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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book.  Sauvik | Aug 24, 2008 |  This review stands for all of the Calvin and Hobbes books -- this was simply the best comic strip ever created. I highly recommend all of the books. This book in particular is a nice compilation for Watterson's genius really comes through in the larger sets of frames. I love how he played with the extra space the Sunday strip afforded him. (  ) missylc | May 7, 2007 | This edition is an art exhibition catalogue, with fine reproductions of Watterson's original ink drawings, and colour reproductions on the opposite page. A fascinating essay by Watterson at the beginning gives some insights into his creative process and feelings about the characters. Each comic strip has notes from the artist about why he selected it for the exhibition. You can see great development in his style from the earliest ones to the later years. A wonderful book for the die-hard Calvin and Hobbes fans. ( ) tripleblessings | Nov 6, 2005 |  no reviews | add a review
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Everyone misses Calvin and Hobbes.
It reinvented the newspaper comic strip at a time when many had all but buried the funnies as a vehicle for fresh, creative work. Then Bill Watterson came along and reminded a new generation of what older readers and comic strip aficionados knew: A well-written and beautifully drawn strip is an intricate, powerful form of communication. And with Calvin and Hobbes, we had fun—just like readers of Krazy Kat and Pogo did. Opening the newspaper each day was an adventure. The heights of Watterson's creative imagination took us places we had never been. We miss that.
This book was published in conjunction with the first exhibition of original Calvin and Hobbes Sunday pages at The Ohio State University Cartoon Research Library. Although the work was created for reproduction, not for gallery display, was a pleasure to see the cartoonist's carefully placed lines and exquisite brush strokes. In an attempt to share this experience with those who were unable to visit the exhibition, all of the original Sunday pages displayed are reproduced in color in this book so that every detail, such as sketch lines, corrections, and registration marks, are visible. On the opposite page the same comic strip is printed in full color. Because Watterson was unusually intentional and creative in his use of color, this juxtaposition provides Calvin and Hobbes readers the opportunity to consider the impact of color on its narrative and content.
When I first contacted Bill Watterson about the possibility of exhibiting his original work, I used the term "retrospective." He replied that we might be able to do an exhibit, but that calling it a retrospective made him uncomfortable. He felt that a longer time was needed to put Calvin and Hobbes in the historical perspective implied by that term. Nonetheless, this show is a "look back" at the comic strip as we revisit favorites that we remember. Calvin and Hobbes: Sunday Pages 1985-1995 is particularly interesting because each work that is included was selected by Bill Watterson. His comments about the thirty-six Sunday pages he chose are part of this volume. In addition, he reflects on Calvin and Hobbes from the perspective of six years, and his essay provides insights into his life as a syndicated cartoonist.
Reprint books of Calvin and Hobbes are nice to have, but the opportunity to see the original work and read Bill Watterson's thoughts about it is a privilege. He generously shared not only the art, but also his time and his thoughts. When I first reviewed the works included in the exhibit, I knew that everyone who visited it would begin with laughter and end with tears.
On behalf of all who enjoyed Calvin and Hobbes, thank you, Bill Watterson.
--Lucy Shelton Caswell, Professor and Curator The Ohio State University Cartoon Research Library, June 2001
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This album chronologically catalogues all the full panel coloured strips of Calvin & Hobbes that appeared on the Sunday Pages. The book starts off with a thank you note to Bill Watterson for his contribution to the world of comic strips and a brief history about the book itself by Lucy Shelton Caswell of The Ohio State University Cartoon Research Library followed by a lengthy, in-depth retrospective and all the technicalities involved in creating coloured comic strips by Bill himself. I would ask the reader to pay particular attention to the brilliant slicing and layout plan he came up with so that the strips, originally drawn for half page, could be printed in three other different formats.
The layout of the book is unusual. The left page shows the original sketch of the panel, including corrections done using a typewriter correction fluid, the sellotaped copyright information and stray 2H pencil marks. The right page shows the final coloured version as it appeared on the newspaper (and continues to do so). The pages are inscribed with additional footnotes that indicate the date of first publication and commentary by Bill himself recalling anecdotes or describing technical challenges he faced with the panel.
Almost all C&H fans felt sad when Bill discontinued his masterpiece. Newspapers still re-prints older material due to it's immense popularity. Worth every $14.95 ($10.25 in India) you pay for and more. And yes, it contains the sad yet optimistic final panel - "Let's go Exploring!" (