Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for January 20, 2019

I didn’t know you could take out a second or third mortgage on your soul.

Wow he missed a lot. What a nice guy.

Nice knowing you, Calvin.

Again?

If he’s lucky, all those missed snowballs will be in hell waiting for him.

I’m still stuck on how to do that top spin.

If he’d pay more attention in math class, he might have gotten the right answer to how he should aim.

Love Mum’s response…

Ninety miles per hour? Sign him up.

Calvin will never be a talented quaterback

Don’t worry, Calvin, that big pookah you have with you most of the time should keep you safe.

Considering his mom’s reply, and how his dad often hornswoggles him, it’s no wonder the kid is the way he is. Also no wonder that they have only one kid…

Hahaha- a true classic. I LOVE Calvin’s sheer glee, and the perfection of that shot.

If you’re going to sell your soul Calvin, at least do it for something more substantive than beaning a girl you’ll probably be dating when you both reach puberty.

I don’t get the last pic, why did he promise his soul to the devil?

This has always been one of my favorite C/H strips. I love both his sense of accomplishment when he finally hits Susie with a snowball, and his sense of desperation reflected in the last panel.

Even a blind squirrel finds a nut sometimes.

You just know the devil will be looking to back out of that deal.

♪♪ There’s a Spanish train that runs between

Guadalquivir and old Saville

And at dead of night the whistle blows

And people hear she’s running still ♪♪

90 mph? Dream on, first-grader…

It was a beautiful shot, and perfectly timed.

Calvin has nothing to worry about. He will never die. God doesn’t want him, and the Devil is afraid of him.

You hit Susie in the face, what do you get?Another day older and deeper in debtHey Mama don’t you call me ’I committed a sin and I owe my soul to the Devil again.

This particular mortgage is revocable as far as eternity is concerned, but Calvin will pay the devil in a temporal way unless God overrules (has mercy on Calvin). For eternity, Calvin must receive Jesus Christ as Savior the same as everybody else.

LOL Quit trying and just throw the snowball. That’s how you hit the target

I’m surprised that Calvin does NOT look a little roughed up. Susie does not take kindly to his monkeyshines.

What does the Devil do with all those souls anyway? Power his generator?

(Looks at throwaway panel)

This from the kid who’s supposedly terrible at math…

Susie has good closing speed

I still remember one snow ball fight in the school yard at recess…all those involved got the strap…I was in during that recess so was spared..sickening to hear the strap and wimperings, see the snot and tears

Sometimes, it really is worth the backlash.

The devil will get his soul only if Jack Frost doesn’t get it first.

OH, we humans go so cheap! {grin}

My theory has been confirmed! Calvin is a storm trooper!

This is a perfect strip. Great setup, great art work (as always) and a great punchline! Damn it Bill, I wish you were still creating this gem!

You can’t mortgage on what you don’t know exists.