Calvin & Hobbes – Tracer Bullet

10 Jan

For Baz from a promise made a while back.

And for all you Calvin & Hobbes fans out there, I give you, Tracer Bullet. For those of you who don’t know Calvin & Hobbes ( I’m lookin at you ), ’tis a sad day indeed, but I hope you discover a new world!

Tracer Bullet is one of Calvin’s major alter egos, the other two being Stupendous Man and Spaceman Spiff.

I think there were only about three strips done with Tracer Bullet in them, it was a huge artistic deviation from Bill Watterson’s usual portrayal of Calvin.

From Wikipedia

Tracer Bullet is a hard-boiled private investigator styled after film noir and detective fiction stereotypes, who spouts incisive metaphors and similes in a style reminiscent of the styles of Raymond Chandler and Frank Miller. He wears a trench coat and fedora. He resembles Calvin, though the high-contrast art style Watterson uses in the Tracer Bullet strips obscures Bullet’s features. [ Source ]

Enough. On to the good stuff!

Strip 1 – Haircut

This one’s a brief introduction to Tracer Bullet. Hobbes cuts off Calvin’s hair really badly so Calvin is forced to wear a hat. Tracer Bullet is born.

Tracer Bullet - Hair Cut (Click image for main strip)

Strip 2 – School Quiz

Tracer Bullet helps Calvin solve a question on his Maths quizz at school.

Strip 3 – Broken Lamp

Tracer Bullet investigates the destruction of a table lamp.

Happy reading, and have a blessed weekend people!

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Audio: Kawesa – Spirit of Africa

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Offtopic:

We’re so busy watching out for what’s just ahead of us that we don’t take time to enjoy where we are.
- Calvin & Hobbes

Life’s disappointments are harder to take when you don’t know any swear words.
- Calvin & Hobbes

Some days even my lucky rocketship underpants won’t help.
- Calvin & Hobbes

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8 Responses to “Calvin & Hobbes – Tracer Bullet”

  1. Baz 10. Jan, 2009 at 9:44 pm #

    Do I actually have the socks? All you guys who have me to thank for this introduction to Tracer Bullet are welcome.

    Reply
  2. Miss Cheri 10. Jan, 2009 at 9:59 pm #

    Eii, where is the old template?

    I have commented on the facebook note.

    Baz, cheque is in the mail.

    Miss Cheri’s last blog post..Merry Christmas y’all

    Reply
  3. Solomon King 11. Jan, 2009 at 2:37 am #

    @Baz, man, everyone decided to comment on facebook.

    @Miss Cher, the old template was giving internet exploder users issues.

    Reply
  4. TRP 11. Jan, 2009 at 8:30 am #

    Dude!!! Bless your heart!!
    I cant stop laughing or smiling..am dying to show them to Dells but she isn’t here yet…My Favs here, are the ones of the hair cut, then the math quiz one.
    Awesome stuff

    TRP’s last blog post..Sunday Morning With Calvin

    Reply
  5. Carlo 11. Jan, 2009 at 6:57 pm #

    Oh, you done gone made me fall in love all over again! That Calvin sure is something. Two of these I hadn’t seen by the way so I hang my head in shame that there are some Calvin and Hobbes strips that have escaped my grasp.

    Carlo’s last blog post..2009 already!

    Reply
  6. Solomon King 11. Jan, 2009 at 7:05 pm #

    @TRP, glad you have made your day/week/month/year! Hope Calvin brings you enlightenment for years to come!

    @Carlo, HA!! So much for bragging on facebook. Weep, evil one.

    Reply
  7. The Apprentice 12. Jan, 2009 at 8:49 am #

    Aaaah, Clavin & Hobbs, hey dude do you still have that book of them from back in the day?I could use some inspiration. Maybe I should adopt an alter ego. Kat Holmes, ace detective. I’d get a victorian outfit and all. Elementary my dear Solomon.

    The Apprentice’s last blog post..Bon Annee Mes Ami

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