Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for December 28, 2009

LOL!

LMAO!

You’ll need red for blood.

And white for teeth!

From the expression on his face, I’d say he’s already broken all the rules!

Should be a nice drawing. At least the paper will be completely filled up.

That boy is OFF. I love them.

Easy picture to draw anyways! LOL

Too late Susie!! Pity you always fall to his bait!! :)

I remember my son doing that at that age. He was so thrilled he used the entire black crayon on the white piece of paper and you couldn’t see any bit of white whatsoever. There was so much crayon on it that it seemed like it would bleed through to the other side of the paper. He was upset that some of the crayon came off on my hand when I picked it up. It was supposed to “all” stay on the paper. Luckily we had another black crayon so he could fix that section. I left it overnight in the hopes that it could somehow be picked up in the next day without further incident! It eventually went to the refrigerator for everyone who came to admire with his other works of art.

He could have just used a sheet of black construction paper and saved a crayon’s life.

It’s the “black screen of death”………

Oh, come, Calvin, you’re just making that up.

We may have the makings of a well-paid abstract artist here…if he survives Susie’s, Moe’s and Hobbes’ maulings. :))

Love that comment, kreole, but it’s all good! Keep ‘em comin’!

Is this what you v=call “black humour”?

Black is black…

Dino-1: As a young lad, I had the same problem with the black crayon pealing off the paper that your son had. And when I went back over it with fresh crayon that pealed off too. I think the only way around that would be to use black marker, but “back in the day” we didn’t have it and black water color would have bled through the cheap, school art paper. My teacher put my black picture on the wall. I was never sure if it was because she appreciated what I had done or if she was trying to embarrass me.

Black is back…

Makes me think of the Stones song Piant It Black, It’s a black day at Calvin’s school today.

How about a ghost in a snowstorm?

black… the absorption of all color. did you know, at night, blood is black.

I colored a cow eating grass and when I handed it in the teacher asked why the paper had nothing on it… it was just a blank piece of white paper? I told her the cow ate all the grass and went home! Gezz… Some teachers had no imagination whatsoever!

I agree, he should’ve started with a black sheet of paper and then coloured white and red or whatever wasn’t black.

Hi guys, nice to be back after XMAS.

If he was drawing a white Xmas, I bet he would still ask Suzie for a White Crayon just to bug her.

so then his work will be called “graphic art”?

What’s black and white and red all over?

A fool and their crayon are easily parted.

you poor girl,that piece of crayon will be gone when calvin finishes,you will know better next time.

I read this strip everyday, it is a highlight as I read my daily news. I want to add as the year comes to an end that I never post.That I enjoy very much reading your post, all of them!!! Margueritem, I wait to see if you post first everyday. If ever I am offendend I move on like some of you have said I do not have to read. I love this strip. I want all of you to have a wonderful New Year, and thank you for a couple of minutes each day of giggles!!!

dsom8 - let me guess….

Calvin on his drawing when Suzie is done this him? lol

When I was in school ages ago we colored with different crayons whatever we liked then on top we would use black crayon the draw a line to make a picture with color underneath took a lot of time kept us busy.

LOL…!!!!

btw, I was myself a ‘little’ possessive about my crayons back then… :P

I always peel the paper off my crayons. I just hate the texture of the paper for some reason.

Your future remains unknown, Calvin…

@AJCA, @Norman:

The classic answer is “a newspaper,” but since nobody REaDs them anymore, the RED is the ink on the corporate financials.

But the post was triggered by @Mishka ‘s suggestion of (Calvin’s) red blood!

Calvin should have said Susie can I borrow your black crayon mine is used up and my sheet is only halve black. Thanks Susie

I know how Susie feels. I was really obsessed about my crayons staying “perfect” back then too! But unlike Susie foolishly letting Calvin borrow hers and then expecting it back in the same condition she loaned it when she knows what he’s like(!), NOBODY was EVER allowed to use mine!!!!!

I propose that the more creative the artist, the more abused their crayons will appear. How many recall kids who would intentionally peel off the paper, or perhaps even intentionally break crayons to particular lengths and then color with the broad side of the crayon rather than the point? That and smudging colors together with your thumb. That was cutting edge stuff on the kindergarten art circuit.

@Furienna: So do I, but we are in the minority now. (Assuming you are referring to hard-copy, not online.)

dsom8, AJCA, Norman:

Too young to remember “elephant jokes?”

A sunburned zebra!

second panel say it all about girls.. thats all girls want.. they want the crayon to stay pointy.. no pun intended you gutter rats..

typical calvin

I think I’m married to Susie!!???!?!?!?!?

LOL!

Why didn’t i think of this