The Indispensable Calvin And Hobbes

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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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Summary: Calvin and Hobbes rule!
Review: This was my first Calvin and Hobbes book ever. I got it about a year ago when my dad told me about a comic strip that had run for about five years when I was little. He said it was about a boy named Calvin and a stuffed tiger that came to life when nobody else was around. I forgot about it for a while, but then when I was in the bookstore I picked up the Calvin and Hobbes book. That night I just HAD to finish the book, so I went to school really, really tired the next morning. Calvin and Hobbes is cute, funny, and instead of Calvin being some short smart-alec grownup like all of the other comic strip kids, he has a personality and is a great character. His exploits will leave you laughing. Hobbes is sort of like his conscience, but he never gets in there far enough. Hobbes by himself is a very funny character too, with a craving for tuna fish, who likes to sneak up on Calvin and pounce on him. I would rate this book and all other Calvin and Hobbes books 5 stars for being such a great comic strip that it has lasted until now (heck, I'm not that old). Calvin and Hobbes definitely take the cake!

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Summary: hilarious
Review: truly and surely one of the best comic strips ever! were you to be sick in bed and need something to make you laugh, this is the best medicine!

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Summary: Not actually Indispensable, but I like it
Review: Watterson said he namedt the Indispensable, Essential and Authoritative C&H treasuries because they were none of those things. I like reading them though, even though all the material can be found in the yearly collections. I own every Calvin and Hobbes ever published, including all of the treasuries containing excerpts from the yearly compilations. Of course, that is a bit redundant, but for some reason I enjoy reading through the treasuries almost as much as I enjoy reading the sequential comics in the compilations. I would reccomend getting all the books and saving the treasuries for after you have them all. One treasury I especially like is the tenth anniversary book, and I would reccomend that be your first collection after buying all the compilations.

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Summary: Not actually Indispensable, but I like it
Review: Watterson said he namedt the Indispensable, Essential and Authoritative C&H treasuries because they were none of those things. I like reading them though, even though all the material can be found in the yearly collections. I own every Calvin and Hobbes ever published, including all of the treasuries containing excerpts from the yearly compilations. Of course, that is a bit redundant, but for some reason I enjoy reading through the treasuries almost as much as I enjoy reading the sequential comics in the compilations. I would reccomend getting all the books and saving the treasuries for after you have them all. One treasury I especially like is the tenth anniversary book, and I would reccomend that be your first collection after buying all the compilations.

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Summary: Gotta Love it! Hilarious
Review: Watterson's comics are amazing. They remind me of my childhood, in a sense, but adds an adult's venicular. All of the Calvin & Hobbes books are fantastic.

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Summary: A Calvin and Hobbes Masterpeice
Review: were should I start this book is one of the best books I've ever read.Bill Waterson takes comics to another level with The Indispensable Calvin and Hobbes not like Batman or Spider-Man Calvin and Hobbes has humor in it with Calvins alter-egos Stupendus Man and Spaceman Spiff and Hobbes's ever so funny jokes
easily makes Calvin and Hobbes one of the greatist Comic book duos in Comic Book history.

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Summary: An anthology of laughter
Review: Whether the collection is the "Indispensible" or "Essential" or "Quintessential" Calvin and Hobbes, it doesn't really matter. Watching this hyperactive, hyperimaginative child and his willing though wise accomplice, Hobbes, take on evil babysitters, Susie Derkins, the class bully and all creatures (real or imaginary), is a pleasure and laughter without stop. "The Indispensible Calvin and Hobbes" is another in a long list of the great comic work of Bill Watterson. This is an indispensible/essential/quintessential collection for all Calvin and Hobbes and humor fans!

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Summary: An anthology of laughter
Review: Whether the collection is the "Indispensible" or "Essential" or "Quintessential" Calvin and Hobbes, it doesn't really matter. Watching this hyperactive, hyperimaginative child and his willing though wise accomplice, Hobbes, take on evil babysitters, Susie Derkins, the class bully and all creatures (real or imaginary), is a pleasure and laughter without stop. "The Indispensible Calvin and Hobbes" is another in a long list of the great comic work of Bill Watterson. This is an indispensible/essential/quintessential collection for all Calvin and Hobbes and humor fans!