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Calvin & Hobbes is unbeatable!
"The Calvin & Hobbes Lazy Sunday Book" is an all-color collection of some of the Sunday strips that Bill Watterson created.
It is a visually stunning book. It pops. People forget that Watterson was a gifted artist, and a very talented atmospheric illustrator. Especially appealing (visually) are the strips featuring the Intrepid Spaceman Spiff and his interplanetary adventures. The text also features all 4 sea
Calvin & Hobbes is unbeatable!
"The Calvin & Hobbes Lazy Sunday Book" is an all-color collection of some of the Sunday strips that Bill Watterson created.
It is a visually stunning book. It pops. People forget that Watterson was a gifted artist, and a very talented atmospheric illustrator. Especially appealing (visually) are the strips featuring the Intrepid Spaceman Spiff and his interplanetary adventures. The text also features all 4 seasons, so you see a variety of Watterson's visual talent on display as well.
In a short "Afterward" Bill Watterson laments the "retrograde evolution" of the Sunday comics as an institution and art from. Considering that he published this book in 1989, I can only imagine what he would say today. It makes me a little sad and more than a little nostalgic as I have fond memories of reading the Sunday comics as a kid.
I enjoyed this collection. You cannot go wrong with Bill Watterson and Calvin & Hobbes.
Even if there are only
I enjoyed reading this book. Witty and funny with colorful well-drawn images. There are only 5 characters: 4 y/o Calvin; his stuff toy tiger and lone playmate Hobbes who in Calvin's wild imagination can turn into a live precocious and sometimes silly tiger; Suzie who is a girl reaching out for Calvin but gets bullied by Calvin because he seems to be contented playing with Hobbes and there is a stage in a boy's life when girls are yucky; Calvin's father; and Calvin's mother.Even if there are only 5 characters, the small situations that Bill Watterson created in the comics strips sour high. Most are outrageously funny I found myself grinning from ear to ear. Who would not feel that way looking at the mischievous face of Calvin while planning something naughty or when he gets a surprise of his life and his eyes just expand unbelievably with his hair raising like he is a porcupine or something. Then when he returns to being a boy, he could be endearing and cute like a yellow marshmallow.
Calvin and Hobbes was a syndicated daily comic strip that was written and illustrated by American cartoonist Bill Watterson (born 1958). The names of the characters were taken from the Protestant reformer, John Calvin and the social philosopher, Thomas Hobbes.The comic strip ran from 1985 to 1995. At the end of 1995, Watterson drew his last issue with a short statement to newspaper editors and his readers what he felt he had achieved all he could do in the medium.
Watterson spent much of his career trying to change the climate of newspaper comics. He believed that the artistic value of comics was being undermined, and that the space they occupied in newspapers continually decreased, subject to arbitrary whims of shortsighted publishers. Furthermore, he opined that art should not be judged by the medium for which it is created (i.e., there is no "high" art or "low art" – just art).
Watterson's legacy is the change on the Sunday newspaper cartoons: the standard cartoon starts with a large, wide rectangle featuring the cartoon's logo or a throwaway panel tangential to the main area so that newspapers pressed for space can remove the top third of the cartoon if they wish; the rest of the strip is presented in a series of rectangles of different widths. In Watterson's opinion, this format limited the cartoonist's options of allowable presentation. After his sabbatical year in 1991 he managed to gain an exception to these constraints for Calvin and Hobbes, allowing him to draw his Sunday strip the way he wanted. In many, panels overlap or contain their own panels; in some, the action progresses diagonally across the strip.
I did not grow up with this comic strip so I did not have any reminiscing moments while reading this. I bought this book around 10 years ago at Border's along Orchard when I was in Singapore. It was on sale and I decided to buy this because a couple of months before I was requested by an office mate to buy a Calvin and Hobbes t-shirt at a weekend flea market in Bangkok. When I saw the t-shirts they were so cool and it made me wonder who were those comics characters. I only knew Popeye, Brutus and Olive Oyl and Tarzan when I was growing up.
Now while reading Wiki entries about Bill Watterson, I learned that those images on the t-shirts were illegal. Bill Matterson did not allow to merchandise his works because he said it would cheapen his work. Finally, a guy with some deep-seated principles.
After I closed this book, I was craving for more. The images of Calvin will stay in my mind for a long time. I wished I was a child in 1985-1995 when this was being syndicated on Sunday newspaper. It's so cool.
