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Calvin and Hobbes: The Essential Calvin and Hobbes : A Calvin and Hobbes Treasury (Series #2) (Paperback)
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The start of the classic comic strip. See Calvin meet so many of the characters we came to know and love, including Hobbes. Yes, some of the jokes are dates (VCR's anyone?), but the humor is just priceless.
A wonderful collection of some of the best of Calvin and Hobbes. I loved these comics and still do. The hilarious and hearwarming relationship between a boy and his stuffed tiger, these comics will leave readers laughing and smiling through the whole book.
I saw this book was available on Amazon Prime Reading and decided I could use something light-hearted. I'm glad I did. Bill Watterson does an excellent job of capturing the mind of a kid: imaginary monsters under the bed, splashy bath time, special friends, your secret crush, crazy questions about life, feeling misunderstood. For those unfamiliar with Calvin and Hobbes, Calvin is a five or six year old mischievous boy who's mother and father alternate between tolerance and utter dismay. Calvin's best friend is his stuffed tiger, Hobbes. They two are inseparable and together embark on endless adventures. If you want to be reminded of what imagination and make-believe were like, so many years ago, dive into The Essential Calvin and Hobbes.
This works well as an ebook on the Kindle Fire. Brings back great memories of the 1980s and the innocent wisdom of Calvin and Hobbes and the forbearance of his (their?) parents, which is interesting to re-read now that I'm a parent too. Watterson shows that humor can be meaningful without shouting. How fitting that Charles Schultz wrote the introduction to this volume. By all means, go back and read it (or read it again). If you have Amazon Prime, it's even free now.
A classic. A good friend sent this to me on a rough week (thanks, Julie!) and it was really a joy to slowly re-read this selection of the adventures of wee Calvin and his tiger, Hobbes. I hadn't read these in bulk in over a decade and it was like spending some time with an old friend. Perfect mix of sweet and funny, with an enchanting drawing style. This is the book for anyone you know (of any age) that may need a little laughter.
There must be many reasons for the almost universal delight taken by the public in the work of Bill Watterson as the creator of a swash-buckling 6-year-old and a tiger named Hobbes, who is real to Calvin, but is a stuffed animal to everyone else. The syndicated strip ran for 10 years -- 1985 through 1995, with the Treasury published in 1999, and the 3-volume "Complete Calvin and Hobbes" in 2005. Watterson has resisted what must be a kind of temptation: He has not permitted or profited from merchandising: "My strip is about private realities, the magic of imagination, and the specialness of certain friendships. [No one] would believe in the innocence of a little kid and his tiger if they cashed in on their popularity to sell overpriced knickknacks that nobody needs." I like that part -- that "nobody needs". Then again, I wonder....
Calvin and Hobbes is the greatest comic strip ever written. It remains timeless and puts us in touch with our childhood. I remember saving strips from the Sunday papers for years before I got my first collected book. In fact, I have the final strip still, saved in a protective plastic slip, and will probably frame it eventually. That's the impact Watterson had on me. Spaceman Spiff, the product of an overactive imagination and always a sign that Calvin is a) in school and b) soon to be in trouble. Susie Derkins, the girl next door who comes to town and steals young Calvin's heart (not that you'd really know it except for how Hobbes reacts to her). Moe, the bully, a constant threat in Calvin's life. And if you can keep from tearing up during the "little raccoon" storyline, then congrats on having either no access to your emotions or no soul. Funny, poignant, touching, thought-provoking, timeless. Everyone should have Calvin and Hobbes in their library.
I enjoy the Calvin and Hobbs series heavily and this is my favorite of them all. I really enjoy the language used for the series, for a comic series it uses very advanced language that is not common place for younger readers. Calvin, for being a young boy likes to discuss concepts that are way above his age group. I also really enjoy the plot that occurs throughout the seemingly random comics. The way the stories connect to bring plot into a comic strip is fun like in the few that involve Calvin and Hobbs going on a real adventure.
I don't know why I've taken so long to be introduced to this series, but I just adore Calvin. I love his introspection, his questions, and the challenge he is to his mother and father! I thoroughly enjoyed my time getting to know them.
Ah ha ha ha....ROTFLMAO!"It says here that by the age of six....Most children have seen a million murders on television.I find that very disturbing!It means I've been watching all the wrong channels""I wonder where we go when we die....Pittsburgh?.....You mean if we're good or we're bad?""Calvin, are you going to take that stuffed tiger to school again?Sure....Don't kids make fun of you?Tommy Chestnut did once and now nobody does.Why. what happened to Tommy chestnut?Hobbes ate him.Ugh! He needed a bath too""We had a substitute teacher in school todayDid you like her?She was ok, I guessYou guess?It's hard to say, she went home at noon""Look mom, I've got rabies!Go spit out your toothpaste and stop being sillyMaybe Dad will fall for it if I bite him first""WHERE'S MY JACKET????It's right on the floor where you left it.It's still on the floor? Why didn't you put it away?Gee, my own copy of the 'Emancipation Proclamation""Are there any monsters under my bed tonight?No. Nope. No.If there were any monsters under my bed, how big would they be?Very small. Now go to sleep.MOOOOOOOOM!"And so it goes. I love this kid, but I am so very grateful he's not mine!