This is a perfect comic strip.
Foreshadowing the joke but without context, then showing you the evidence of something happening without actually showing it - both through mom’s reaction and Calvin’s imagination.
That and I just love Calvin’s face in the intro panels.
If I recall correctly, not all papers would give Sunday comics their full space, so Watterson had to write his Sunday comics in such a way that the first two panels could be removed and the comic would still make sense. This was just one of the many ways that he got sick of getting screwed over by newspaper syndicates, and led to his retirement. That said, it also shows what a genius he is, because while the first two panels add to the strip, they aren't essential, and the rest of the strip is still funny without them. If newspaper comics had a Mount Rushmore, Watterson would be on it.
You recall correctly! The first two panels are called the throwaway panels or throwaway joke.
the face is really calvin's "i'm gonna fuck shit up face"
it's amazing
As a parent, I wonder why Calvin's mom took the time to pick a jacket
It used to snow in the 80s
It was probably hanging by the door. She's still putting it on as she runs outside.
edit: That one downvote is kind of shocking, but funny to think about.
I can't remember much of my childhood but I can remember this one in the local newspaper on a sunday.
Hello fellow Calvin and Hobbes fans!
About this community and how I post the comic strip… The comics are posted in chronological order on the day (usually) they were released. Posting them to match the release date adds a bit of fun and nostalgia to match the experience of reading them in the newspaper for first time. Many moons ago, I would ask my Dad to save the newspaper for me everyday so I could read my favorite comic strips. It really sucked when I missed a day. Only years later, when I got the books was I able to catch up on the missed strips.
Calvin and Hobbes is a daily American comic strip created by cartoonist Bill Watterson that was syndicated from November 18, 1985, to December 31, 1995. Commonly cited as "the last great newspaper comic",[2][3][4] Calvin and Hobbes has enjoyed broad and enduring popularity, influence, and academic and philosophical interest… Read more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvin_and_Hobbes
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