Adobe Cs 5.5 Master Collection -calvin And Hobbes- Apr 2026

Why does there need to be a “bridge” between my files? Can’t they just walk across themselves? This is bureaucracy, not creativity.

For Calvin, it’s a very expensive way to draw exploding school buses and blame the computer for his own refusal to learn layers. Two paws down… unless you want to see a six-year-old have a meltdown. Then it’s five stars. ⭐ (one star, because the crash dialog box has a funny error chime I can imitate). Final Verdict from Hobbes: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (four stars, minus one because Calvin exists).

I made a picture of myself flying a jet-powered wagon attacking the school bus. Then I added a layer of fire. Then I changed my head to a tyrannosaur. Then the program crashed. I lost everything. This is the kind of tyranny that makes me want to move to Mars and start my own country. (Hobbes says: “You forgot to save, Calvin.”) I SHOULDN’T HAVE TO SAVE. IT SHOULD KNOW HOW AWESOME MY WORK IS.

So my dad installed this “professional creative suite” on the computer, probably because he thinks it will make me into a “well-adjusted, productive member of society.” HA. Joke’s on him.

Vector lines are like the math of drawing. That’s stupid. I drew a transmogrifier gun, but it came out looking like a sad geometric eggplant. I miss crayons. Crayons don’t ask me about “anchor points.”

MY DAD SAID THIS COSTS MORE THAN A USED CAR. I could have bought 14,000 boxes of Frosted Sugar Bombs with that money. Or a rocket ship. Or a lifetime supply of tuna for Hobbes. Instead, I get crashing, rendering, and anchor points. This is what adults call “value.” Hobbes’s Official Addendum: Calvin has been yelling at the monitor for 45 minutes. The software itself is powerful—truly remarkable for professional design, video, and web production. CS 5.5 was a mature, stable suite bridging the gap between CS5 and the Creative Cloud era. For someone with patience, training, and an attention span longer than a goldfish’s daydream, it’s a fantastic tool.

I tried to edit a stop-motion film of Hobbes eating my last bowl of Chocolate Frosted Sugar Bombs. Premiere Pro has about 18,000 windows. I clicked one called “Render.” Now my computer has been thinking for three hours. Hobbes says the computer is having an existential crisis. I agree.

Here’s a humorous, stylized “review” of Adobe CS 5.5 Master Collection , written as if Calvin (from Calvin and Hobbes ) had to turn in a software review for school—complete with Hobbes’s interjections. Adobe Creative Suite 5.5 Master Collection Reviewer: Calvin (age 6, self-taught “multimedia tyrant”) Co-Reviewer: Hobbes (stuffed tiger, actual voice of reason) Calvin’s Review (as scrawled in crayon, then angry pencil): “This software is a TOTAL RIP-OFF. And also kind of awesome. But mostly a rip-off.”

This one is actually cool. I made my name explode into glittering shards of fire while ominous music played. Then I made it do it again, backwards. I could rule the world with After Effects. Or at least make a better homework excuse video.