The Indispensable Calvin and Hobbes

bill watterson

They're back: Calvin, the six-year-old dirty tricksmeister and master of indignation and his warm, cuddly philosopher sidekick, Hobbes. A tiger whose idea of adventure is to lie on his back by the fire and have his stomach rubbed. In six short years this unlikely duo has captured the hearts, the minds, and, most of all, the funny bones of America. They are the most phenomenal success story in syndication - and publishing - history. In only six years, they appear in more than 2,100 newspapers worldwide, and Calvin and Hobbes wins as many readership polls as Calvin has excesses. All seven of Bill Watterson's collections have sold a million copies within a year of publication.

This treasury collection contains a never-before-published full-color section, as well as the cartoons appearing in The Revenge of the Baby-Sat and Scientific Progress Goes "Boink." All Sunday cartoons are presented full-page and full-color.

Genres comicshumorgraphic novelsfictionchildrensgraphic novels comicscomedycomic stripscomic bookcartoon

255 pages, Paperback

First published June 1,1992

Series

The Complete Calvin and Hobbes

This edition

Format: 255 pages, Paperback
Published: January 1, 1992 by Sphere
ISBN: 9780751500288
ASIN: 0751500283
Language: English

Characters More characters

Calvin

six-year-old boy, main character of Bill Wattersons daily comic strip.more...
Hobbes

Character in the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson. He is Calvins stuffed tiger and best friend, and is depicted with two distinct identities.more...

About the author

bill watterson

Bill Watterson (born William Boyd Watterson II) is an American cartoonist, and the author of the comic strip "Calvin and Hobbes". His career as a syndicated cartoonist ran from 1985 to 1995; he stopped drawing "Calvin and Hobbes" at the end of 1995 with a short statement to newspaper editors and his fans that he felt he had achieved all he could in the comic strip medium. During the early years of his career he produced several drawings and additional contributions for "Target: The Political Cartoon Quarterly". Watterson is known for his views on licensing and comic syndication, as well as for his reclusive nature.