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Loading... The Complete Calvin and Hobbesby Bill Watterson
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. As good as a comic strip can get. (  )Audacity88 | Jun 17, 2009 |   Ok, so you have to be a power lifter to hold these books up, but well worth the effort! I've been boycotting the daily comic strips since Calvin and Hobbes retired. So, I get my fix with this complete collection. (  )dianepbh | Apr 4, 2009 | The Greatest Comic Strip of all time. ( )rstuckey | Mar 31, 2009 | A true classic, now is more affordable. ( )illustrationfan | Dec 19, 2008 | I haven't had the time to go through the whole catalogue, but if your a fan of Calvin & Hobbes (C&H) you will love this. The foreword by Bill Watterson is incredibly insightful into how C&H became one of the most loveable, funny and honest comic strips. If you don't know C&H then your missing out. ( )user313 | Jun 6, 2008 | 1  0.054 seconds to build listing
Amazon.com (ISBN 0740748475, Hardcover)An Excerpt from Bill Watterson's Introduction: Exclusive Images from the New Collection
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"I’ve loved comic strips as long as I can remember. As a kid, I knew I wanted to be either a cartoonist or an astronaut. The latter was never much of a possibility, as I don’t even like riding in elevators. I kept my options open until seventh grade, but when I stopped understanding math and science, my choice was made. There is great personal satisfaction in attending to detail and quality, and I remain very proud of the standards the strip met day after day. I also liked the responsibility of knowing that, succeed or fail, it was all my own doing. This approach kept the strip very honest and personal--everything having to do with Calvin and Hobbes expressed my own ideas, my own values, my own way. I wrote every word, drew every line, and painted every color. It’s a rare gift to find such fulfilling work and I tried to show my appreciation by giving the strip everything I had to offer." 