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He's out to kill mercilessly, all the aliens that are dangerous to him and coming in his way, specially the loathsome bat-webbed booger being who in the planet Earth's version is also known as Susie, who also happens to be Calvin's classmate, to him an annoying creature.
The Bogger being calls for help to the Naggon-queen, Calvin's Mo
When Calvin is thrown out of his house to play outside, leaving his Mom calmly doing her work, our intrepid hero goes to his interplanetary explorer extraordinaire!!
He's out to kill mercilessly, all the aliens that are dangerous to him and coming in his way, specially the loathsome bat-webbed booger being who in the planet Earth's version is also known as Susie, who also happens to be Calvin's classmate, to him an annoying creature.
The Bogger being calls for help to the Naggon-queen, Calvin's Mom in real life. In turn, she calls the Naggon-king, Calvin's Dad when everything fails. Calvin the fearless hero, won't stop pestering his parents and Susie ever in the whole book.
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The humour is sharp and the philosophising is done in effective short bites. What's more the illustrations display Bill Watterson's serious artistic talent.
Marvellous work.
This book is a treasure chest of the full colour old-school Sunday Comics. While it doesn't have the ongoing storylines of the black and white Calvin & Hobbes, which allow for strong characterisation and captivating narrative arcs, these Sunday comics are wonderful in their own unique way.The humour is sharp and the philosophising is done in effective short bites. What's more the illustrations display Bill Watterson's serious artistic talent.
Marvellous work.
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It's been years since I've picked up a Calvin and Hobbes book. It felt how (I imagine) reuniting with an old friend would feel. Cozy and comfortable yet slightly different through (older) adult eyes. An example of seeing things differently through (older) adult eyes:
Days go by and we hardly notice them. Life becomes a blur. Often it takes some calamity to make us live in the present. Then su
It's been years since I've picked up a Calvin and Hobbes book. It felt how (I imagine) reuniting with an old friend would feel. Cozy and comfortable yet slightly different through (older) adult eyes. An example of seeing things differently through (older) adult eyes:
Days go by and we hardly notice them. Life becomes a blur. Often it takes some calamity to make us live in the present. Then suddenly we wake up and see all the mistakes we've made, but it's too late to change anything.
This collection has it all:
1. The whole book is in full color. It's gorgeous. It's so bright that I couldn't be grumpy even when I wanted to be.
2. You get a full, satisfying sampler of Calvin's identities. We see Stupendous Man, Spaceman Stiff, Tyrannosaurus, shrunken Calvin, the Human Slinky, even a Song Sparrow Calvin - just to name a few. There is no limit to his imagination. One of my favorite things to do is to avoid looking at the last panel and to try to guess what situation Calvin is in/who the other person involved is.
It's a loathesome bat-webbed booger being...a repulsive leech-like creature that attached itself to you and never lets you alone until you're dead!
(Susie asking to play.)
The queen demands his tireless toil! Calvin is back off to the anthill as fast as he can go!
(Having to clean his room.)
3. There are all the moments I could ever hope for in a Calvin and Hobbes book (or any book for that matter). There are humorous moments and touching moments and reflective moments and "oh my god...that is so true" moments.
-The following dialogue is from a strip showing typical "old time" adult comic book characters, which is Susie and Calvin playing "house":
"Darlinggg, I'm home!..And I brought a surprise!"
"Let's hope it's a divorce!"
-These summer days go by so quickly. It's good that every now and then we have to wait for something.
-I can never enjoy Sundays, because in the back of my mind I always know I've got to go to school the next day. It's like trying to enjoy your last meal before the execution.
I found myself nostalgic for my young Calvin days and identifying more and more with his parents and with "wise" Calvin (often appearing while sledding down a large hill or meandering through nature).
There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want.
AMEN TO THAT.
Watterson is so damn intelligent :) ...
Calvin : I call this "lookout" hill
Hobbes: Yes you can certainly see far from up here
Calvin: I call it "lookout" hill Because that's what you yell whenever we go down it.
Calvin: You Know, sometimes it seems things go by too Quickly.
Calvin: We're so busy watching out for what's just ahead of us that we don't take the time to e
Watterson is so damn intelligent :) ...
Calvin : I call this "lookout" hill
Hobbes: Yes you can certainly see far from up here
Calvin: I call it "lookout" hill Because that's what you yell whenever we go down it.
Calvin: You Know, sometimes it seems things go by too Quickly.
Calvin: We're so busy watching out for what's just ahead of us that we don't take the time to enjoy where we are.
Calvin: Days go by and we hardly notice them . Life becomes a blur.
