“Go forth and kill the Philistines. Kill the men, the women and the children. Kill their flocks, herds and fowl. Kill everything that breaths. Burn their cities to the ground, and then re-build upon the land.” Too dark, for a Wednesday??
Reminds me of sculptor Claes Oldenberg who would use materials like plaster of Paris or vinyl for the impermanence of the materials. As the materials deteriorated they added to the life of the sculpture in ways he could not have planned for. He sculpted a plaster hamburger with blow up vinyl French fries, and as the plaster crumbled or the fries deflated it changed the sculpture.
When I was a kid, I lived for a time in Oklahoma. We didn’t usually get much snow, a few inches most of the time. So when you tried to roll up a ball for a snowman, it would bring a bunch of dead grass and leaves. Sad-looking snowmen.
codycab 2 months ago
Hey! It was also warm yesterday. Calvin really is a dope!
dadthedawg Premium Member 2 months ago
Yeah, a genius has to die before getting recognized…..
BigDaveGlass 2 months ago
It’s snow good.
oldpine52 2 months ago
However, stupidity is often understood immediately.
Blu Bunny 2 months ago
But you can still make a good snowball to throw..
snsurone76 2 months ago
I wonder if that was Moe, offscreen. Naw—he wouldn’t speak; he’d just come over there and knock the snowman to flakes! And then, he’d beat up Calvin!
Blu Bunny 2 months ago
3rd panel reminded me of the rock group Evanescence song, Bring Me to Life.
Johnny Q Premium Member 2 months ago
Compare it to Hans Christian Andersen’s story “The Snowman”…
Gent 2 months ago
Ah the world is full of uncouth imbecile philistines.
Jayalexander 2 months ago
Mr. Snowman will be donating body parts to make the required retribution snowballs.
MayCauseBurns 2 months ago
Philistines get a bad rap.
Rabbit Brown 2105-30 P coat 2 months ago
Orderly misconduct happens.
win.45mag 2 months ago
Our mortality is not a horror if we love God. Specifically, Jesus.
locake 2 months ago
Obviously it is not too warm to build a snowman, since he just built one.
tremaine53 2 months ago
Who’s calling Calvin a dope, out of view in Panel #4? Susie Derkins? Miss Wormwood? Mom? The uncertainty has me on pins and needles.
baskate_2000 2 months ago
Watterson is the only one who will ever understand you.
bbenoit 2 months ago
“Go forth and kill the Philistines. Kill the men, the women and the children. Kill their flocks, herds and fowl. Kill everything that breaths. Burn their cities to the ground, and then re-build upon the land.” Too dark, for a Wednesday??
CountOlaf2.0 Premium Member 2 months ago
Too warm for Snow Goons. Too bad.
wotclaw 2 months ago
If it’s cold enough for snow, it’s cold enough for a snowman!
uniquename 2 months ago
It looks like he built a pretty good snowman to me.
rshive 2 months ago
Calvin should be a lecturer somewhere. He’s good.
ladykat Premium Member 2 months ago
Don’t let that negativity impact your creative genius, Calvin!
Michael Helwig 2 months ago
Quite a vocabulary for a kid who can’t add 4 and 7.
rockyridge1977 2 months ago
…………it is the beauty of creativity!!!!
royq27 2 months ago
Calvin must study the dictionary…
g04922 2 months ago
I wonder if Calvin understands all the words he and the concept he learned from the Encyclopedia?
John Jorgensen 2 months ago
And, since the whole point of this piece is that it won’t be around for long, it won’t be appreciated in later times, either.
txmystic 2 months ago
Maybe show the philistine that the temperature is just perfect for a slush ball…
Liverlips McCracken Premium Member 2 months ago
“Evanescence.” Six year olds use that word all the time, don’t they?
Stonedog Premium Member 2 months ago
Reminds me of sculptor Claes Oldenberg who would use materials like plaster of Paris or vinyl for the impermanence of the materials. As the materials deteriorated they added to the life of the sculpture in ways he could not have planned for. He sculpted a plaster hamburger with blow up vinyl French fries, and as the plaster crumbled or the fries deflated it changed the sculpture.
Otis Rufus Driftwood 2 months ago
Another reason I don’t like ‘post modern’ art.
johnec 2 months ago
It’s warm enough for a nice ice-ball, though.
Or do you just throw those at little girls, boyo!
mistercatworks 2 months ago
For big bucks, you have to duct tape it to a wall. :)
xref $6.4 million banana
lnrokr55 2 months ago
Golly, and all this time I thought Evanescence was a band ! ;-)
Bilan 2 months ago
At least this snow man has a better fate than most of Calvin’s snowmen.
62kathleenhicks 2 months ago
Will Calvin ever be understood?
David Rickard Premium Member 2 months ago
Did Calvin change his name to Banksy in later years?
ComicKing456 Premium Member 2 months ago
But in the end its still a lump of snow.
Brian Premium Member 2 months ago
When I was a kid, I lived for a time in Oklahoma. We didn’t usually get much snow, a few inches most of the time. So when you tried to roll up a ball for a snowman, it would bring a bunch of dead grass and leaves. Sad-looking snowmen.
HodgeElmwood 2 months ago
I bet that loudmouth would understand a snowball to the head!
DKHenderson 2 months ago
I’m surprised that the last panel didn’t show Calvin scooping up a snowball while making his comment.