Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for August 10, 2022

Calvin, your Mom wants a word with you.

Thanks for screwing around, Calvin.

I’m with you, Calvin. I did the same, and I don’t get the thanks I deserve either.

4th panel. The ego has landed…….

Nobody can say he doesn’t personify arrogance!!

Thank you, Calvin.

Have to say it: there’s a blond haired slime ball who thinks the same thing of himself.

When he grows up he’s gonna be wearing a red cap.

Is Calvin’s real name Hunter Biden?

Sounds like a certain orange-faced ex-POTUS that we all know.

Not exactly your decision, old boy…

And that boy, Calvin, grew up to be a conservative politician.

Nice eye roll there, Hobbes!

Well, regarding world improvement, there is one more contribution you could easily make. Just keep doing what your doing. You’ll get there.

Some improve the world by being born…others improve it by passing on…

Yes, indeed Calvin you did your part to bring joy to your readers like me

I wonder if Calvin was just subjected to another “character building” lecture from Dad!!

so true, Calvin has made this world a better place, if only for a few moments each day…thanks, Bill

Unfortunately, there are a lot of those kinds of people. " Do you know who I am … ?"

Calvin will make a good liberal.

“If it wasn’t for me, you’d be living in the dark ages.”

I had woods and forests close to my house as a kid. Alas, all housing developments now… ;-(

Calvin’s a millennial through and through.

More people being born is exactly the opposite of helping the world.

He’s right, you know. Watterson brought him into the world and he gave everybody a good chuckle every day.

We fans thank you for being “born” and for being “Calvin”. :)

Calvin here, named after a theologian who believed in pre-destination.

Calvin in 2024. His slogan will be “How much worse can things get?”

I had never thought of C&H as prophetic… until the last few years.

It’s true, Calvin. You’ve definitely improved my world! :D

Now I’m absolutely convinced that Calvin grew up to be Donald Trump.

People are constantly “thanking” his mother.

I believe personal responsibility at 6 years of age deserves to be able to speak these tall philosophical words. I would love to join the club fellas.

Calvin’s statements have an interestingly high proportion of four-letter words.

Sounds familiar.

This brought to mind a commencement speech given by Bill Bryson (he included it in one of his books). An excerpt is below:

Take a moment from time to time to remember that you are alive. I know this sounds a trifle obvious, but it is amazing how little time we take to remark upon this singular and gratifying fact. By the most astounding stroke of luck an infinitesimal portion of all the matter in the universe came together to create you, and for the tiniest moment in the great span of eternity you have the incomparable privilege to exist. For endless eons there was no you. Before you know it, you will cease to be again. And in between you have this wonderful opportunity to see and feel and think and do. Whatever else you do with your life, nothing will remotely compare with the incredible accomplishment of having managed to get yourself born. Congratulations. Well done. You really are special.

But not that special. There are five billion other people on this planet, every one of them just as important, just as central to the great scheme of things, as you are. Don’t ever make the horrible, unworthy mistake of thinking yourself more vital and significant than anyone else. Nearly all the people you encounter in life merit your consideration. Many of them will be there to help you–to deliver your pizza, bag your groceries, clean up the motel room you have made such a lavish mess of. If you are not in the habit of being extremely nice to these people, then get in the habit now. Millions more people, most of whom you will never meet or even see, won’t help you, may not even be able to help themselves. They deserve your compassion. We live in a sadly heartless age, when we seem to have less and less space in our consciences and our pocketbooks for the poor and lame and dispossessed, particularly those in far-off lands. I am making it your assignment to do something about it.

If that isn’t narcissism, then I don’t know what it is.