Rating:  Summary: More C&H fun! Review: Fans of Calvin & Hobbes who used to read the newspaper strip in the 80s and 90s will find great pleasure in reading this collection of C&H comics. These witty comics about the 6-year old Calvin and his stuffed tiger Hobbes, named after the famous philosophers, will amuse people of all ages. The perceptiveness and humor of Watterson deserve the highest of cartoon awards, while his artistic creations exude hilarity. This cartoon is perhaps one of the most piercing yet funny critiques of modern society.This book has more encounters with Mrs. Wormwood, when Stupendous Man saves the day. More snowman fun and more snowballs against Susie. Students in particular will like this book since it has many creative ideas for dealing with homework. Note that there are two series of C&H collections: individual wide-format albums, each covering an entire year of strips (will call it "regular"), and the vertical aspect ratio "treasury series" which covers selected comics from two regular C&H books. Note that C&H ran for a year in newspapers, so there's 10 regular books and 5 treasury books. Though the cartoons are slightly smaller in the treasury collection, each treasury book is far thicker and contains more strips than a regular book, and is furthermore less expensive, so treasury books are a real bargain. "Homicidal Psycho Jungle Cat" belongs to the regular series and was published in 1994.
Rating:  Summary: 5 Stars is an understatement for Watterson's creative humor Review: From getting secrect hate-mail, trying to win a school safety-poster contest, another GROSS attack, and whatever else may come his way; Calvin and stuffed-tiger buddy Hobbes team up to create one of the funniest cartoons created. If you want a whole bunch of good laughs, buy this or any other of Watterson's magical creations!
Rating:  Summary: Some of the best stuff ever printed on paper...seriously Review: I admit it, until a few days ago, it had been at least a good 2 years since I had picked up one of the Calvin and Hobbes books stored in my closet. A few days ago it was pretty late at night and I couldn't sleep so I went and for some reason I picked out this. By reading through the whole thing in an hour or so, it made me remember why I was crazy about these books when I was around 11 or 12 years old. The jokes in this book still make me laugh, and the more serious comics still make me think. Unlike most comics, Calvin and Hobbes isn't just for little kids, it can be understood by about anyone. I like how there are many story lines in this, from Calvins troubles at school, to his imaginary adventures of Spaceman Spiff, to Stupendous Man, to Moe the Bully...and there are so many more, including how Hobbes "comes alive". Every Calvin and Hobbes book is great and it dissapointment to see Bill Watterson retire, even though he really deserves it. I strongly reccomend anyone reading Calvin and Hobbes, you might remember what you where like when you where 6 years old.
Rating:  Summary: the best of them all Review: i have had this book along with 10 other calvin and hobbes books and this is my favorite so far i just ordered 3 others from amazon. for newcomers get all you can cuz after 18 years it still is great as ever, but homicidal psyco jungle cat is 175 pages of pure fun and laughter. enjoy!!:)
Rating:  Summary: Deserves more than a 5! Review: I loved Calvin and Hobbes when i was a little kid and I still do now! They're hillarious and Calvin reminds me so much of myself at his age (not in every aspect). Especially our family camp trips. calvin and his mom remind me so much of myself and my mom when our dad took us camping and it turned out to be a disaster, lol. These cartoons make me want to be a kid again. Almost everyone has said this but I'll say it again. You'll start out planning to read a few pages but you won't stop there. you can't. it's so additive. some of the younger kids might not understand some of the big words but older kids will. But I think that grownups will enjoy them the most. With the purchase of this collection all the sunday comics are colored! Get them all!
Rating:  Summary: what I liked about this book Review: I loved this book. People think it's wierd and immature that I still read comics, but I don't care. This book is really funny almost a work of art. this is just 1 of the many great calvin and hobbes books. I recomend you read all of them
Rating:  Summary: The best comics ever! Review: I personally havent read this book in particular but I have read all of the other books that were made. So far, i have collected all of the treasurys and what I have seen is super friken good!! What I have been trying to do is to collect all of the little individual books so when I grow old I can show all of my grandchildren the books an i can start a family heirloom or somthing. Any ways, I think that Calvin and Hobbes rules and all of you who dont think so you can go to hell!! Thank you for your time Joshua Sebastian
Rating:  Summary: its ok Review: i think this book is average.but i like it
Rating:  Summary: Good book Review: i think this was one of the best calvin and hobbes books. Before Calvin is downright silly in the early ones,especially in Attack of the Deranged Mutant killer Monster Snow Goons,but this one reveals a more philopical side of Calvil that is shown all through out the later ones,and that is where calvin and hobbes are at their best.What made calvin and hobbes the greatest comic ever was not the slapstick humor that gets stale fast,but it's insights into the 1990's American culture:such as calvin explaining his right to watch violence on TV,then hobbes asking him if he worries that all that vilence is desensitizing,and he replies that he would like to shoot the idiots who think that stuff affects him. Rather than childish-humor and slastick,this book begins a series of insights into today's culture. Congratlations to Bill Watterson on maturing the comic
Rating:  Summary: Homicidal Phyco Jungle Cat review by Kevin Review: I will have to say that this my favorite book of the Calvin and Hobbes. At night when I can't sleep I pick out one of these collection books and read for hours. Homicidal Phyco Jungle Cat is the one that I mostly read. I like to read about how Calvin gets in trouble at school and at home, his adventures with Space Man Spiff and Stupendus Man, but his discoveries with his best friend Hobbes. When Mr. Watterson was still writting Calvin and Hobbes comics the first comic strip I would read on Sunday morning in the paper was Calvin and Hobbs. Since I can't read them in the papers I like to read these books.
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