When we were young, we used sticks as guns. When we were a little older, we had cap guns…..but in true kid-form, I had more fun exploding the caps with a rock. LOL
The City rezoned my property and the other three on the west side of the cul-de-sac “Multi-family”. I don’t see the point, except maybe the planners trying to justify their salaries by changing things.
In Albuquerque four years ago my grandson asked a classmate if he liked to go shooting – our son had taken him out target shooting in the desert a couple of times. The police brought him home and grilled his father (who is brain injured) about the kid’s “obsession” with guns. It seems the first day of school included a lecture about Albuquerque Public Schools’ gun policy. No mention of guns, no drawing pictures of guns, no gun anything at all. Our grandson missed the first day of school because of a registration glitch so he missed the warning.
The current school year included an incident in the first week of school (the one our other grandson attended) where one student shot and killed another student at school about some beef involving a third person. It appeared the dead student was just a kid who tried to de-escalate the argument and the shooter’s father was a repeat violent felon. I doubt refusing to talk about a problem is the best way to deal with it.
My late DH was a city planner. He could relate to a three-way showdown among the neighborhood, the zoning board, and the historic preservation society. Not to mention big money ….
Brilliant diversionary tactic. I am the oldest of four brothers. When we were children, I had to come up with some interesting diversionary tactics when my younger brothers started doing something that would lead to trouble. I had the responsiblity for them but no authority, i.e. couldn’t hit them. I became a storyteller and actor without even realizing it.
BE THIS GUY almost 2 years ago
Mom’s preparing Calvin for a life in the civil service (other than the police force).
Charles Barr Premium Member almost 2 years ago
Calvin can be the tax collector.
codycab almost 2 years ago
No guns? Gee, I wonder why….
dadthedawg almost 2 years ago
No gun playing…..Your Mom is right.
retrocool almost 2 years ago
guns would be more fun than that. he would look stupid, though, doing that with a stuffed tiger.
sacas almost 2 years ago
Why is worded like that? “Play with guns.”
Does Calvin’s mom actually have a gun????
C almost 2 years ago
Son of a gun
marilynnbyerly almost 2 years ago
His best friend is a tiger. He doesn’t need a gun.
GeorgeInAZ almost 2 years ago
And so began the decline of America.
Susan00100 almost 2 years ago
Reminds me of a Bugs Bunny/Yosemite Sam cartoon, where Sam hollers, “This town ain’t big enough for both of us!”
Then, there are sounds of hammering and sawing, and Bugs shows all the new buildings he erected, but Sam still isn’t satisfied!!
CO Premium Member almost 2 years ago
I thought Calvin was more inventive than that. A stick makes a good toy gun.
Of course, these days the kids might not be so inclined to use their imagination when they can just shoot things in a video game.
jmworacle almost 2 years ago
Spy versus Spy?
gsawyer101 almost 2 years ago
Sounds like several towns around Raleigh North Carolina.
sandpiper almost 2 years ago
Hobbes sees zoning as a good replacement for guns in taking of property. Seems to be working well in many places.
bignatefantic2.0 almost 2 years ago
Why wouldn’t Calvin’s mom allow them to play with guns? They would obviously be using toy guns not real guns
The Humanist Boss almost 2 years ago
Playing with toy guns will not gonna gun down anybody.
dlkrueger33 almost 2 years ago
When we were young, we used sticks as guns. When we were a little older, we had cap guns…..but in true kid-form, I had more fun exploding the caps with a rock. LOL
RitaGB almost 2 years ago
He broke the fourth wall!
greyolddave almost 2 years ago
The School Board is where the power is these days.
dflak almost 2 years ago
I am not going to comment on this strip other than to say, I am saving it.
jagedlo almost 2 years ago
So Hobbes gives himself the best part of the county?