Calvin: Often it takes some calamity to make us live in the present.
Calvin: The suddenly we wake up an see all the mistakes we've made but it's too late to change anything
Calvin: It's like…it's like…
Hobbes: It's like what?
Calvin: it's like something I just can't think of it
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Calvin: School's out! Free at last!
Calvin: And just six precious hours before bed to forget everything I learned today
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Calvin: My parents are the two stupidest people on earth
Calvin: Just my luck they'd get married and have me
Calvin: I hate everybody.
Calvin: I don't see how anyone could ever fall in love people are jerks
Hobbes: Sometimes they are, but look at all the colors on the threes today.
Calvin: Yeah? So What?
Hobbes: I think it's more fun to see something like this with someone than just by yourself.
Calvin: I Guesss so…but I'd still rather see this with a tiger than a person
Hobbes: Well, that goes without saying
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Calvin : True friends are hard to come by
Calvin: I need more money
Calvin: I wish people were more like animals
Calvin: Animals don't try to change you or make you fit in, They just enjoy the pleasure of our company.
Calvin: Animals aren't conditional about friendships. Animals like you just the way you are.
Calvin: They listen to your problems, they confort you when you're sad, and all they ask in return is a little kindness
Hobbes (with a handkershief and tear in his eyes) : ...And speaking of "a little kindness" I'd have a tuna fish sandwich any time soon that you happen to make one.
Calvin: Of Course some animals get on your nerves once in a while.
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Calvin: Did you watch any television yesterday?
Hobbes: No
Calvin: Gosh, what was yesterday like?
Calvin: I think life should be more like tv.
Calvin: I think life's problems ought to be solved in 30 minutes with simple homilies, don't you? I think weight and oral hygiene ought to be our biggest concerns.
Calvin: I think we should all have powerful, high-paying jobs, and everyone should drive fancy sports cars . All our desires should be instantly gratified.
Calvin: Women should always wear tight clothes, and men whould carry powerful handguns.
Calvin: Life overall should be more glamorous, thrill-packed, and filled with applause, don't you think?
Hobbes: I think my life is too featherbrained already.
Calvin: Of course, if life was really like that, what would we watch on tv?.
I was already a 30 something when this strip was first syndicated. Calvin is an only child just like his predecessor- Dennis the Menace but with a broa
There is a certain something about writing a critical review of Bill Watterson's Calvin and Hobbes, Lazy Sunday Book that feels like feeding belt ammo to a guy hunting with a machine gun. It should not be done. Either you get the innocent insouciance of this five-year-old boy and his favorite toy companion or please put the book down and move on.I was already a 30 something when this strip was first syndicated. Calvin is an only child just like his predecessor- Dennis the Menace but with a broader fantasy life. His bestest pal, Hobbes the Tiger carries a hint of the more wary and worldly wise person we become once we loose Calvin's innocence. Bill Watterson has clearly cranked things up a few on the old classic.
Calvin and his animated Hobbes live in the rich consuming imagination of the child. Calvin lives amost seamlessly in his version of outer space, or on dinosaur adventures or in the reality of long ruminating walks in a wood more varied and less child proof that the Three Acre Wood of Winnie the Pooh. Calvin has his enemy, the neighborhood girl, Susie who cannot understand his enmity nor takes it without returning it. Usually paying back more than given.
Unfortunately, number 1: by sticking with only the longer Sunday episodes we do not get the build up that can precede the Sunday payoff.
Number 2: Calvin is much given to devilment ranging from elaborately imagined water balloon attacks on his mother to again overly imagined in class fantasies involving his teacher as a space monster. Read a few at a time most of us can see ourselves and wish we had such a rich inner life. Taken together Calvin can stop being mischievous and become a bad boy.
Number 3 the paperback binding is not going to stand up to much handling.
The great news is that Bill Watterson not only has a wondrous imagination for his little boy and his world, but his artwork can range from beautiful detailed nature and outer space creatures to simpler classic comic strip art.
My recommendation, read The Calvin and Hobbes Lazy Sunday Book slowly and try to handle the book and the boy in the spirit intended.
