Product Description

In the world that Calvin and his tiger Hobbes share, treasures can be found in the most unlikely places, from the outer regions where Spaceman spiff travels to the rocks in the backyard - this curious duo roams their world in search of fortunes (and misfortunes!) to be experienced. Whether Calvin and Hobbes are blasting off on another interplanetary adventure or approaching warp speed on a downhill wagon ride, their capers are repartee consistantly charm and refresh their readers' days. On his own, Calvin is prey to the insidious killer bicycle, is the arbiter of the dad poll, is the creator of a legion of snowmen who provide an incisive social commentary, and Hobbes is always there as the perfect companion. Watterson's talen is evidenced by the range of thought provoking emotions the strip encompasses in addition to the laughs it induces: the loyalty and friendship between Calvin and Hobbes, the challenge of being a patient parents, and the sardonic viewpoint of a cynical six-year-old ("I'm a 21st-century kid trapped in a 19th-century family," laments Calvin) combine to make this one of the best-loved strips in cartoon history.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #16836 in Books
• Published on: 1996-03-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 176 pages

Amazon.com Review
Few writers--and even fewer cartoonists--have captured the imagination of childhood more effectively than Watterson in his many Calvin and Hobbes cartoons--and apart from his Tenth Anniversary Book, this is probably my favorite Calvin and Hobbes collection.

About the Author
Bill Watterson is the creator of Calvin and Hobbes, one of the most popular and well-regarded cartoon strips of the twentieth century. Calvin and Hobbes appeared in newspapers from November 1985 until Watterson"s retirement in 1996.

Customer Reviews

Deep fun!
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.

More daydreams and more weird inventions from the wide imagination of Calvin. Contains all the usual characters, but more elaborate and more philosophical strips.

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. "There's Treasure Everywhere" belongs to the regular series and was published in 1996.

One Of the Best
This Book was AMAZING, just like evry other Calvin And Hobbes book out there. One of the best parts of this book is when calvin creates the "Cerebral Enhance-o-tron " when he has an assingment to do. I absolutley LOVE calvin and Hobbes, and i wish Bill Watterson would write more.

A Masterpiece
Five Stars (If I could, I'd give it more). That is the rating I would give to ANY Calvin and Hobbes book. This comic is most unlike any comic I, and most likely you, have ever read. It focuses around a six-year-old boy, who epitomises our worst side and yet has a astonihing vocabulary for a small child, and is best friend, a stuffed tiger. The way this strip is most obviously different then all others is the way Bill Watterson uses his comic strip to express, and critisize, moral issues and human nature while still retaining an impeccable sence of raw comedy, with several strips that are just plain silly. Very few cartoonist have this rare sence of humor and that shows itself throughout all his work esspecally this book. So whether Clavin is succking-up to Santa, pondering philosophy, or just riddiculing- well, everyone, Calvin and Hobbes is the perfect gift for showing the more comical side of the child in themselves.