Prey almost 2 years ago
The zoning board just kills dreams.
ekw555 almost 2 years ago
seems she was ahead of her time.
cjasc5250 almost 2 years ago
Take toy guns away from kids, they pick up sticks and pretend it is a gun. Always happens.
vaughnrl2003 Premium Member almost 2 years ago
Yeah, you get way more of other people’s stuff with contracts and taxes than with guns. Guns are for the little people.
Redd Panda almost 2 years ago
When they grow up … Gerry-Mandering!
txmystic almost 2 years ago
Notice the one who wants to be the zoning board is wearing the black hat…
bbenoit almost 2 years ago
OMG, Putin was actually born in the US and his birth name was Calvin!
SweetSinger almost 2 years ago
Yay Mom!
david_42 almost 2 years ago
The City rezoned my property and the other three on the west side of the cul-de-sac “Multi-family”. I don’t see the point, except maybe the planners trying to justify their salaries by changing things.
YippiKiAyMofo almost 2 years ago
Cops and Zoning Coordinators? Blech!
gantech almost 2 years ago
Calvinmandering?
uniquename almost 2 years ago
Eminent Domain. Government Theft.
jrankin1959 almost 2 years ago
Right or wrong, it’s an interesting spin on old westerns…
karlritz almost 2 years ago
Mom is always the smartest!
ChessPirate almost 2 years ago
“Dance, you varmint!”
“I can’t, this part of town ain’t zoned fer dancin’…”
john_chubb almost 2 years ago
Any stick can be either a gun or a sword – or both – in the active mind of a pre-teen boy.
flagmichael almost 2 years ago
In Albuquerque four years ago my grandson asked a classmate if he liked to go shooting – our son had taken him out target shooting in the desert a couple of times. The police brought him home and grilled his father (who is brain injured) about the kid’s “obsession” with guns. It seems the first day of school included a lecture about Albuquerque Public Schools’ gun policy. No mention of guns, no drawing pictures of guns, no gun anything at all. Our grandson missed the first day of school because of a registration glitch so he missed the warning.
The current school year included an incident in the first week of school (the one our other grandson attended) where one student shot and killed another student at school about some beef involving a third person. It appeared the dead student was just a kid who tried to de-escalate the argument and the shooter’s father was a repeat violent felon. I doubt refusing to talk about a problem is the best way to deal with it.
g04922 almost 2 years ago
Ahhh… take me back to the world of boys with toy guns. It is a a whole new world out there, now.
emiesty almost 2 years ago
My late DH was a city planner. He could relate to a three-way showdown among the neighborhood, the zoning board, and the historic preservation society. Not to mention big money ….
mistercatworks almost 2 years ago
Brilliant diversionary tactic. I am the oldest of four brothers. When we were children, I had to come up with some interesting diversionary tactics when my younger brothers started doing something that would lead to trouble. I had the responsiblity for them but no authority, i.e. couldn’t hit them. I became a storyteller and actor without even realizing it.
Slatsmagee I almost 2 years ago
What a shame. Kid’s can’t even play cowboys and indians anymore…
rasputin's horoscope almost 2 years ago
Hobbs knows where the real power lies.
Will_Scarlet almost 2 years ago
Just play Monopoly – property moguls get to destroy WAY more lives.
Marty241 almost 2 years ago
A good guy with a gun stops a bad guy with a gun. I cannot think of an exception. If there is one, let me know.
coffeeturtle almost 2 years ago
4th Wall
Geezer almost 2 years ago
Note: “© 1992”
swanridge almost 2 years ago
Nobody likes zoning until someone wants to put in a gravel pit next door.
oakie817 almost 2 years ago
it’s strips like this that make me wish there were new strips
edeloriea14 almost 2 years ago
I don’t think even toy guns are a good idea, either.
Otis Rufus Driftwood almost 2 years ago
Reminds me of a different strip where Hobbes said that ‘realistic’ comic book heroes would just attend city council meetings and send out taxes.
wiatr almost 2 years ago
You can point your index finger. Of course, both of mine now droop toward the floor. Gettin’ old’s fun.
hagarthehorrible almost 2 years ago
Another priceless strip from Bill.