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05/20/92: This is the worst assignment ever! I'm supposed to think up a story, write it, and illustrate it by tomorrow! Do I look like a novelist?! This is impossible! I can't tell stories! What about your explanation of the noodle incident? THAT WASN'T A STORY! THAT WAS THE UNVARNISHED TRUTH! Oh, don't be so modest. You deserved a Pulitzer.

05/21/92: Do you have an idea for your story yet? No, I'm waiting for inspiration. You can't just turn on creativity like a faucet. You have to be in the right mood. What mood is that? Last-minute panic.

05/22/92: If you ask ME, these assignments don't teach you how to write. They teach you how to HATE to write. Deadlines, rules how to do it, grades... how can you be creating when someone's breathing down your neck? I guess you should try not to think about the end result too much and just have fun with the process of creating. Every time I do that, I end up in the school psychologist's office. Well, maybe not THAT much fun.

05/23/92: Say, I'VE got an idea! For your story? No, I thought of a way I won't have to write one! Oh no. Hop in the time machine, Hobbes! We're going a few hours into the future! I'll have finished my story by then, so we'll just pick it up and bring it back to the present! That way I won't have to write it! Something doesn't make sense here, and I think it's me sitting in this box. Relax! We'll be back as soon as we go.

05/24/92: Thank you. Thank YOU. Yep. There's nothing like a big bed for dancing. I hope your parents don't mind bad springs.

05/25/92: Vortex goggles on? Here we go! We'll jump ahead to my bedtime and pick up my completed homework from my own future! Then we'll return to the present and we can goof off the rest of the evening! Here we are! You must be the 8:30 Calvin. Did you have a good trip? No. Pst! Why do you always go on these things?

05/26/92: Greetings, 8:30 Calvin and Hobbes! I'm 6:30 Calvin and this is 6:30 Hobbes! Charmed. Well, since we're YOU from the past, I suppose you know why we're here. Did you do the homework? Me?? No. NO?! Why not?? Because two hours ago, I went to the future to get it. Yeah, and here I am! Where is it?! That's what I said two hours ago! I knew this would never work. Right as always, Hobbes.

05/27/92: Do you mean to say it's time for bed and you still haven't written our story for school?! I figured the story was already done! How could it be done if YOU didn't write it?! Obviously it had to be done before now, because it's 8:30 and I'm supposed to be in bed! Wait a minute! If the story had been written in YOUR past, that would mean I should've written it! Well, why didn't you?! Because I came to the future to pick it up when it was DONE! If you hadn't screwed up my past, your future wouldn't be like this.

05/28/92: Hold it. Let's figure this out. I'M you at 6:30 and YOU'RE me at 8:30. Neither of us did the homework. Right. That means the homework SHOULD'VE been done between my time and your time. Right. We needed to do it at 7:30. But the 7:30 Calvin clearly didn't do it, or you'd have it by now at 8:30. Yeah! This is HIS fault! That lazy little punk! He'll get us BOTH in trouble! Let's go get him!

05/29/92: Hobbeses, the 8:30 Calvin and I are going to go back to 7:30 and make THAT Calvin do the homework. We'll wait here. All this time travel makes us queasy. We'll be right back. Off we go! This HAS to be the least efficient way to write a paper. All this modern technology makes people try to do everything at once.

05/30/92: Ah ha! Here we are, right at 7:30! Yikes! My past and my future! Put down that comic book and do our homework! Yeah! Get to work, you loafer! Hey! Why should I do all the work? Either of you could do it too! But I didn't at 6:30 and now it's 7:30. And at 8:30 it will be too late. You're the last chance. Now are you gonna start writing or do we have to pound you? Go ahead and hit me! My FUTURE self will be the one who hurts! HEY!

05/31/92: I don't think so. Definitely not. Mm... nahh... That's a little better. Eww. Yeah, perfect! What now, Calvin? No, absolutely not. Put those back. Mom says no way. Grown-ups have no taste.

06/01/92: You know, Hobbes, if the 7:30 Calvin is at all like the 6:30 and 8:30 Calvins, I'll bet he isn't going to write that story. You're right, Hobbes. Why don't WE write a story while we're waiting for them? Yeah! Calvin could use it for his class then. I'll write it down and you can illustrate it! OK, now what should our story be about? Calvin's not here. Let's write about HIM! Hee hee hee! Hoo hoo! Drawing Calvin is easy! You just make a big mouth and add some hair!

06/02/92: Look, guys, you can't gang up on ME! Oh yeah? Why not? Because we're all the same Calvin! In one hour, the 6:30 Calvin will be ME, and in another hour, we'll BOTH be the 8:30 Calvin. That means you guys will suffer whatever you do to me. Oh yeah. Oops. Whose dumb idea was this anyway? His? His!

06/03/92: We're back, but we didn't get the homework. Now it's 8:30 again and we're doomed. Here you go! Hobbes and I wrote a story for you while you were gone! You DID?? Ha ha! We're all done! We can go back to 6:30 now! Thanks, Hobbeses! You guys are life savers! Calvin? It's Mom! Hurry! Hobbes, get in! We'll be you in a couple hours! So long! Aren't you in bed yet? Don't come in! I'm... uh... changing into my PJs!

