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

Calvin has a water balloon and threatens to splash Hobbes with it if he doesn't do what he says. But Hobbes pokes the balloon with a stick and splashes Calvin instead, who complains about how weapons technology goes obsolete so quickly. Sorry, Cal!

Dad overhears a pillow fight between Calvin and Hobbes and interrogates Calvin. Calvin gives a piss-poor explanation and the two are punished with no dessert for a week. Next time, Calvin, try a better excuse.

During a family road trip, Calvin and Hobbes goof off in the backseat and make noise, drawing the ire of his father, who ultimately wins Calvin and Hobbes' weird face contest when he yells at them.

Calvin flushes himself in the toilet for a half-assed bath. Don't know if Mom was really fooled, though.

Calvin got a balloon and wants to stand on a ladder and let the balloon carries him away. Nothing happens, so Calvin jumps. But he lets go and lands flat on his face while the balloon flies away without him. Oops!

Calvin complains that his friends with cable TV and VCRs can watch whatever they want over the summer, while he gets stuck watching summer repeats. His dad mockingly gives him a copy of "Oliver Twist", to the dismay of him and Hobbes, who want to watch a horror movie on cable.

Calvin couldn't decide on whether he wanted to start collecting bugs or stamps, so he starts collecting stamped bugs. Lol!

Calvin and Hobbes are flushing entire rolls of toilet paper down the toilet, to the dismay of his parents who don't wanna know what's going on.

A bee lands on Calvin's back, freaking it out. Hobbes tells him not to imagine that it could crawl down his shirt and pants, but he does and ends up freaking out. Nice work, Hobbes.

Calvin and Hobbes are playing baseball. Hobbes pitches and Calvin bats, then the two perform a double play. But they have trouble deciding who's out, based on who's on who's team.