It looks like Watterson’s sabbatical is finally over, since this is the first appearance of those custom Sunday formats the strip later became known for!
I can hear, so clearly, Yoda talking to Calvin, "This one, a long time have I watched. All his life has he looked away… to the future, to the horizon. Never his mind on where he was.
Calvin’s whinning could be less if he realizes that he is lucky to escape out of the adventure with all his limbs intact. He would also focus on the scenery on the way.
The first new strip of 1992, after Bill Watterson’s first sabbatical (and thus the first Sunday strip to introduce the new panel format)! But now they are going to be out of sync with the daily strips; I hope you guys at GoComics can fix it or something…
Charming! But he is right. I remember sledding as a boy (we had the best hill in the neighborhood). It was over way too quickly then you had to trudge back up a hill…through the snow! But still – a wonderful childhood memory.
I have been “gratified” with: the love of a wonderful wife for 20 years [THAT was over much too quickly]; three great children; three fantastic grandkids; two of the very best parents; a best friend who was my brother; my wife’s family who are beyond compare; and uncles, aunts and cousins of great value. But after years of pandemic hermitization when my time comes, I won’t be thinking that was over quick; it will be more along the line of “About damned time!”
One time I was seven years old. I can remember how frustrating it was when I would see a television commercial for what looked like a cool movie only to find out it was rated R. Halloween was one of those movie, but now I’ve seen all but Halloween Kills and one that’s supposed to be the last one that’s coming out this year.
“We live on the future: “tomorrow,” “later on,” “when you have made your way,” “you will understand when you are old enough.” Such irrelevancies are wonderful, for, after all, it’s a matter of dying. Yet a day comes when a man notices or says that he is thirty. Thus he asserts his youth. But simultaneously he situates himself in relation to time. He takes his place in it. He admits that he stands at a certain point on a curve that he acknowledges having to travel to its end. He belongs to time, and by the horror that seizes him, he recognizes his worst enemy. Tomorrow, he was longing for tomorrow, whereas everything in him ought to reject it. That revolt of the flesh is the absurd.” – Albert Camus: Myth of Sisyphus
BE THIS GUY over 2 years ago
Yes, it’s over quick, but are you gratified?
Sugar Bombs 95 over 2 years ago
It looks like Watterson’s sabbatical is finally over, since this is the first appearance of those custom Sunday formats the strip later became known for!
codycab over 2 years ago
Calvin has so much in common with Bart Simpson. For one thing, they’re still kids.
eastern.woods.metal over 2 years ago
When Calvin grows up and returns to this hill as an adult he will find it’s only three feet high
Templo S.U.D. over 2 years ago
Well, it has taken me forever to reach 37 (approximately four more months until 38).
Renatus Profuturus Frigeridus Premium Member over 2 years ago
If you drive like that you will not be 7.
Robin Harwood over 2 years ago
More wonderful art work from Watterson! I love Hobbes’ expression in panel four, as they go over the cliff.
Concretionist over 2 years ago
That twist ending is very nicely done.
jagedlo over 2 years ago
You’ll find that a lot of things end quick, Calvin!
Ray Helvy Premium Member over 2 years ago
I can hear, so clearly, Yoda talking to Calvin, "This one, a long time have I watched. All his life has he looked away… to the future, to the horizon. Never his mind on where he was.
Bilan over 2 years ago
Calvin is right about one thing. It’s taking him practically forever to be a 6 year-old.
Charles Barr Premium Member over 2 years ago
Hobbes isn’t saying much. He probably realizes the gravity of the situation.
Robert4170 over 2 years ago
Why are you wasting precious time talking, Calvin?
Zykoic over 2 years ago
Life in a nutshell.
orinoco womble over 2 years ago
“Live fast, die young, leave a pretty corpse.” Calvin’s well on his way to that one.
fred.grenouille over 2 years ago
Thank goodness the snow around that rock is deep and soft!
sandpiper over 2 years ago
Happens a lot, kid. Get used to it.
The Reader Premium Member over 2 years ago
Just think of how long that rock had to wait for you to come along and hit it.
gokar RLV over 2 years ago
Fifth panel looks like my backyard.
Count Olaf Premium Member over 2 years ago
The Zen of Calvin. The Count may order a framed copy of this strip for our library.
jimchronister2016 over 2 years ago
Now, this is real life’s picture in a flash.
NeedaChuckle Premium Member over 2 years ago
Reminds me the the Adam Sandler movie with the remote control, Click!
Martin.lemoine over 2 years ago
And right there is the genius of Watterson in one strip.
