Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for August 02, 2009

If this is the way Hobbes makes up rules, no wonder he scored ten billion.

Calvin ball is the best!

Hobbes is a genius! I love the way he thinks ;-)

Just get it figured out, as I sit here alone and unwanted.

Watterson has an incredible imagination. Who else could dream up such a scenario?

You can’t say “You can’t do that” in Calvinball.

that’s lame

Wow - nice bunt Hobbes.

Calvinball Our newest favorite past time.

Calvin and Hobbes got game, do you?

They haven’t developed Calvinball yet.

These are, however, fascinating vingnettes into proto-Calvinball.

I love Calvin’s expressions in the last two panels :)

Hobbes Rule: Do what ever it takes to be a winner

I use Calvinball rules in golf. Aaah, endless mulligans.

Watterson realy has an ingredible imagination, it’s great to invent so many stories and never get boring! When I was a little girl, my brother invented every day a new story for me and they were very interesting too, I wanted to listen for ever and ever. Now I look to Calvin and Hobbes, it’s never ending too!

I’m not so sure it’s Calvin ball but Hobbes ball since he makes all the rules in his own favour.

I wonder why Hobbes never got signed up in the Major Leagues.

Man, reminds me of watching the kids playing out back. Funny.

This isn’t Calvinball. They’re not wearing masks.

:sigh: friendship is priceless

That face in the last panel…just about sums up calvin.

You need to grow taller, Calvin.

Hooo-ray for Calvinball the answer for most of lifes little problems.

I’ll bet you anything that some of Watterson’s “stories” are remiiscent of his own childhood.

How did Calvin score the one run?

farmermatt said: ”How did Calvin score the one run?”

LOL—boggles the mind doesn’t it??

There are only two permanent rules to Calvinball, and it is a sport played today ever since Bill Watterson invented it.

Rule #1 Make up the other rules as you play.

Rule #2 No rule can be used more than once in a game.

Nah! That is too close to baseball to be calvinball.

My brother taught Hobbes how to play!

I think Hobbes is fair Thats the way to make it more fun Make the rules as you go Calvin does this to

Calvin might make a good manager some day. I think he’s got the lungs for giving the umpire an ear-full.

this is the kind of pickup game where you make the rules as you go, makes for more fun

[i]There are only two permanent rules to Calvinball, and it is a sport played today ever since Bill Watterson invented it.

Rule #1 Make up the other rules as you play.

Rule #2 No rule can be used more than once in a game.[/i]

You forgot rules 3 and 4

Rule #3-You have to wear a mask

Rule #4-No one can question the masks

@Kerovan;

I have to ask about rule #2 - does it apply to rule #1? (which is, after all, one of the rules) and to rule #2 itself? (ditto)

If you think about this, either:

you will come up with some very interesting applications of mathematical logic;

or:

you will get a very bad headache. Just take whatever helps your headaches, and STOP THINKING ABOUT CALVINBALL RULES!

I can sometimes get people involved in a very playable metagame. One player (rulemaker) makes up the rules, and writes them down, but doesn’t show them to the others until the game is over. The other players begin to play (with no idea of the rules), and the rulemaker is umpire - calling plays illegal (quite often at first) and awarding points as required. The other players attempt to figure out the rules by trial and error - the fastest study gets the most points (by whatever scoring method was invented). The rulemaker scores based on the difference of the highest score and the average score. (Rulemaker is encouraged to create rules that are decipherable to a small subset of players - preferably one.)

LX013 said, about 11 hours ago

Watterson realy has an ingredible imagination, it’s great to invent so many stories and never get boring! When I was a little girl, my brother invented every day a new story for me and they were very interesting too, I wanted to listen for ever and ever. Now I look to Calvin and Hobbes, it’s never ending too!

My daughter and her Dad had the same thing for bedtime stories. They both took part. It was very entertaining and Hillary didn’t object to bedtimes. I’d recommend it to any parent or guardian.

Hobbes, my man!

I think Calvin is heding for a stroke with that red face! Hobbes better know how to do CPR!

Great drawing, Bill.

TerryLonewolf said, “You need to grow taller, Calvin.”

Trouble is, Hobbes’ height is a figment of Calvin’s overactive imagination. So no matter how tall Calvin grows, Hobbes will always be twice as tall!

We used to play our own version of Calvinball in K-Mart until they got mad at us cheering everytime a blue light special came up.

Hobbes; that was so cool! LOL! Poor Calvin … his imaginary best friend keeps best’ing him. LOL.

I just love Hobbes! His facial expressions are great too.

haha

LOL. I wonder if that kind of a play is legal in MLB. Guess I’ll have to Google it.