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Summary: Calvin and Hobbes
Review: The Indispensable Calvin and Hobbes is a very good book if you like cartoons in general. Since this book is a combination of two books, it's a great deal. Also check out some other books with Calvin and Hobbes like Homicidal Psycho Jungle Cat and It's a Wonderful world.
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Summary: Bill Watterson is a genius
Review: The now-ended comic strip "Calvin and Hobbes" is, simply put, a work of pure genius. Bill Watterson infuses warmth and loving into his tale of six-year-old Calvin's escapades with his imaginary -- or is he? -- tiger Hobbes, who has gotten into the habit of pouncing viciously on his young friend when he gets home from school. The humor is strong and perfectly done as to not fall into the rut of repeating itself, as many of today's comic strips do. And, perhaps best of all, we actually do care about these characters -- Calvin seems so much like ourselves when we were young, so much like us that we care about him as though he were part of our own family, Hobbes is quietly wise and calm in all situations, making us wish that we had a friend as loyal and understanding as he (but perhaps without the after-school pouncings), Calvin's parents (who do not have names and are not in need of them) observe their offspring in stunned silence, waiting patiently for him to grow out of...well, whatever it is he's in, be it simple imagination, psychoses or his own little version of the "real" world. And the supporting characters -- Susy, the endearing, cute neighborhood girl who just wants to be friends and who Calvin repeatedly stages elaborate plans to annilihate (although Hobbes takes any chance he can get to get a tummy rub from her, and apparently seeks romance with "the babes," as he refers to them, while Calvin thinks of all girls as the epitome of evil), Moe, the almost lovingly stupid, plodding oaf of a school bully that reminds us all of certain people we have known in our lives (Calvin mentions that it is always safer to "be careful when you're around a six-year-old who shaves"), the school teacher Miss Wormwood, the principal, the time machine that Calvin creates using a cardboard box, the duplicator and transmogrifier that he creates using the same box, and all the other little things that made "Calvin" one of the most loved -- and remembered -- comic strips in the history of America.
But, alas, "Calvin and Hobbes" is gone, at least in the newspapers. But you can find it here, in this (and many others) book, collected and ready for your enjoyment.
Me, I'll always remember Calvin and his striped friend in their final strip, which will hang forever on my wall. In it, in the last Calvin and Hobbes panel ever to be produced, the little boy with the spiky yellow hair and his friend take a final sled ride down a snow-covered hill as Calvin says the memorable final words that signified the end of an era:
"Let's go exploring!"
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Summary: This Book ROCKS!
Review: This book is extremely funny. It has every charecters, and lots of laughs. It's my fave comic book. Thanks, Bill Watterson!
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Summary: Very Funny and Imaginative
Review: This book is great in many ways. First of all, it is very funny. The way the six-year-old, Calvin, acts is praticularly funny. The way this kid seems to ue rude language, get into fights with his stuffed Tiger, Hobbes, destroy the board game board when he loses, disgriminate against girls, mail long letters to Santa asking for nuclear weapons, pissing off his baby-sitter, and having apermanent record file that is stuffed so full that it expands seems to catch peoples eye. Those qualitys are shown a lot in the book, "The Indispensable Calvin snd Hobbes." As in every other Calvin and Hobbes book, the strips in this one praticular book are VERY funny and imaginative. But unlike the comic "Garfield," Calvin and Hobbes actually goes somewhere. What I mean by that is that things that Calvin does in earlier strips have some effects on the later strips. This book features strips from the books "The Revenge of the Baby-Sat" and "Scientific Progresses Go "Boink" since it is one of the treasury collections. If you love Calvin and Hobbe, or just want something funny to read around this book, then I advise you to buy it.
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Summary: This is an AWESOME BOOK!
Review: This is a great book of Calvin and Hobbes. This book is da bomb
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Summary: The Unbreakable Calvin and Hobbes
Review: This is one of my most favorite books of all time. I read everywhere i go. Calivin and Hobbes takes u back with the feeling of "Thats how i used to be". Calvin and his best friend hoobes an imaginary stuufed tiger or is he Real? make us laugh, think, and make us remember whats it like to be six again. Bill watterson is a comic genius and i was dissapionted to hear he retired. He has made me laugh for a long time and still does today.The last comic strip I cut out of the sunday paper is still in my folder and I will always remember what Calvin said to Hobbes Its a magical world hobbes lets go exploring!! If u don't have or havent even heard of them go directly to your nearest book store and get a copy. You will not regret it.This great book is for kids and the adult alike. I give this book five stars thats how great it really is.Calvin and Hobbes will always be #1
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Summary: The Unbreakable Calvin and Hobbes
Review: This is one of my most favorite books of all time. I read everywhere i go. Calivin and Hobbes takes u back with the feeling of "Thats how i used to be". Calvin and his best friend hoobes an imaginary stuufed tiger or is he Real? make us laugh, think, and make us remember whats it like to be six again. Bill watterson is a comic genius and i was dissapionted to hear he retired. He has made me laugh for a long time and still does today.The last comic strip I cut out of the sunday paper is still in my folder and I will always remember what Calvin said to Hobbes Its a magical world hobbes lets go exploring!! If u don't have or havent even heard of them go directly to your nearest book store and get a copy. You will not regret it.This great book is for kids and the adult alike. I give this book five stars thats how great it really is.Calvin and Hobbes will always be #1
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Summary: Da Best
Review: This is one of the best laugh out loud books out there I strongly suggest you buy it now! Go on belive me it's the best. This is a true Calvin and Hobbes treasury.
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Summary: Calvin and Hobbes rock!
Review: This treasury is absolutely fantastic. A definite must-read for anyone who's EVER enjoyed Calvin and Hobbes, and a great start for anyone who's never read the strip (do any such people exist?)! Bill Watterson may have retired from cartooning, but his work lives on in this anthology! You can follow the week-long or even month-long sagas and also enjoy the great Sunday panels (even in color) that are so detached from the daily strip and yet absolutely hilarious!
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Summary: Calvin and Hobbes Ranking System---#1
Review: This treasury is far and away the best of the entire Calvin and Hobbes Collection. I own every book, and have recently reread them all, and without a doubt this is the very best. For one thing, it was written right in the middle of Watterson's C&H career, which means that the writing and ideas are still fresh, while super-improved drawings and Sunday strips have just begun. Second of all, Watterson must have been on a powerful creative streak, because there is an amazing number of stories within the "Indispensible" collection. There are three Rosalyn babysitter tales, the bug collection story, the bat project, two camping trips, G.R.O.S.S. adventures, the burglar break in, the car down the hill, multiple Stupendous Mans, multiple Spaceman Spiff getaways, the duplicator going "boink" and creating more Calvin's, a rare, great Tracer Bullet story, Calvin defying gravity and size, Calvin on the baseball team, and a time machine adventure to the dinosaur age. The sheer amount of stories here is unheard of for a C&H collection, and the best part is that almost every one is fantastic. Thirdly, the Sunday strips are in color, which is a huge plus. Fourthly, Calvin's parents have finally been rendered as three dimensional and sympathetic individuals, a characteristic that had been lacking in the earlier books. Last of all, as always, these comics are frequently hilarious, sometimes touching, and always entertaining. This collection personifies those characteristics to the nth degree, and is without a doubt the best Calvin and Hobbes for anyone to buy. If you're looking for other good C&H books, I would also recommend the Essential Collection (first two books, funny yet lacking in drawing), Snow Goons, Psycho Jungle Cat, Treasure Everwhere, and the 10th Anniversary. I hope this was helpful both for prospective buyers, and old fans looking back.
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