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Yet Calvin's wild imagination doesn't stop there. For the rest of the colorful 100+ pages, he agitates his parents mercilessly, particularly his father; while with his mother, he adversely chokes down every disgusting meal she cooks, ma
"The Calvin and Hobbes Lazy Sunday Book" opens with Calvin's 10-page adventure as Spaceman Spiff, interplanetary explorer extraordinaire, with one mission in mind: to destroy all aliens, which in real life, are disguised as his mother and Susie. Very funny stuff.Yet Calvin's wild imagination doesn't stop there. For the rest of the colorful 100+ pages, he agitates his parents mercilessly, particularly his father; while with his mother, he adversely chokes down every disgusting meal she cooks, making some of the funniest faces while doing so. A lot of times, his expressions say more than any number of words. Take the family meal scene on page 30, where he makes a long-drawn-out attempt at tasting the green pile of gunk on his plate. Then there's a good facial example on page 104, where he's sitting, reading a book; then looks up with this absolutely wicked smile on his face. You can only imagine what he's up to---and it's definitely not safe.
All the comics in this wonderful collection are in color, and are rendered incredibly well. I think that Bill Watterson was born in the wrong era. He would have been much happier in the era when Sunday comics were permitted a full page to tell a refined story, where the art was rich with detail.
Book Details: Title The Calvin and Hobbes Lazy Sunday BookAuthor Bill Watterson
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Calvin's imagination is unique, and this book shows a lot of it. It's got stories set in every season. It's got incredible friendship I'd never really picked up a Calvin and Hobbes book before, though I did love the strips I happened upon. These are all in color, the pages are bigger than usual, and the paper is a bit thicker. It's a beautiful edition that I got for my birthday this year, and I decided to take the following day -- a lazy Valentine's Day Sunday -- to read it. It is pretty awesome.
In an afterword, Watterson casts back to days when Sunday cartoons were large, often multipanel
Not surprisingly, this is primarily a collection of Sunday strips. I say 'primarily', because I think Watterson regarded the covers, end pages, introductions, etc as an entertaining challenge, and seems to've taken pleasure in creating new strips and tableaux for the collections. Even if you have the newspaper strips in other books, it's worth adding this to your collection for the additional material.In an afterword, Watterson casts back to days when Sunday cartoons were large, often multipanel works of art, and lobbies for a return to those days. As a person to whom the artwork was often more important than the text (though he was quite good at the words, as well), it's not suprising that he wanted such practices restored. But he could have made a better case for it by actually SHOWING several pages of (say) Little Nemo in Slumberland, his own work, and some of the less artistic latter-day cartoons, with illustrative critical notes. Or with a section showing the development of one of his own panels, from rough sketch to finished product. It's somewhat ironic that a cartoonist who justly prided himself on his artistry tried to make a case for pictures...in words.
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Calvin is eternal. He is ageless and will be enjoyed by many generations to come. At school, I see elementary grade students reading Calvin and Hobbes books during silent reading periods, and it takes me back to
Unlike all of the previously released collections of Calvin and Hobbes comic strips, this one is all color and all Sunday strips. There are no storylines, as those are reserved for the daily comic strips. Still, this is a wonderful collection of funnies that will tickle your funny bone.Calvin is eternal. He is ageless and will be enjoyed by many generations to come. At school, I see elementary grade students reading Calvin and Hobbes books during silent reading periods, and it takes me back to when I used to read the newspaper every day just to see what kind of mischief Calvin and his stuffed tiger Hobbes got into.
No comic strip has ever come close to making more people laugh than Calvin and Hobbes, and I doubt one ever will.
So, if you are looking for a great book to relax with and get a few chuckles out of, pick up Bill Watterson's book, The Calvin and Hobbes Lazy Sunday Book. You won't be sorry.
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After reading every book of Calvin and Hobbes, I would recommend them to anyone who wants to find the joys of a simple life and I look forward to sharing them with my own boys when they are a bit olde
Calvin and Hobbes caught my attention as a small child, and even though I didn't always get all of the more adult jokes, I still enjoyed them. After a few years of reading, I appreciated more and more and even now, as an adult, I enjoy the creativity and joy Calvin finds in every situation of life.After reading every book of Calvin and Hobbes, I would recommend them to anyone who wants to find the joys of a simple life and I look forward to sharing them with my own boys when they are a bit older.
...more After reading every book of Calvin and Hobbes, I would recommend them to anyone who wants to find the joys of a simple life and I look forward to sharing them with my own boys when they are a bit olde
Calvin and Hobbes caught my attention as a small child, and even though I didn't always get all of the more adult jokes, I still enjoyed them. After a few years of reading, I appreciated more and more and even now, as an adult, I enjoy the creativity and joy Calvin finds in every situation of life.After reading every book of Calvin and Hobbes, I would recommend them to anyone who wants to find the joys of a simple life and I look forward to sharing them with my own boys when they are a bit older.
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