The Complete Calvin and Hobbes

Four Hardcover with Slipcase, Hardcover, 1456 pages

English language

Published Nov. 13, 2012 by Simon & Schuster.

ISBN:: 978-1-4494-3325-3

This is a four volume slipcased book collection of the Calvin and Hobbes comic strips that where published from 1985-1995, it covers all the strips published and also reproduces many of the covers of earlier books in full page color illustrations. There are three daily black and white strips per page, and one color Sunday comic on a single page. Besides the comic strips there is also other full page color illustrations, and the poems and stories from other collections included.

2 editions

Sam Firke reviewed The Complete Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson

Still the G.O.A.T.

5 stars

As a child I read Calvin & Hobbes in the daily newspaper and paperbacks while the strip was still being written. Now my kids read these big books nightly before bed. So far they are holding up well to wear-and-tear.

Tiny bits of content haven't aged well (the frequent use of "sissy"), but the vast majority of it has. Some commentary - on TV and environmental destruction - is even more on-point today.

The artwork remains stunning. Take a deep look at a panel where Hobbes pounces on Calvin, "POW!" Masterful.

As a child I read Calvin & Hobbes in the daily newspaper and paperbacks while the strip was still being written. Now my kids read these big books nightly before bed. So far they are holding up well to wear-and-tear.

Tiny bits of content haven't aged well (the frequent use of "sissy"), but the vast majority of it has. Some commentary - on TV and environmental destruction - is even more on-point today.

The artwork remains stunning. Take a deep look at a panel where Hobbes pounces on Calvin, "POW!" Masterful.

Subjects

Caricatures and cartoons
Tiger
Pictorial American wit and humor
Comic strip