Rating: 
Summary: Exellent!
Review: This is a great book for all ages,
it hummor is fine and makes the readers
back to own childhood.
Very recomendable!!!!
Rating:
Summary: Great Cartoon Book
Review: All great drawings, and gives us a better perspective of Watterson
Rating:
Summary: C&H at their best with great insight into their creator
Review: Watterson is very open about the creation of our two
favorite characters. He talks about the problems of
satisfying the demands of publishers and syndication.
He talks about and includes his first cartoon, story
lines that went nowhere and others which took on a
life of their own. One is reminded of Michalangelo's
answer of how he created his wonderful figures: "They
are in the stone. I just let them out."
Rating:
Summary: it is the best book i have ever read in my life!!
Review: i have every book of calvin and hobbes and i like the 10th
anniversary the best.
it's too bad bill waterson retired, i sure didi like, i
mean love his drawings.
thanks for the memmories Bill.
sincerely,
a calvin and hobbes fan.
Rating:
Summary: Great Insight Into Bill Watterson's Mind
Review: Bill Watterson hasn't drawn Calvin and Hobbes in almost 10 years, but fortunately, every strip in the series' run can be found in numerous compilations. The most impressive of these is the 10-year anniversary volume which contains some of his favorites. Watterson was a recluse and rarely gave an interview, but in this book, he is very generous in his insights into many of the comics he had drawn over the years and is particularly not bashful at taking shots at the trends of reducing the modern comic strip to almost illegible size and particularly the licensing of Calvin and Hobbes, which he very successfully opposed. It's not a surprise that he called it quits soon after this book came out.Watterson comes off in his rants on the art of cartooning as a very bitter man, but a bitter man of unquestionable integrity. I totally agree with him that licensing characters and sticking them on "overpriced knick-knacks nobody needs" does cheapen the strip. As an example, "Dilbert" never affected me like it did after you couldn't turn around without seeing another Dilbert coffee mug, Dilbert stress ball, Dilbert burrito (I'm not making that up, folks), Dilbert hygiene product (OK, I made that up), etc. I got sick of looking at Dilbert and my interest in the strip waned. But I love going back and looking at old Calvin and Hobbes strips. Sometimes I wish that Watterson would pick up his ink pen again and draw C&H againon his terms, but maybe he's just better off letting his creation stand on its own accord.
Rating:
Summary: The Inner Workings of a Cartoonists Mind
Review: Have you ever wondered what Watterson was thinking when he penned his Calvin and Hobbes cartoons? This book offers his insights about his work, and various other things.
Fascinating.
Rating:
Summary: Coooooooooooool.......
Review: Amazing and Hilarious and The Best!!!! No words to parise this Bill W creation. Calvin, as usual, entertains us, as our indispensible and fav 6 year old with an awesome vocabulary and superlatively creative mind. The book oversimplifies our daily tribulations into a comic strip featuring a gr8 kid with his pet tiger,
Rating:
Summary: Either you like or you like it
Review: I honestly have never heard of anyone who doesnt like Calvin and Hobbes. Bill Watterson is a brillaint man. I really dont know what else to say about this book but if you like Calvin and Hobbes you already know the deal.
Rating:
Summary: How Can You Not Love Calvin and Hobbes?
Review: How can you not love Calvin and Hobbes? This mischievous little boy with his ever present stuffed tiger and best friend Hobbes is one of the funniest and most engaging comic strips ever. His naughty little tricks belie a good heart. Some of the best strips are where he is philosophizing about human nature. But of course picking on Susie is always a fun time too. And don't you just love how he drives his parents crazy? Calvin and Hobbes is truly a unique comic and unique characters.
This is a comic strip collection you can read again and again and still find reasons to laugh each time.
Rating:
Summary: Great Insight Into Bill Watterson's Mind
Review: Bill Watterson hasn't drawn Calvin and Hobbes in almost 10 years, but fortunately, every strip in the series' run can be found in numerous compilations. The most impressive of these is the 10-year anniversary volume which contains some of his favorites. Watterson was a recluse and rarely gave an interview, but in this book, he is very generous in his insights into many of the comics he had drawn over the years and is particularly not bashful at taking shots at the trends of reducing the modern comic strip to almost illegible size and particularly the licensing of Calvin and Hobbes, which he very successfully opposed. It's not a surprise that he called it quits soon after this book came out. Watterson comes off in his rants on the art of cartooning as a very bitter man, but a bitter man of unquestionable integrity. I totally agree with him that licensing characters and sticking them on "overpriced knick-knacks nobody needs" does cheapen the strip. As an example, "Dilbert" never affected me like it did after you couldn't turn around without seeing another Dilbert coffee mug, Dilbert stress ball, Dilbert burrito (I'm not making that up, folks), Dilbert hygiene product (OK, I made that up), etc. I got sick of looking at Dilbert and my interest in the strip waned. But I love going back and looking at old Calvin and Hobbes strips. Sometimes I wish that Watterson would pick up his ink pen again and draw C&H againon his terms, but maybe he's just better off letting his creation stand on its own accord.
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