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Complete Calvin and Hobbs, The

Complete Calvin and Hobbs, The Hardcover - 2005

by Watterson, Bill

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Composed of three hardcover, four-color volumes in a sturdy slipcase, this edition includes all "Calvin and Hobbes" cartoons that ever appeared in syndication and an original introduction by the author.

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Kansas City: Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2005. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/None. Three large volumes, slipcased. 491, 479, 481 pages. A fine set. Calvin and Hobbes is unquestionably one of the most popular comic strips of all time. The imaginative world of a boy and his real-only-to -him tiger was first syndicated in 1985 and appeared in more than 2.400 newspapers when Bill Watterson retired on January 1. 1996. Composed of three hardcover. four-color volumes in a sturdy slipcase. this edition includes all Calvin and Hobbes cartoons that were ever published along with an original introduction by the author, color and sport art, and a treasury of entertaining stories and poems from It's a Magical World, There's Treasure Everywhere, and other classic collections. PLEASE NOTE: DUE TO WEIGHT, DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Record # 369721
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Details

  • Title Complete Calvin and Hobbs, The
  • Author Watterson, Bill
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition 1st
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 1440
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Andrews McMeel Publishing, Kansas City
  • Date 2005
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 369721
  • ISBN 9780740748479 / 0740748475
  • Weight 22.25 lbs (10.09 kg)
  • Dimensions 12.5 x 11.2 x 5.2 in (31.75 x 28.45 x 13.21 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Comic books, strips, etc, Hobbes (Fictitious character)
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2004062709
  • Dewey Decimal Code 741.597

Summary

Calvin and Hobbes is unquestionably one of the most popular comic strips of all time. The imaginative world of a boy and his real-only-to-him tiger was first syndicated in 1985 and appeared in more than 2,400 newspapers when Bill Watterson retired on January 1, 1996. The entire body of Calvin and Hobbes cartoons published in a truly noteworthy tribute to this singular cartoon in The Complete Calvin and Hobbes. Composed of three hardcover, four-color volumes in a sturdy slipcase, this New York Times best-selling edition includes all Calvin and Hobbes cartoons that ever appeared in syndication. This is the treasure that all Calvin and Hobbes fans seek.

Calvin and Hobbes one of the few universally admired by other cartoonists." --Charles Solomon, Los Angeles Times Book Review

From the publisher

Bill Watterson is the creator of Calvin and Hobbes, one of the most popular and well-regarded cartoon strips of the twentieth century. Calvin and Hobbes appeared in newspapers from November 1985 until Watterson's retirement in 1996.

Online:


gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/

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Citations

  • Books & Culture, 01/01/2007, Page 12
  • Entertainment Weekly, 10/07/2005, Page 79
  • Ingram Advance, 09/01/2005, Page 90
  • Library Journal, 01/01/2006, Page 90
  • Publishers Weekly, 08/22/2005, Page 44

About the author

Bill Watterson is the creator of "Calvin and Hobbes," one of the most popular and well-regarded cartoon strips of the twentieth century. "Calvin and Hobbes" appeared in newspapers from November 1985 until Watterson's retirement in 1996.
Online:
gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/

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