The Complete Calvin and Hobbes (Calvin & Hobbes) | 
| Author: Bill Watterson
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
Category: Book
List Price: $150.00
Buy New: $94.50
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Rating:  333 reviews
Sales Rank: 143
Format: Box Set
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 1440
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 22.1
Dimensions (in): 12.8 x 11.3 x 5.2
ISBN: 0740748475
Dewey Decimal Number: 741.5973
EAN: 9780740748479
ASIN: 0740748475
Publication Date: October 4, 2005
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Amazon.com Review
An Excerpt from Bill Watterson's Introduction:  "Ive loved comic strips as long as I can remember. As a kid, I knew I wanted to be either a cartoonist or an astronaut. The latter was never much of a possibility, as I dont even like riding in elevators. I kept my options open until seventh grade, but when I stopped understanding math and science, my choice was made. There is great personal satisfaction in attending to detail and quality, and I remain very proud of the standards the strip met day after day. I also liked the responsibility of knowing that, succeed or fail, it was all my own doing. This approach kept the strip very honest and personal--everything having to do with Calvin and Hobbes expressed my own ideas, my own values, my own way. I wrote every word, drew every line, and painted every color. Its a rare gift to find such fulfilling work and I tried to show my appreciation by giving the strip everything I had to offer." Exclusive Images from the New Collection More Calvin and Hobbes Books 
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Product Description
New York Times best-seller!Watterson's imaginative approach to his material and his inventive graphics have made Calvin and Hobbes one of the few universally admired by other cartoonists." --Charles Solomon, Los Angeles Times Book Review Calvin and Hobbes is unquestionably one of the most popular comic strips of all time. The imaginative world of a boy and his real-only-to-him tiger was first syndicated in 1985 and appeared in more than 2,400 newspapers when Bill Watterson retired on January 1, 1996. The entire body of Calvin and Hobbes cartoons published in a truly noteworthy tribute to this singular cartoon in The Complete Calvin and Hobbes. Composed of three hardcover, four-color volumes in a sturdy slipcase, this edition includes all Calvin and Hobbes cartoons that ever appeared in syndication. This is the treasure that all Calvin and Hobbes fans seek.
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Must for all Calvin Fans..... December 4, 2008
Chief Member (Milwaukee, US)
My all time best read. I thought I had all the comics till I found this one and this had all strips ever published along with notes and snippets of history.
Great read and material to enjoy for ever.
content is good but.. November 28, 2008
Jingming Song (China)
I'm in China. and when the box arrived today, one of the spines was broken.
But it is still worth it - the discount is good and the shipping costed only $9.98, especially when it is so heavy! And it only took a week!
And when i started reading it, i began laughing my heart out again. It's like meeting a long-time-no-see friend - so sweet and so warm. To a real fan of Calvin & Hobbes, it is really lucky to have a complete collection.
Why would I pay $100 for something I already own? November 23, 2008
S. Perry (MA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Think about it for a moment with me. I already own every Calvin and Hobbes book that has been published, so I own every one of the strips, some of them in multiples. So why would I, and many others, slap down nearly $100 for something we already own? Granted, given the weight of this collection, it's still cheaper, per pound then pretty much anything you'll find in the grocery store.
Is it perhaps that we felt gypped out of truck loads of Calvin and Hobbes merchendise? Maybe if Bill Waterson had caved in on his "No Merch" policy we wouldn't feel the need to buy this. A couple of coffee mugs and a t-shirt and we would have stayed happy with our paperback copies.
Well no that's not it. The fact is this hefty collection just seems the perfect way to preserve the Calvin and Hobbes legecy. For most of us who followed the strip through it's decade long run, it took on a deeply cherished place in our lives usually reserved for more formal forms of literature. This is because Waterson didn't just master the art form, he transcended it. With the simple tale of a boy and his tiger, he dug deeply into childhood, adulthood, and life in all it's forms, both pleasant and not so much. He hit all the notes. He didn't just make us laugh; he made us cry, think, and warmed our hearts with something as simple as a watercolor of Calvin and Hobbes walking in the snow.
And so yes, I spent my hundred dollars to re-buy a bunch of comic strips that I already own. And I, like most of the fans out there, was very pleased to do so.
 Horrible binding November 21, 2008
Matthew Posey (Denver, CO)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
The cover of volume 3 completely fell apart from the binding. Appalling work. I am trying to get something done about it but I have owned it for about a yeat ( although it has been treated with the utmost care) so it is doubtful anything can be done. Encourage people not purchase this book until Mcneel start to produce quality work.
It's What's Inside That Counts November 17, 2008
A. Lynch (Autumn Mists, Honalee)
The Complete Calvin and Hobbes is a great purchase. This massive set contains every C&H strip, with good printing quality, and the volumes are well-bound and sturdy. The intro written by Bill Watterson is an enjoyable read, and the strip is, of course, priceless. There's nothing like C&H, and there never will be again.
There are some glaring flaws, though, in both the printing and in the packaging. First, the strips aren't arranged in strictly chronological order. There are odd leaps and turn backs, mostly because the publisher elected to group Sunday strips. If the entire run of Calvin and Hobbes evened out to six weeklies and a Sunday strip, this would make some sense, but there are not always Sunday strips to end a week, and so sets of weeklies still end up split on opposite sides of the same piece of paper. It should have been in chronological order from start to finish.
The other complaint is that the covers and the box are made of a cheap material. It looks nice until it touches something, and then permanent marks are left. Also, the two pictures on the outside of the slipcase are pieces of paper that have been glued on. There's no reason those couldn't have been printed on. It would look nicer and last longer.
Still, a brilliant collection of a brilliant strip well worth your money.
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