Calvin and Hobbes: 1

by Bill Watterson (Author), Bill Watterson (Author)

• Used

  Illustrated
  2000

  $3.71

  The first book collection of the classic and beloved Calvin and Hobbes comic strip! Most people who write comic dialogue for minors demonstrate surprisingly little feel fora or faith ina the original source material, that is, childhood, in all its unfettered and winsome glory. It is in this respect that Bill Watterson has proved as unusual as his feckless creations, Calvin and Hobbes. Watterson is the reporter who's gotten it right; childhood as it actually is. a Garry Trudeau, from the Foreword This is the first collection of the popular comic strip that features Calvin, a rambunctious 6-year-old boy, and his stuffed tiger, Hobbes, who comes charmingly to life.

• Used

  Paperback
  1991

  $29.58

• New

  Paperback
  1988

  $13.00

  A collection of Calvin and Hobbes cartoons. The author won the 1986 Reuben Award as Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year and has also illustrated Something Under the Bed is Drooling , Scientific Progress Goes Boink and Weirdos From Another Planet. Spaceman Spliff, Stupendous Man, the ferocious tiger Hobbes, and the rest of Calvin's imaginary friends return in this book. Other books featuring these characters include Something Under the Bed is Drooling, Weirdos from Another Planet and Scientific Progress Goes Boink.