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Paperback The Authoritative Calvin and Hobbes: A Calvin and Hobbes Treasury Volume 6 Book

ISBN: 0836218221

ISBN13: 9780836218220

The Authoritative Calvin and Hobbes

(Part of the Calvin and Hobbes Series)

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The Authoritative Calvin and Hobbes , is a large-format treasury of the cartoons from Yukon Ho and Weirdos from Another Planet (including full-color Sunday cartoons) plus a full-color original story unique to this collection. Millions of readers have enjoyed the tremendous talent of Bill Watterson. His skill as both artist and writer brings to life a boy, his tiger, and the imagination and memories of his ardent readers. The Authoritative Calvin and Hobbes picks up where The Essential Calvin and Hobbes left off. Bill Watterson"s Calvin and Hobbes remains the authority on humor.

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A walk through someone else's imagination

Calvin is a beam of light, a dinosaur, Spaceman Spiff, a pollster on the election of new parents, a robotic explorer from Jupiter (in search of chocoloate) -- well lots of things. He's all the best and all the worst a boy about five can be, and that covers a lot of ground. If the others around him never quite see things Calvin's way, that's really not his problem. Hobbes will always understand, and generally offer some understated...

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Authoritative! What else can I say?

Fans of Calvin & Hobbes who used to read the newspaper strip in the 80s and 90s will find great pleasure in reading this treasury 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...

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The Authoritative Calvin and Hobbes Collection

The Authoritative Calvin and Hobbes Collection The Authoritative Calvin and Hobbes Collection is not only a real good book, but it also had me rolling on my sides with laughter. One reason it is my favorite book is because it is REAL funny. Calvin and his stuffed tiger get into so many adventures, all having a humorous twist at the end. Another reason that I liked the book is because it interests me. Every comic strip I read,...

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Watterson, a man for all seasons

It is my feeling that Bill Watterson had enough integrity and ethics to prevent the syndicate from cranking out endless meaninglessly repetitive compilations. Of course, he did quit partly because he was becoming disgusted with many of the commercial aspects of his work. With most comics, even good ones, the collections get stale after a few. Watterson's collections dont. There are a dozen or so C & H compilations/collections,...

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This is the best treasury ever written by Bill Watterson.

I am 9 years of age and I have 9 Calvin & Hobbes books.The Athoritative Calvin & Hobbes is the best tresury Calvin & Hobbes Bill Watterson has ever written. One of my favorite strips written in that book is when Calvin pretended that his house was a drive thru.It was a shame Bill had to quit his job as a cartoonist. I was so sad when it happened.I started to collect Calvin & Hobbes when I was 6. The Athoritative Calvin...

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