06/04/92: Did you write your story for class tomorrow? Sort of. What do you mean, "sort of"? Well, Hobbes helped and I had to do a lot of time traveling. Is your story written or not? Oh, it's written. I just haven't read it.

06/05/92: All right, Calvin, go ahead. What's YOUR story about? I don't know yet, but I'm sure it's good! My story is entitled, "How Hobbes, the handsome tiger, saved the day... ...no thanks to Calvin, the time-traveling chowderhead." WHAT?! Is there a problem? There WILL be for a certain stripey furball when I get home.

06/06/92: OK, YOU! Me?? This story you wrote is about ME trying to get OUT of writing the STORY! You made my time traveling sound like LUNACY! And the illustration You drew the THREE of me fighting! I was the laughing-stock of the whole class! What grade did it get? Um... A+. She wrote, "Very creative. The 'tiger' narration was a clever touch. I'm glad you're finally applying yourself." ... BUT EVEN SO...!! A+? Maybe I should send this to the New Yorker.

How Bill Watterson's Calvin & Hobbes Captures the Essence of Childhood Summer

Calvin and Hobbes always captured summer's endless qualities perfectly, representing everything that adults miss about childhood summers.

Summertime is for making fun childhood memories. Whether they're getting dirty in the backyard or sailing deep into their imaginations, this is the only time kids of all ages can be themselves. When the summer vacations roll around, it's time to let the textbooks gather dust and enjoy the feeling that there's no tomorrow. Bill Watterson's Calvin and Hobbes has always celebrated that spirit of freedom through its protagonists, a mischievous six-year-old and his imaginary furry friend. But summers have always been special in Calvin's world, as untethered creativity and reckless fun are a key part of every summer twilight.

Unlike his creation, cartoonist Bill Watterson was a shy and introverted kid growing up. He expressed his inner playfulness through his art, which took a hit when he became an adult. Detesting his job at an advertising agency, Watterson created a new comic strip where he relived his childhood through the eyes of the precocious and energetic Calvin and his sarcastic tiger, Hobbes. In most summer-themed stories, Calvin and Hobbes run through the woods, enjoying the shades of trees and debating their futures then getting into trouble with family and friends. While Calvin's life is never perfect, these are the perfect summer Watterson envisioned for his younger self, reimagined through Calvin's boisterous lens.

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Calvin And Hobbes’ Water Stunts To Beat The Summer Heat

Children love playing in water. It inserts an element of chaos into daily life and, for a kid, making the biggest splash means being the coolest. Calvin and Hobbes always found the perfect way to cool off on muggy summer days. The size of their kiddie pool never dampened their spirits, for they were too busy one-upping each other. If Hobbes made an elaborate show of diving or finished a lap in zero seconds, Calvin needed to upstage him with his own daredevil stunts. This was the epitome of how suburban American kids lived in the '80s and '90s, creating their own kingdoms, and ignoring their yelling mothers, standing in doorways.

Bill Watterson took his inspiration from his childhood days in Chagrin Falls, Ohio, where the summers are hot and humid and kids throw water balloons at their friends, both out of mischief and to beat the heat. Calvin loved to attack Susie Derkins, Hobbes, and even his mom with these cold, wet missiles, even if it always ended badly for him. Taking things too far with friends and family is part and parcel with growing up. From Hobbes cannonballing into the pool to Calvin losing his trunks in a scuffle with his tiger friend, the cold, refreshing water makes everyone pick up their water pistols and throw caution to the wind.

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Calvin And Hobbes’ Wacky Inventions Embody Freedom

Children can amuse themselves with the simplest things. Out on leisurely strolls on summer afternoons, they can pick up a stick and transform it into an imaginary laser gun or sword, suddenly embarking on a full-fledged quest for glory and might. However, Calvin tends to take things a step further and goes full-on evil genius with his inventions.

All Calvin needs is a cardboard box to create a terrifying invention. One of his earliest "devices" was the transmogrifier, an upside-down box with a dial drawn on the side. With it, he could transform himself and Hobbes into any animal or object. The only limit was the scope of his imagination. While these adventures weren't specific to summer, they demonstrated the essence of Calvin's love of imagination and freedom .

Calvin also reused the same cardboard box for other inventions. Turned on its side, it became the duplicator, useful for creating clones that Calvin tried to force to do his homework and clean his room. Turned upright, it became a time machine that Calvin and Hobbes used either for their shrewd moneymaking schemes or to travel to the past to take pictures of dinosaurs. Of course, six-year-olds often create an elaborate world filled with fantastical details. And while Calvin's tree forts and wagon rides down dangerous hills were the perfect illustration of how the kid embraced summer's freedom, his hilarious devices were the expression of his frustrated and untethered ambitions and dreams. Summertime frees kids from their rigid schedules and they focus more on having fun with whatever is near them, letting their imaginations do the rest.

