Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for January 07, 2015
Transcript:
Calvin: "I sure am great! I'm one of the greatest people who ever lived!" Calvin: "How lucky people are to know someone as great as me! I'm great in so many great ways! in fact, I'm so great that my greatness is..." Susie: "You're not get! You're the most conceited blowhard I've ever met!" Calvin: "When you're great, people often mistake candor for bragging"
BE THIS GUY over 9 years ago
And twenty years in the future, she will marry him.
Alexander the Good Enough over 9 years ago
I’ve never known Calvin’s last name. Does he have one? Based on this strip, I’d say it must be Dunning-Kruger.
Mr Nobody over 9 years ago
“To be great is to be misunderstood.”
Tah Tah over 9 years ago
great boy’s
rshive over 9 years ago
So I’ve been told, Calvin.
BE THIS GUY over 9 years ago
@Jonathan MasonChill out, English is not Tah Tah Tah’s native tongue.
stefaanv over 9 years ago
It’s such a fine line.
orinoco womble over 9 years ago
This goes really well with today’s Peanuts.
Richard Howland-Bolton Premium Member over 9 years ago
I too get that reaction when I’m being modest!
Charlie Fogwhistle over 9 years ago
when you’re perfect in every way.
verticallychallenged Premium Member over 9 years ago
Calvin Donald Trump, is that you?
Liverlips McCracken Premium Member over 9 years ago
I used to think I was perfect, but I was conceited.However, now that I’m not conceited anymore, I’m perfect.
GROG Premium Member over 9 years ago
Blowhards often think they are great.
Hobbes Premium Member over 9 years ago
You think Calvin sounds like an egotist? You should hear him when he actually starts bragging.
Click here (or stretch image): Peanuts (October 22, 1956)Click here: Peanuts (February 8, 1972)Click here: Pearls Before Swine (August 5, 2006)Click here: Mutts (March 11, 2013)bluram over 9 years ago
Calvin reminds me of the young Narcissus who fell in love with his own image reflected in a pool of water.
nosirrom over 9 years ago
I don’t brag, but over the years people have told me that I am perfect. A perfect you know what!
jeffcuetis over 9 years ago
I propose a toast!
Here’s to the great ones – there’s damn few of us left!Captain Colorado over 9 years ago
“Why be humble when you are as great as I am?”
meihong over 9 years ago
Calvin’s head seems bigger than normal today.
Aaron Saltzer over 9 years ago
I wonder how Calvin ended up that way. His parents don’t give him everything he wants.
neverenoughgold over 9 years ago
Oh Lord it’s hard to be humble…
eisneun over 9 years ago
Calvin’s last name is Hobbes, middle initial N.Calvin N. Hobbes
Karaboo2 over 9 years ago
Calvin the Great, right up there with Alexander.
amaryllis2 Premium Member over 9 years ago
He’ll get his own radio show and Susie will lead the “Cave-in Calvin!” protests.
dflak over 9 years ago
I’m the most humble person on this board and damned proud of it!
K M over 9 years ago
It’s not bragging if you can back it up. Perhaps one day, despite this being a zombie strip, Calvin will learn this. But right now, of course, he can’t back it up.
BE THIS GUY over 9 years ago
Because Hobbes the Matchmaker knows they are right for each other.
westny77 over 9 years ago
Lighten up Susie. Listen and enjoy this fine human being.
Hobbes Premium Member over 9 years ago
Thanks, Wiseguy. Happy New Year to you too.
Dour Scotsman over 9 years ago
I’m always right….for some reason people find that annoying as well……..
me1308 almost 8 years ago
This is SOOOOO Trump!!
RedBear1961 almost 8 years ago
Substitute Donald Drumpf’s head for Calvin’s and you got it in one!!!