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Summary: Classic Comic
Review: Calvin & Hobbes is one of the greatest cartoons of all time ranking up there with Peanuts & Doonesbury. This is the first collection of strips and we are introduced to Calvin, a six year old with an overactive imagination. He has a stuffed tiger, Hobbes, who comes to life only around Calvin. The strips humorously shows how Calvin drives his parents nuts, his transmogrifying machine where he take on different shapes, such as dinosaurs and his other foibles. Despite it's cynicism. Calvin & Hobbes is about the fears we all face in life and the means we use to confront them.
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Summary: An absolutely incredible book!!
Review: This is one of the most read and loved books of my collection. Not only does it have laugh out loud comic strips adorning every page, there is the bonus of reading about Bill Watterson's thoughts on them. Each comic tugged gently at my heart strings while giving me some serious giggles. It especially comes in handy for those days when I can't seem to find a way to smile!
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Summary: A great read
Review: Bill Waterson is argudably one of the best comic writers out there. Even through his retirement, he has made great books of past comics featuring his Calvin and Hobbes characters. I laugh and laugh at these comics he creates and I sometimes wonder how he comes up with such brilliant ideas sometimes with the storylines of some of the strips.Calvin, one of his best known characters, is the trouble-making kid in the school. He is funny and imaginative and likes to make funa and games with his "real" pet friend Hobbes. Through the comics, you can see the relationship between a stuffed animal and a human. In this comic though, Hobbes "comes to life" in Calvins eyes. The things that Calvin can sometimes get involved in is so hilarious and sometimes out of this world. I guarantee that anyone that loves comics will fall in love with this one and should definitely buy this book to start their collection of classic comics. All of Bill Waterson's comic books are very well done and very professional. His work is his life and it shows the time and consideration it took to make these characters come to life. Thank you Mr. Waterson for creating such a great comic and thatnk you people for reading my review!
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Summary: A SAD DAY INDEED
Review: The day that Bill Watterson retired was a sad day indeed. No more Adventures of Spaceman Spiff No more wild wagon rides over a cliff. No more disastrous camping trips in mud and rain. No more school research projects written by Hobbes. No more trips to the principal's office. No more bombarding Susie Derkins with water balloons. No more Moe the bully. No more contests of will with Rosalyn, the killer baby sitter. No more deep philosophical discussions between a six year old boy and his stuffed tiger. But wait! Watterston has left his calling card, "THE CALVIN AND HOBBS TENTH ANNIVVERSARY BOOK." Yep, there he is. He's kidnapping Susie's doll. Now he's paying 25 cents ransom to Susie to get Hobbes back, and Hobbes, the traitorous tiger lecher, liked being with Susie. Now Calvin's making duplicates of himself so he can get into even more trouble. He's piloting his fighter plane and destroying his school. His dinner is attacking him and his mom just doesn't understand. There's his dad relaxing on his day off by riding his bicycle 20 miles before breakfast in a sleet storm. There's Calvin again, reading the latest issue of his chewing gum hobbyist magazine. Thanks for this book, Bill Watterson, with Calvin and Hobbes in all their glory and your commentary to boot. I'd never have made it "Cold Turkey." You're not such a bad guy after all.
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Summary: Laughed So Hard That Coffee Spurted Out My Nose
Review: Bill Watterson captures what being a six-year-old boy is about - and what being around one is like if you're a parent, a teacher, or a well-behaved six-year-old girl. Calvin is both lovable and exasperating. The cartoons capture the boredom of school, the fun of making believe you're a pirate or a spaceman or an adventurer, the frustration that the most loving of parents experience. Mostly, though, the cartoons are some of the funniest that you'll ever read or see; both the drawing and the dialogue are great.
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Summary: Collectivist
Review: This is top. It's a selection of ten years' worth of the most melancholic main-stream comic-strip of the late-80's / early-90's, but better than that it's a 'making of', too. Think of it as a big DVD collection with lots of extra bits and you're there. Almost every page has a little fact about the making of the strip, and although it's doesn't cover the entirely history of the strip (which, by the time this book was released, had finished) it's both a great introduction to the characters, and a fascinating set of trivia. The essays in the front of the book let us peek into the mind of Bill Watterson as he pontificates on the decline of the comic strip, and his attitude towards selling out - he took his art very seriously, he was a superb illustrator and he had the good taste to quit before the strip grew stale. It's possibly the perfect Christmas present
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Summary: A Classic Comic
Review: Meet Calvin, a wild 6-year old boy who does hilarious things like pound nails into coffee tables and lock baby-sitters outside. His tiger Hobbes, who is conceited about being a tiger (although very kind and outgoing), thinks everyone should worship the ground he walks on, but is also a very funny guy who uses his smart yet sarcastic ways to get on your good side. This is a definite must-read with great comic strips. It is the first book of this strip that Bill Waterson published. It is really too bad that he retired because the newspapers wouldn't give him enough space. I'm grateful that Bill Waterson denied the rights to merchandise his characters. It would have ruined my image of Calvin. I now have the entire collection of Calvin and Hobbes comic books. They all have great situations for the characters to weasel out of. All of them are fabulous. Read them and you will see why I'm a Calvin and Hobbes lunatic! BUY THIS BOOK!
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Summary: This book ROCKS!
Review: Watterson is sheer genius! He is satirical, witty, intelligent and funny. He is also a talented artist. This perfect combination climaxes in this 10th anniversary book. Watterson's rendition of his childhood drawings in the first few pages cracked me up! If I were in a deserted island, this book is what I'd take.
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Summary: A great collection
Review: OK, now I know everyone wants to beleive that they are the biggest fan of Calvin and Hobbes, but most aren't. Now I may not be the biggest fan, but I would deffinatly rank in the top 10. I am a C&H junkie. That is why I love this book. It gives you an insight into Bill Watterson's world. The begining of the book is all about how he creates the comics. Then you get a collection of C&H comics ranging from the first to the newist ones (to the publishing date). And with each one you get a little comment or gripe. This is the best Calvin and Hobbes book ever printed for the simple reason that it lets you hear from Mr. Watterson himself, a mostly private man. A must have!
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Summary: Nothing can Compare
Review: Calvin and Hobbes has always been one of my favorite strips, due to the amazing illustrations (Watterson does some of the best and funniest illustrations I've ever seen in a comic strip), the well-done humor (which doesn't always rely on the punchline to be funny), and the fact that Watterson says something meaningful in many of his strips in addition to simply making me laugh. This book is a wonderful insight into what is, in my opinion, one of the best comic strips of all time.
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