Alex Weller’s Reviews > The Calvin and Hobbes Portable Compendium Set 1 > Status Update

Calvin takes the umbrella outside, having Hobbes ride the wagon down a hill while Calvin wears roller skates and tries using the umbrella to fly. It doesn't work, and Calvin bumps into a lot of things and drags on the floor. It only "works" temporarily when the wagon goes off the dock and crashes into the lake. Calvin decides to bring some other kids over and charge them to try it.

While relaxing in the woods, Calvin asks Hobbes if he ever thinks about the end of the world as they know it. But he's not talking about a nuclear war. He means if Mom catches him letting the air out of the car tires again. Damn, Cal!

Calvin tries commanding his homework to do itself via magic, but it doesn't work. Nice try, Cal!

Calvin is angry because he looked everywhere he could have possibly left his jacket, but he can't find it anywhere. Turns out, somebody put it in his closet. He doesn't seem very happy about that.

Moe tells Calvin he has two periods left to live before he turns Calvin into hamburger casserole in gym class. Calvin hates gym class because the coach "thinks violence is aerobic". I see.

Calvin tells Hobbes he almost died from laughter when a classmate told a funny story. But not from the story itself. He laughed because when the classmate laughed, the milk he was drinking came out his nose. That's ... nice, Calvin.

Calvin has trouble building a model airplane because he can't understand the instructions. So he smashes it with a hammer and concludes that it was hit by anti-aircraft guns, which his planes seem to fly into a lot, according to Hobbes. Maybe get some help for that, Calvin.

Calvin forgot to do his homework for school, so he decides to give himself a cold so he can stay home. When his mom goes to give him cough medicine, he tries to tell her it was Hobbes coughing because the medicine tastes awful. She gives it to him and he suffers through it, then tries to trick Hobbes into taking it. But Hobbes doesn't fall for it. Good idea, Hobbes.

Calvin is out fishing, but a fish comes out of the water and bites him right in the ass. When Hobbes comes and asks if the fish are biting, Calvin tells him to drop dead. Yeesh!

Calvin attempts to catch fish by shouting "Here, fish!" and waiting for them to leap into his bucket. But when they fail to show up, Calvin decides they must know that trick already.