1226: I've Killed Off People In Five of Today's Strips

The body was found, pulverized into the ground by a bowling ball. Witnesses claimed that Phil was just playing catch with his loyal Great Dane, but none saw what happened. But they did see and it terrified them all for the rest of their lives.

Does Puddles have a spinal deformity? I ask because Puddles is vaguely reminiscent of this dog that is currently the ugliest dog in the world:

I believe this was the first Calvin and Hobbes strips where I began to question whether what happened was in Calvin's imagination or actually happening. Calvin's still cornered by the bike and is even planning on spending the rest of his life living on the roof while if this was in his imagination, the bike would become lifeless upon his parent's return.

I guess it's good that murderers, rapists and thieves can still maintain friends despite being murderers, rapists and thieves. Bad news for fans of tabloid talk shows though.

I hate when I'm looking up at the clouds and wind up getting my face ripped off by a squirrel.

Or, they can just figure out a way to keep the cube shut and be rid of their County Weirdly problem once and for all.

I can't believe they are trusting me to use a shovel and dig a hole, Daddy Keane thinks, imagining clubbing his children and wife and then tossing their bodies in the hole. As the shovel goes into the ground, hitting the rock, Daddy's face twists in pain and he collapses.

"Don't forget who's in charge here," Billy said as they all stood over Daddy Keane. "We know what you're thinking but it won't work. We're here forever."

"We may act like kings now but soon we will stretch ourselves too thin. There will not be enough food or water and it's hard to conclude what will finally end us--famine, drought or war--but a mass extinction is coming and it's coming hard."

Does Brutus look thinner in today's strip? Maybe Brutus has been sleeping more.

1217: I Do Believe That's His Real Name

For those of you who watch it, Orange Is the New Black premiered back on Friday and in the first episode was a flashback showing Poussey (Samira Wiley) reading a Calvin and Hobbes book with her mother. The book was The Authoritative Calvin and Hobbes and the strip they focused on was this one:

This strip is later called-back when Poussey sees it later in the newspaper and thinks of her mother. And that, dear people, is the strange beast that is the comic strip. A single strip from 1988 that ended in 1995 can still be seen in a newspaper in 2015. That not a slight on Calvin and Hobbes but more on newspapers and the syndicates.

While Brutus' future consists of basically the exact same thing that is happening in today's strip, but BlondGuy McWaterDrinker's future will continue as an ancillary character mostly in the background until being replaced by a similar blond guy who can curl his lip in that manner.

Marshmallow Happy Stars

If you haven't noticed, you should head over to my other blog The Corner of 16th & Massachusetts and see the changes it has gone through. It's still a blog about history and stories from where I live so it really only appeals to a small handful of people but if you find it interesting, please check it out periodically. You can also check out our Facebook page, which I'm hoping to get it a bit more active over the next month or so. Changes will also be coming to Watch This Space in the next couple of months as well so be paying attention to that. Onto comics.

This was one of the first Calvin and Hobbes comics I remember seeing in the paper. It made me want to be really good at building snowmen which, because of where I lived when I was Calvin's age. I was terrible at building snowmen and have bitterly resented everyone else's snowmen. That has fueled my anger for years.

I would like to thank Brian Crane of Pickles of actually using a brand name cereal in his strip and getting the company who makes it right. I have seen many comics where people say Cap'N Cruch is made by Post, Cheerios is Kellogg and Frosted Mini-Wheats is made by General Mills. I know it's kind of nit-picky but if you are going to use a real cereal then get it right.

If I had money, not a lot of it but enough to live extremely comfortably on, I'd be afraid of losing it too. However, someone who makes $1.5 million a year (or more) really doesn't have to worry about that. Unless Veeblefester is backdoor admitting that he has a multi-million dollar gambling problem and/or drinking problem. I don't see Veeblefester having a drug problem. I don't know why. I just don't.

November Was a Hell of a Month

Calvin and Hobbes

This is one of my favorite Calvin and Hobbes mainly for the last panel and for the image of Calvin flying up into the air.

The Amazing Spider-Man

Did someone cut holes in Mary Jane's shirt? In the next to last panel it looks as if her bra is showing. Not that I'm complaining but showing that kind of stuff in a comic strip children read is daring. I mean, this isn't Arlo & Janis.

Also, yay Thor!

Marvin

As a parent, I can attest to this. When your child hurts himself, it's best to not bring attention to it or else they may cry which is the absolute last thing anyone on the planet wants to hear. Now, clearly if they've hurt themselves into a coma or broken bone then you probably should fawn over that or else the state might take your child away.

Marvin just fell on his butt. The padding caused by his diaper and his fecal matter should make his tush more protected than Fort Knox.

The Born Loser

I am still not used to the new format and it's been around since July. Brutus should start looking into maybe installing sun panels on the roof. I know there is a massive upfront cost for them but the money they'd save on electricity would make it worth it.

We live near a school crossing sign that runs on solar energy and I've been wondering if there's a way I could tap into it and take some of that precious solar power. I mean, the lights only flash from 7:30 to 8 and 3:15 to 3:45 (1:15 to 1:45 Wednesday) on weekdays.

All Grown Up

For all you Calvin and Hobbes fans...

Calvin, Hobbes and Suzie--all grown up.

Thanks to my cousin Dustin for the link

Swift Fist of Justice

Question.

Is it me or does the artwork in Frazz look like Bill Watterson's? The main character, who I assume is named Frazz, looks like a college-aged Calvin from Calvin and Hobbes.

I've noticed this several times as Frazz makes the Comics.com Featured Comic quite often. Is this Jef Mallet really Bill Watterson in disguise? If not, he's gotten me to read his strip.


Aww, there's no sacks of money on Veeblefester's desk. And Brutus should know by now that he's going to walked on for the rest of his life unless he takes initiative. I know how Brutus feels. I've often worked on my days off and it seems like I'm the only one who doesn't skirt the rules but I'm the one who seems to get nothing out of it.

I now feel bad.