The Essential Calvin and Hobbes

The Essential Calvin and Hobbes
by Bill Watterson

The Essential Calvin and Hobbes
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Author: Bill Watterson
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1988-01-01
ISBN: 0836218051
Number of pages: 256
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
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Book Review: Essential! What else can I say?
Summary: 5 Stars

Fans of Calvin & Hobbes who used to read the newspaper strip in the 80s and 90s will find great pleasure in reading this treasury of C&H comics. These witty comics about the 6-year old Calvin and his stuffed tiger Hobbes, named after the famous philosophers, will amuse people of all ages. The perceptiveness and humor of Watterson deserve the highest of cartoon awards, while his artistic creations exude hilarity. This cartoon is perhaps one of the most piercing yet funny critiques of modern society.

This book covers the first two years of the Calvin & Hobbes strip. One can notice how Calvin used to look different in the beginning. His character though quickly adopted his unmistakable attitude. Here we see his first daydreams about Spaceman Spiff, his relationship with his parents and with Susie, his (mis-?) performance at school, and his first invention: the Transmogrifier. His attitude to life and his quick temper never ceases to entertain. This is the book you can read over and over and never stop from laughing.

Note that there are two series of C&H collections: individual wide-format albums, each covering an entire year of strips (will call it ?aeregular?), and the vertical aspect ratio ?aetreasury series? which covers selected comics from two regular C&H books. Note that C&H ran for a year in newspapers, so there?(tm)s 10 regular books and 5 treasury books. Though the cartoons are slightly smaller in the treasury collection, each treasury book is far thicker and contains more strips than a regular book, and is furthermore less expensive, so treasury books are a real bargain. ?aeThe Essential Calvin & Hobbes? is the FIRST book from the Treasury collection, first released in 1988.

Summary of The Essential Calvin and Hobbes

Calvin and Hobbes books have taken the country by storm and here's the biggest, brightest one yet! Calvin and Hobbest soared to the top of the bestseller lists in its first month of publication, selling a million copies within 9 months of publication. Something Under The Bed Is Drooling exploded out of the stores, selling nearly a million copies within the first month of publication! Now, those two books are brought together in this over-size anthology-type book. Adding to the fun in The Essential Calvin and Hobbes are an original 16-page story and color Sunday cartoons.

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