Slowly, he turned... over 2 years ago
You never want to get where you are going with snow in your ears…
dflak over 2 years ago
Carpe Diem, Calvin – I think that means a fish a day
josballard over 2 years ago
Considering death is at the end of the road, I’ll take my time, thank you.
AJ2016 over 2 years ago
Let’s face it, 99% of us were the same way at Calvin’s age. Looking back now, I’m wondering what the big rush was.
hagarthehorrible over 2 years ago
Calvin’s whinning could be less if he realizes that he is lucky to escape out of the adventure with all his limbs intact. He would also focus on the scenery on the way.
boydjb47 over 2 years ago
We had some sled hills like that. Ended by going over banks into creeks.
poppacapsmokeblower over 2 years ago
A true observation on life, “Gosh, that was over quick.”
belgarathmth over 2 years ago
There’s some very profound philosophy in Calvin and Hobbes strips.
kartis over 2 years ago
That was because you talked the whole way through it. A metaphor, I am sure.
rya1 sh3a over 2 years ago
7/10
KEA over 2 years ago
Life in a nutshell.
mckeonfuneralhomebx over 2 years ago
30 years in the first grade.
mistercatworks over 2 years ago
Should have taken in some scenery along the way.
grapefroot over 2 years ago
I like how the sled never touches the snow — like a hover-craft :)
GKBOWOOD Premium Member over 2 years ago
Perfect epitaph for grave marker “Gosh, that was over quick!”
dbradway1 over 2 years ago
Actually, a sled with runners bogs down in loose, deep snow.
ron over 2 years ago
Athena Orchard, who passed on not so much older than you, Calvin, realized that “Happiness is a direction, not a destination.”
swanridge over 2 years ago
They sure don’t make sleds like that anymore. Practically indestructible!
wiley207 over 2 years ago
The first new strip of 1992, after Bill Watterson’s first sabbatical (and thus the first Sunday strip to introduce the new panel format)! But now they are going to be out of sync with the daily strips; I hope you guys at GoComics can fix it or something…
BiggerNate91 over 2 years ago
Ah, the custom Sundays have started. We’re in for a treat.
txmystic over 2 years ago
Life. In a nutshell…
vaughnrl2003 Premium Member over 2 years ago
If you don’t pay attention to “now”, you won’t know when you arrive at “later” and you’ll miss “pretty soon” all together.
Plods with ...™ over 2 years ago
Guess there wasn’t time to smell the roses this run
Susan00100 over 2 years ago
Well, THAT shut the kid up!!
WCraft Premium Member over 2 years ago
Charming! But he is right. I remember sledding as a boy (we had the best hill in the neighborhood). It was over way too quickly then you had to trudge back up a hill…through the snow! But still – a wonderful childhood memory.
brucer31245 over 2 years ago
I have been “gratified” with: the love of a wonderful wife for 20 years [THAT was over much too quickly]; three great children; three fantastic grandkids; two of the very best parents; a best friend who was my brother; my wife’s family who are beyond compare; and uncles, aunts and cousins of great value. But after years of pandemic hermitization when my time comes, I won’t be thinking that was over quick; it will be more along the line of “About damned time!”
Coocalici over 2 years ago
First Sunday Watterson drew with his custom format.
wiatr over 2 years ago
Oh to have had a hill nearby when I was a kid! I got to sled down a hill one day when I was 7 or 8.
Ka`ōnōhi`ula`okahōkūmiomio`ehiku Premium Member over 2 years ago
Philosophical commentary from Calvin as he tumbles heels over head.
Otis Rufus Driftwood over 2 years ago
Why patience is a virtue.
Sailor46 USN 65-95 over 2 years ago
The biggest problem is that Instant gratification takes too long.
billdaviswords over 2 years ago
This is a classic example of why Calvin And Hobbes was the best. comic. ever.
jasonsnakelover over 2 years ago
One time I was seven years old. I can remember how frustrating it was when I would see a television commercial for what looked like a cool movie only to find out it was rated R. Halloween was one of those movie, but now I’ve seen all but Halloween Kills and one that’s supposed to be the last one that’s coming out this year.
morokiane over 2 years ago
“We live on the future: “tomorrow,” “later on,” “when you have made your way,” “you will understand when you are old enough.” Such irrelevancies are wonderful, for, after all, it’s a matter of dying. Yet a day comes when a man notices or says that he is thirty. Thus he asserts his youth. But simultaneously he situates himself in relation to time. He takes his place in it. He admits that he stands at a certain point on a curve that he acknowledges having to travel to its end. He belongs to time, and by the horror that seizes him, he recognizes his worst enemy. Tomorrow, he was longing for tomorrow, whereas everything in him ought to reject it. That revolt of the flesh is the absurd.” – Albert Camus: Myth of Sisyphus