There's Treasure Everywhere

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.

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.

This is one of the best collections of a brilliantly profound and hilarious comic strip. I have been reading and collecting Calvin & Hobbes since I was about Calvin's age, and it grows richer and more relevant every time I revisit my collection. This is pure genius captured here. I can't think of a greater exploration of the meaning of childhood, imagination, and discovery, and the philosophical themes are sublime. You might imagine that philosophical undertones in a newspaper comic would be tacky, awkward, contrived, pretentious, or something similar, but it is the opposite. By setting the philosophical musings in the world of a imaginative child, Watterson achieves a real feeling of honesty, wonder, and genuine attempts to understand and explain the crazy world we all live in.If there is any justice in art, these comics will be remembered for many years as one of the most valuable creations of the era.

My little sister (age ten) and I have been ardent fans of Bill Watterson's Calvin and Hobbes for many years. The writing is one-of-a-kind and the drawing equally unique. THERE'S TREASURE EVERYWHERE is one of the three best collections (the others are THE INDISPENSABLE CALVIN AND HOBBES and HOMICIDAL PSYCHO JUNGLE CAT). IT'S A MAGICAL WORLD is also great, but sort of bittersweet because it's the final one.My personal favorite cartoon in this collection is the one on page 111. I don't want to spoil it for you, but you should buy the book just for that, if nothing else. :) If you need a laugh, or just want something fun, entertaining, and intelligent to look at, THERE'S TREASURE EVERYWHERE is the ticket. Especially page 111.

truly and surely one of the best comic strips ever! were you to be sick in bed and need something to make you laugh, this is the best medicine!