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Lazy Days And Endless Nights In Calvin And Hobbes’ World

Calvin likes summer vacations because he doesn't have to think about the rest of the world. No dash for school and even if he misses his favorite TV show, it makes more time for his best pal Hobbes, marching into the woods, debating reality, and leaping streams. Calvin and Hobbes often stared into the sky and imagined shapes in the clouds. However, on hot days, the two best friends would seek shelter in the cool shade of the forest canopy and ponder the meaning of life and the simplicity of doing nothing.

As evening sets in, kids return home with heavy hearts. With the day almost over, it is time to eat dinner and go to bed. However, on summer holidays, when there are no worries about school the next day, kids find ways to stay past their bedtime and make the most of every day. Calvin always hates going to bed unless bedtime stories are involved but on nights like these, when the sun is down and the fireflies come out to play, Calvin cannot contain his excitement as he chases these playful insects with Hobbes. Every child feels a bit like Calvin, here, when they argue with their parents to let them off the hook for a little while longer and pretend that the twilight will never end.

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Summer Freed Calvin From His Homework

Studying is the farthest thing from most kids' minds when there's a world of infinite possibilities just outside their doors. Summer homework isn't unheard of even for younger kids. Some assignments require kids to pay attention to the outside world, while others require concentration indoors. However, even fun activities can be annoying when they're mandated by someone in authority. Like every other kid, when Calvin suddenly realizes that his summer holidays are almost over he panics since he might have to pay attention to his responsibilities again soon. Calvin's more likely to complain about the anxiety his assignments create than to ever alleviate it by completing them, though, and he resents the fact that they exist and they force him back into the real world. His safe summer fantasia is always better than anything reality could ever offer.

Calvin's last few days of summer pass in existential dilemma as he dreads the beginning of the end of his freedom. He does not want to write boring essays about his vacation or collect leaves for Miss Wormwood's class. He wants to go on grand adventures in pirate ships with Hobbes as his first mate and travel through time to when the dinosaurs roamed the Earth. Sometimes, he simply wants to enjoy a warm, buttery corn on the cob on a hot summer afternoon, forgetting his worries about the future. That is the essence of being a child: looking forward to fresh experiences tomorrow rather than being bogged down by worries. Calvin doesn't always deal with his anger at reality well but it's hard not to sympathize with him when he acts out.

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Calvin And Hobbes And The Endless Nostalgia

Calvin and Hobbes's comic strips are famous all over the world. Lighthearted, mischievous, and sometimes profound, every year they attract new fans, who laugh and nod at the characters' hijinks. However, for many readers, they're also a source of nostalgia. C&H reminds them of simpler times when cable TV and outdoor activities were the norm. When technology didn't invade dinner table conversations, and living in the moment was the essence of summer and childhood.

Times change, but some things always remain the same. Even now, kids can relate to Calvin's picky eating habits and his addiction to watching shows on repeat. They laugh at Calvin's antics as he declares war on his babysitter and they find solace in his inseparable bond with his fluffy friend. Calvin and Hobbes' summer stories have always captured the innocence and creativity of childhood. The way it manages to combine fantasy with grounded reality makes Calvin and Hobbes both comfortable and timeless.

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A story arc that took place from March 7th to March 19th of 1994.

The arc starts off with Calvin having a nightmare in which his math homework bursts into flames, his teacher turns out to be an alien that pours gasoline on him, then bursts into flames himself, ultimately falling down an abyss and dying.

Calvin then wakes up, initially relieved that it was just a dream -- but then he freaks out upon realizing that he forgot to do his math homework. Calvin wakes up Hobbes and then tries to do his homework, even though it's two o'clock in the morning. But while doing his homework, Calvin notices that there's a bit of snowstorm going on outside, which leads him to believe that there will be a snow day -- he even tries calling the superintendent, but his dad comes downstairs both him and Calvin are upset by waking up early and forces Calvin (and Hobbes) to go back to bed. When Calvin wakes up later on (once the sun's up), he learns that school has cancelled for the day, thus making it a snow day.

However, instead of working on his homework, Calvin chooses to goof off instead and, once again, doesn't bother doing his homework. School's open the next day, but fortunately for Calvin, Miss Wormwood decides to wait until the next day to collect their homework -- after getting home, Calvin claims to Hobbes that he's learned his lesson and that from now on, he's going to put work before pleasure. However, he lawyers his way around by asserting that working on a snowman is work and finishing his math homework is relief and so pleasure.

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Calvin and Hobbes

Calvin and hobbes by bill watterson for september 10, 1990, september 09, 1990.

September 11, 1990

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Calvin: Help me with this homework, ok? What's 6 + 3? Hobbes: 6 +3, eh? Well, this one is a bit tricky. First we call the answer "Y", as in "Y do we care?" Now Y may be a square number, so we'll draw a square and make this side 6 and that side 3. Then we'll measure the diagonal. Calvin: I don't remember the teacher explaining it like this. Hobbes: She probably doesn't know higher math. When you deal with high numbers, you need higher math. Calvin: But this diagonal is just a little under two. Hobbes: Ok. Here, I'll draw a bigger square.

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