“Just trying to keep my clothes from getting cookie crumbs on them so you’d have more clothes to wash. Love you mom see ya’ later!” Don’t think just run Calvin – run!!!!
Parents are giving a dinner party and the two young children walk in starkers. No-one wanted to make a fuss or draw attention to it so they just all smile and say nothing. As the children are leaving the room, one is heard to say to the other, “See? I told you vanishing cream really works.”
For eyes to see, the retina must absorb light. If those eyes see in our visible spectrum, then, at a minimum, the retinas must still be visible. You may have noticed this about some otherwise transparent species. The retinas of the eyes are visible.
You could be transparent and still ‘see’, if your vision worked in a range of the electromagnetic spectrum outside the range of human vision.
BTW, to be truly invisible, not only would you have to not absorb any part of the visible spectrum, but you would also need to have the same index of refraction as the medium (like the air around you) in which you were hiding. Otherwise, the interface between you and the air could still result in reflected light, just like light reflected off of water or clear glass, making your presence known.
So, Calvin’s invisibility is ‘all in his head’, and Mom has no trouble seeing him, clothes or no clothes.
BE THIS GUY over 2 years ago
Just a pre-bath snack.
codycab over 2 years ago
Your “Invisible drink” needs more work, Calvin. Good luck getting there.
Renatus Profuturus Frigeridus Premium Member over 2 years ago
The Naked Lunch.
Ken 2049 Premium Member over 2 years ago
If eight year old me made this discovery I’d walk right into a women’s locker room.
einarbt over 2 years ago
If he is all in the cookie jar then I guess he is aiming for being a genie?
nomad over 2 years ago
So….is his mom saying it would be OK to be in the cookie jar if he had his clothes on?
jagedlo over 2 years ago
You were doing so well yesterday and you had to go one step too far!
kbyrdleroy123 over 2 years ago
Busted!
Johnny Q Premium Member over 2 years ago
It was worth a shot…
eastern.woods.metal over 2 years ago
Counting the cookies to make sure Suzie didn’t steal any
Susan00100 over 2 years ago
Just one thing—why are there cookies in the house if Calvin isn’t allowed to have any??
SWCarter over 2 years ago
Just be glad it isn’t a pie, Mom.
peb6006 over 2 years ago
Luckily he tried to perpetrate at home.
ImDaRealAni over 2 years ago
Why are all the cookie jars so easily in reach for children?
in.amongst over 2 years ago
Jarring!!!
jrankin1959 over 2 years ago
Must have worn off, Dr. Jekyll…
Prey over 2 years ago
Don´t you hate it when that happens?
Gandalf over 2 years ago
Mom has her own superpowers; Calvin forgot that.
vaughnrl2003 Premium Member over 2 years ago
Well, if you’re going to go commando, you might as well be savage while you’re at it.
Dscrib (mostly inactive) over 2 years ago
I would say “Been there,” but I feel like that would seem awkward.
kartis over 2 years ago
At least Calvin is getting that “evidence-based reality” lesson young, that so many adults seem to have missed.
Saddenedby Premium Member over 2 years ago
“Just trying to keep my clothes from getting cookie crumbs on them so you’d have more clothes to wash. Love you mom see ya’ later!” Don’t think just run Calvin – run!!!!
SweetSinger over 2 years ago
a metaphor for those who embrace alternative facts as reality…
ElwoodP over 2 years ago
Nice try.
mistercatworks over 2 years ago
Turned out it was only his scheme that was transparent. :)
Mediatech over 2 years ago
Calvin forgot. Mom Vision beats invisibility.
Calvins Brother over 2 years ago
Kids, don’t try this at home.
DudeHoldMyBearandWatchThis over 2 years ago
Parents are giving a dinner party and the two young children walk in starkers. No-one wanted to make a fuss or draw attention to it so they just all smile and say nothing. As the children are leaving the room, one is heard to say to the other, “See? I told you vanishing cream really works.”
stamps over 2 years ago
Because he couldn’t fit in the jar with his clothes on.
WCraft Premium Member over 2 years ago
Good thing he didn’t try to sneak in late to class at school…
Troglodyte over 2 years ago
One of those times when you wish Mom would just butt out, right Calvin?! :D
anomaly over 2 years ago
You don’t want him to get crumbs on his clothes, do you?
KEA over 2 years ago
so much for denying reality
Old27F20 over 2 years ago
Ohhhhh, mama!, is that yard stick gonna sting whacking bare behind!
hornacek over 2 years ago
When Calvin turned invisible yesterday, his clothes turned invisible too. So why are they visible today?
Man, I hope someone got fired for that blunder!
kathleenhicks62 over 2 years ago
Calvin forgot that moms have eyes in th3 back of their head and can see everything everywhere.
BC in NC Premium Member over 2 years ago
I see it as just another Saturday morning, except the cookies are Entenmann’s chocolate frosted donuts.
parkerinthehouse over 2 years ago
HAHAHA I’ve seen this one a thousand times and I still laugh out loud
locake over 2 years ago
I’d throw all those cookies out.
wiley207 over 2 years ago
Compared to yesterday’s strip, NOW Calvin’s clothes don’t turn invisible with him!
moondog42 Premium Member over 2 years ago
https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0026.html
Flower Girl over 2 years ago
OK, now for the physics/optics lecture:
For eyes to see, the retina must absorb light. If those eyes see in our visible spectrum, then, at a minimum, the retinas must still be visible. You may have noticed this about some otherwise transparent species. The retinas of the eyes are visible.
You could be transparent and still ‘see’, if your vision worked in a range of the electromagnetic spectrum outside the range of human vision.
BTW, to be truly invisible, not only would you have to not absorb any part of the visible spectrum, but you would also need to have the same index of refraction as the medium (like the air around you) in which you were hiding. Otherwise, the interface between you and the air could still result in reflected light, just like light reflected off of water or clear glass, making your presence known.
So, Calvin’s invisibility is ‘all in his head’, and Mom has no trouble seeing him, clothes or no clothes.
And still the comic is delightfully comical! :)
donwestonmysteries over 2 years ago
One of the downsides of being invisible. You never know when the spell will wear off.
crazeekatlady over 2 years ago
Getting a cookie. The answer is intuitively obvious!
chfabbro over 2 years ago
Fact: Being naked also makes you invisible on Zoom calls. Try it sometime!
Brian Premium Member over 2 years ago
I was the oldest of eight kids, so there was no concept of a cookie jar or similar collection of treats. Some carrots and such were available.
schaefer jim over 2 years ago
Will he get a spanking in the buff?
Not the Smartest Man On the Planet -- Maybe Close Premium Member over 2 years ago
So it would be okay for Calvin to be in the cookie jar if he had his clothes on?
Otis Rufus Driftwood over 2 years ago
I warned you all yesterday.
comicsboi Premium Member over 2 years ago
At least he was going for a cookie jar, and not an apple pie.
comixbomix over 2 years ago
It has now become – officially and unfortunately – “the cockie jar”.
LeggoMaEggo over 2 years ago
what the heck is wrong with this boys imagination