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Summary: Watterson, the man, the myth, the legend in his own time
Review: It is my feeling that Bill Watterson had enough integrity and ethics to prevent the syndicate from cranking out endless meaninglessly repetitive compilations. Of course, he did quit partly because he was becoming disgusted with many of the commercial aspects of his work. With most comics, even good ones, the collections get stale after a few. Watterson's collections dont. There are a dozen or so C&H compilations/collections, but you wont be dissapointed with owning the whole shebang, especially since Watterson frequently did a lot of extra work to ensure that each collection had something new to offer. Even without this extra stuff, Watterson's body of work is extensive enought to warrant owning all these collections. He was steadily cranking out great material for a decade or so, and if you are like me you will be reading some C&H weekly for as long as you are on this earth, so tons of books is not a bad thing. Basically, I wholeheartedly reccomend all the books. If you like one you will like them all. They only get better as you get to know the characters. Watterson never goes for the cheap laugh by having any of the comic's principals act out of character. As you progress through the years with C&H, and I do reccomend reading them in order, you will see how art progresses and grows when the artist is committed to excellent work. So, go get the first one, titled simply Calvin & Hobbes, and then start down the enjoyable road to making Calvin and his tiger a pleasant little chunk of your life. (Yes, i have repeated this review for every C&H book I own, wich is all of them, so get used to seeing all this anytime you look one of them up)
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Summary: "Give me liberty or give me death, Zogwarg Queen!"
Review: No matter how many times I read them, I can never get tired of Calvin and Hobbes. They're funny, creative, and are always getting into some sort of hijinx that could just about get them grounded for life. "The Revenge of the Baby-Sat" offers such adventures as that in a funny and entertaining way.Calvin is always getting into trouble. Him and his stuffed tiger, Hobbes, are always faced with obstacles; from Calvin's parents to his teacher. One of the main obstacles he faces in this book is a deranged baby-sitter (or at least, that's how he sees her). But hey, no problem! Calvin and Hobbes have a plan to get back at the baby-sitter once and for all! Other adventures in the book can be found, such as: *Calvin tries to play hooky*
*Calvin's picture session with his father*
*The Beanie Epic*
*Calvin forgets his "bug project"*
*Calvin's house gets broken into*
*"The Pushing of the Car Down the Drive" incident*
*Calvin cleans his room*
and many more! "The Revenge of the Baby-Sat" is127 pages of Calvin and Hobbes hilarity. Bill Watterson never ceases to amaze me with his witty creativity and well-executed humor. This is something that can be enjoyed by kids, as well as adults. This is an outstanding collection of Calvin and Hobbes comic strips that should be checked out by anybody who's a fan of the comic strip (or anybody who loves to laugh). A five-star collection that continues to entertain me without missing a single beat.
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Summary: "Give me liberty or give me death, Zogwarg Queen!"
Review: No matter how many times I read them, I can never get tired of Calvin and Hobbes. They're funny, creative, and are always getting into some sort of hijinx that could just about get them grounded for life. "The Revenge of the Baby-Sat" offers such adventures as that in a funny and entertaining way. Calvin is always getting into trouble. Him and his stuffed tiger, Hobbes, are always faced with obstacles; from Calvin's parents to his teacher. One of the main obstacles he faces in this book is a deranged baby-sitter (or at least, that's how he sees her). But hey, no problem! Calvin and Hobbes have a plan to get back at the baby-sitter once and for all! Other adventures in the book can be found, such as: *Calvin tries to play hooky*
*Calvin's picture session with his father*
*The Beanie Epic*
*Calvin forgets his "bug project"*
*Calvin's house gets broken into*
*"The Pushing of the Car Down the Drive" incident*
*Calvin cleans his room*
and many more! "The Revenge of the Baby-Sat" is127 pages of Calvin and Hobbes hilarity. Bill Watterson never ceases to amaze me with his witty creativity and well-executed humor. This is something that can be enjoyed by kids, as well as adults. This is an outstanding collection of Calvin and Hobbes comic strips that should be checked out by anybody who's a fan of the comic strip (or anybody who loves to laugh). A five-star collection that continues to entertain me without missing a single beat.
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Summary: Every Calvin and Hobbes book is a ten
Review: Poor Rosalyn - can you imagine trying to babysit a kid like Calvin? In real life, Calvin would be trying to the most patient of parents. In the comic strips? Hysterically funny.
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Summary: Get your "Revenge"
Review: The title of this book refers to the classic sequence of strips in which Calvin plots revenge on his "demonic" babysitter by kidnapping her homework and threatening to flush it down the toilet. Hobbes, wisely, tries to opt out of the operation. This is another outstanding collection in the Calvin and Hobbes series. Bill Watterson is a comic genius whose presence in the funny pages has been sorely missed since his retirement.
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Summary: Get your "Revenge"
Review: The title of this book refers to the classic sequence of strips in which Calvin plots revenge on his "demonic" babysitter by kidnapping her homework and threatening to flush it down the toilet. Hobbes, wisely, tries to opt out of the operation. This is another outstanding collection in the Calvin and Hobbes series. Bill Watterson is a comic genius whose presence in the funny pages has been sorely missed since his retirement.
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Summary: Wagon Rides, Letters to Santa, and Outwitting the Babysitter
Review: This book is by far the funniest of Watterson's collection. It highlights Calivin's wit, communication abilities, as well as his imagination in adventures of an American Childhood. Hobbes complements Calvin with a great deal of sound advice when the time comes that a sensible source is useful to a quick tempered child. In all, the book brings me back, which is all we can hope for in a humorous reflection about a rebellious child. Robby
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Summary: One of my 'Classic Three'!!!
Review: This book, along with Snow Goons, and Scientific Progreess, are my favorite Calvin and Hobbes books (I own) so far. The stories about Tracer Bullet, Spaceman Spiff, and Roasalyn are two thumbs and two claws up! Excellent!
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Summary: Very good, to say the least.
Review: This is a nice collection of Calvin and Hobbes strips. It's one of Watterson's later collections. It's engaging, humorous, and enjoyable. Revenge of the Baby-sat also has a lot of "stories" that can play on for pages between each strip. Very enjoyable, I reccomend it.
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Summary: Very good, to say the least.
Review: This is a nice collection of Calvin and Hobbes strips. It's one of Watterson's later collections. It's engaging, humorous, and enjoyable. Revenge of the Baby-sat also has a lot of "stories" that can play on for pages between each strip. Very enjoyable, I reccomend it.
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