[Calvin, who has the chicken pox, calls Susie on the telephone.] Susie: Hello? Calvin: Hi, Susie! It's me, Calvin! I was wondering if you'd like to come over and play. Susie: Why, sure! Boy, I don't think you've ever invited me to... Calvin's Mom: Calvin, what are you doing? Calvin: Nothing, Mom. Go away. Calvin's Mom: You're contagious! You can't have anyone over to play! Calvin: Shhhh! Shhhh! You'll spoil the whole thing! I was going to trick Susie into catching... HEY! OW! LET GO! Susie: [Hanging up the phone] Any chance of getting transferred, Dad?

There's more to this world than just people, you know.

I hope some historian will confirm that I was the first cartoonist to use the word 'booger' in a newspaper comic strip.

Childhood is for spoiling adulthood.

Years from now, when I'm successful and happy, ...and he's in prison... I hope I'm not too mature to gloat.

All the new media will inevitably change the look, function, and maybe even the purpose of comics, but comics are vibrant and versatile, so I think they'll continue to find relevance one way or another. But they definitely won't be the same as what I grew up with.

Ah, the life of a newspaper cartoonist - how I miss the groupies, drugs and trashed hotel rooms!