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No. 130: That's As Far As You Go

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That's As Far As You Go

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Permanent URL: https://mezzacotta.net/itoons/?comic=130

Strip by: randomdude

Calvin: (standing by a "dinosaur skeleton" made of junk) Well, here's the complete skeleton as near as I can figure out.
(Calvin hands Hobbes a piece of paper)
Calvin: Try to draw the dinosaur as it really looked with muscles and skin.
Hobbes: Right.
(Hobbes draws a picture of the Mario character Birdo)
Calvin: (looking at paper confused) What's it doing? Whistling?
Hobbes: You tell me. Maybe it's puckering up.

The author writes:

One day I read this comic, thought the "dinosaur skeleton" resembled Birdo and...

Original comic: Calvin and Hobbes, 05-10-1988

(The picture of Birdo is a picture of her artwork in Super Mario Advance from the Super Mario Wiki.)