the USA and has only just started spending. How much time do you need to figure that out?

Hey Zippy007, how about you take your political diatribe to an appropriate forum.

The same thing goes for the other posters of real-world political opinions.

I was called by pollsters a week after the election, with questions like how do you think Obama is doing in office.

They seemed a little nonplussed when I couldn’t answer there questions with anything but, “He hasn’t done anything yet, how can I say favorable or unfavorable.”

Personally I think we are heading for trouble, because the Dems have a super majority. No party should ever have that, not the Dems, Reps, or Indies.

Hmmm, will Susie be in his cabinet?

Actually, Hobbes is a better choice. What better to make imaginary promises than with an imaginary president.

Be Afraid - Be very afraid

I’ve missed these downhill conversations. Time to bring back more of the C&H classics!

His first words in office will be “what’s this button for?”

I doubt there will be anything left for you to fix when you’re president Calvin.

Hey, geo111, who died and left you boss of this chat forum???

Calvin, Calvin he’s our man! If he can’t do it……..

Shrek impersonation Anyone? Does anyone else know how to be president? Anyone at all?

anyone ELSE? does ANYONE know how to be president? it seems they get elected, and suddenly no-one approves of them any more. with the hyper critical attitudes expressed, it’s a wonder anyone wants the job. and it’s no different here in Canada either.

I have to agree with geo111…this page is to forget about the real world and have some fun, not discuss politics…

Agreed! This is a place to escape from the chaos and mayhem of the world and step into Calvin and Hobbes world which is filled with hilarious chaos and mayhem and poignant moments.

Looks just like my dock. I think I’ll join them for a swim.

I’m with you LX013 and cleokaya. The wagon to the water looks like big refreshing fun.

It looks like Calvin is president now … uh-oh.

Disaster! Disaster!!

Probably the same words B. Obama once thought.

Even with the best intentions at heart, people just aren’t capable enough to govern.

Non-political comment. Calvin is lucky Hobbes is a tiger, most cats don’t like water and would have their claws out by now!

clavin? as president? oh boy…

“Chocolate Frosted Sugar Bomb cereal and tunafish sandwiches for everyone!”

(Just take it out of the defense budget).

Thepeoples Mush(mouth) it’s obvious you have no idea what an anti-christ is, or you would be taking a closer look at BO!

Hobbes for President!

calvin for pres, hobbs for v.p. and susie for sec of treasury with sec of state alfred e neuman … a good start

Bald- Re Sec’y of State; and there is a striking resemblance between AEN and the current Secretary of State (SOS seems, somehow, appropriate!)

i’ll bet that comment in the last panel is what Obamma thought when he was little.

With Hobbes as vice Calvin could really use all of his powers what fun for us

When I saw this one I just knew it would draw out all the haters.

When I’m elected Queen, things will be different :-)

I once voted for a punk rocker named Jello Biafra for Mayor of San Francisco. Figured he couldn’t do a worse job than the other turkeys that were running for office then!

I used to vote for the Canadian Rhinoceros Party. They promised that if elected they would do nothing. They only got a few votes but it was an interesting protest movement.

No doubt George W. Bush read this strip back in 1985, and said, “Heh-heh, that kid’s readin’ m’ mind!”

Calvin you couldn’t do any worse than the last 4 dopes and that includes the present one!

Rakkav: what is a “leakest weak”?

2: I have voted in many elections. The Dems, as well as the Reps, have tried to take things away from us, or force things upon us that aren’t good. We’ve made it this far, and I ‘m confidant that we will continue to do so.

Has anyone else considered the option that maybe a higher power is at work here…telling us that we need to change…drastically!?!?!

Too bad Calvin never grows up.

I Wonder what kind of things he WOULD do as president! Unlimited TV for kids and the beginning of the enslavement of parents to start- The thought is really scary!

For Parents, I mean.

To Dberrymanal1: Go back a little farther in your history book - it’s been a lot more than the last 4.

To yyyguy: It’s not that suddenly no one approves of them after they take office - it’s that once win the election, they’re not worried about winning, so their campaign promises fly out the window, or through the paper shredder, whichever.

And to Joe Allen Doty: It hasn’t been “almost 10 years” it’s been well over 10 years since Calvin & Hobbes was drawn. Bill Watterson retired the little terror and his tiger way back in 1995. The 3,160th and final strip ran in newspapers on December 31. I remember that day like it was yesterday. I was so upset I couldn’t concentrate on my work for a week.

I guess this is Ditz Day at Calvin and Hobbes’ strip

WOW, it’s incredible, I can’t agree with ANY of you about this particular strip… I remember first seeing it a decade ago (at least), and it is still one of my favorite panels from the comic. It appears to be a polarized view here, a collection of cynical realists or ostriches with rose-colored glasses on… no offense.

As far as those stuck in the real world - I agree with you in that there IS real truth in this strip, but it is optimistic and forward-looking, not the cynical diatribes you’ve been twisting it into. I hear a generation (Calvin’s & mine) that is willing to take on personal responsibility for making positive change happen in the world.

For those who only want to stick their heads in the sand and pretend comics are just a world to escape to, I guess that’s your choice, but you’re missing an entire dimension to the art shared in comics - real things shared that matter.

If Calvin became president, I bet he’s gonna put cookies on the international food chart.

Also, if Calvin was president, he would ban all schools.