Name: The Complete Calvin and Hobbes
ISBN: 9781449433253

The Complete Calvin and Hobbes

This is a three volume slipcased book collection of the Calvin and Hobbes comic strips that where published from 1985-1995, it covers all the strips published and also reproduces many of the covers of earlier books in full page color illustrations. There are three daily black and white strips per page, and one color Sunday comic on a single page. Besides the comic strips there is also other full page color illustrations, and the poems and stories from other collections included. There is a new 'Introduction' by Bill Watterson. It originally sold for $150.00 in U.S.A., $200.00 in Canada, $265.00 in Australia, $295.00 in New Zealand, and £85.00 in U.K.

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vunderbaJun 2026

The Complete Calvin and Hobbes anthology by Bill Watterson - a formative part of every kid's childhood growing up in our house.

  Dad: How's your math coming?
  Calvin: I don't do math anymore. I decided I'm more of a "visual" person.
  Dad: Good. Visualize being the only 45-year old in first grade.

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MrMcCallDec 2024

One of my son's best investments was his buying the Complete Calvin & Hobbes.

He also got the Complete Far Side and Bloom County as well. Both our teenagers have read them both.

It's funny hearing them know how Bill the Cat's brain was switched (?) into Donald Trumps brain. Ack-thpptt!

I only read them in the newspaper and in a couple of treasuries, but never completely, as our kids have.

What a remarkable blessing for them to be able to read those strips beginning-to-end.

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cmsongerDec 2023

One of the smartest things I've done in recent years is to buy the complete Calvin and Hobbes and put it prominently on a table that I walk by daily.

I turn a page a day...

In the morning before I get coffee usually, though it's often too dark and I'll come back to read the two facing pages later. Depending on the day that means I'll read a Sunday strip and three daily strips or six daily strips. Once in a great while it's one Sunday strip and some custom art -- I presume from one of the books. Those days are a little disappointing but it's still one page turn a day.

I'm re-reading Calvin and Hobbes at somewhere around 5x original speed but somewhere about 50x slower than if I were to sit down with it and turn pages willy nilly. I've been doing it about six months and I'm still in the first book of the three that comprise the complete set.

It's a real added joy in my day and will be for some time. Some of the best money I've spent in a long long time.

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nvarsjNov 2022

The Complete Calvin and Hobbes (SCHOOL1+). Bought it for my then 8 year old and he still reads it regularly. Great for developing a sense of humor and learning to not take this world so seriously.

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nvarsjFeb 2021

I can strongly recommend buying the complete Calvin and Hobbes collection off of Amazon. Especially if you have kids.

I bought this when my son was around 7 and he absolutely devoured the books. He's older now but still goes back and reads them over again, giggling all the way. I love when he recites me his favorite strips, because they are all hilarious - usually involving interactions between Calvin and his dad.

I think Bill Watterson's comedy is completely on point and as relevant today as it was when he wrote the comics - providing insight into the interactions of family, school, and growing up while making you laugh. He's a comedic genius in my opinion.

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santareaderNov 2013

The Princeton Companion to Mathematics - http://press.princeton.edu/titles/8350.html

The Mapping of the Heavens by Peter Whitfield - http://www.powells.com/biblio/9780876544754

The Macmillan Visual Dictionary - http://www.amazon.com/The-Macmillan-Visual-Dictionary-Illust...

Logicomix: An Epic Search for Truth - http://www.amazon.com/Logicomix-An-Epic-Search-Truth/dp/1596...

The Complete Calvin and Hobbes - http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Calvin-Hobbes-Bill-Watterson/...

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