Seeing the world through the not innocent eyes Of a cynical kid and an ethical tigerA perfect character combination for a comic series that lets adult life seem pretty boring, predictive, and especially extremely cognitive bias and logical fallacy fueled. No matter which aspect, work, private life, hobbies, or ideologies, Calvin darkens while Hobbes tries to be positiveIt´s close to impossible to predict which of Calvins´punchlines will be combined with Hobbess` philosophical and moral ideas, w...

Ο Κάλβιν είναι ένας εξάχρονος διαβολάκος που ζει με τη μαμά και τον μπαμπά του, τους οποίους συνηθίζει να φέρνει στα όρια νευρικής κρίσης. Ο αγαπημένος φίλος του, ο Χομπς, είναι ένας μικρός τίγρης. Μπορεί για όλους τους άλλους να μοιάζει ως ένα απλό λούτρινο ζωάκι, αλλά μέσα από τη ζωηρή φαντασία του πιτσιρικά, ο Χομπς, είναι ένα πλάσμα ζωντανό που μιλάει και τον συνοδεύει στις αταξίες και σε όλες τις μικρές και μεγάλες περιπέτειες της ζωής του. Συχνά ο Watterson παρουσιάζει σε διπλανά καρέ τον...

I don't know if I lived in a bomb shelter as a kid or was subject to a weird mind-altering device, but I don't remember ever reading Calvin and Hobbes. Like ever. And it's fantastic. The humor is totally smart and clever, and their friendship charming. It's funny how the parents really are the bad guys from Calvin's perspective, and we're not sure if Hobbes is real or imaginary. But I suppose if he's real to Calvin then he is real, isn't he? Recommended for re-instilling optimism after the world...

Strip after strip after strip.

Some books just win you over.

I too sleep with the baseball bat beside my bed to kill the monster lurking down it.

I wonder I still may not be old enough to not start doing this poll manipulation thing with my dad either.

With characters sketched up as well as these, you will be going out of your way not to give this one a 5 star.

Wonderful and addictive.

Did I say 5 stars already? Make that 5 stars plus one more for the timelessness captured.

Calvin is a fabulous kid with fantastic imagination and he has a stunning feature to drive mad everyone around.

I reread this book about once a year, along with the rest of the Calvin & Hobbes series, because it is simply wonderful. Nobody can balance sincere wonder and biting snark quite like Bill Watterson...For those of you who don't know (yes, such people exist) Calvin is the kid with the wild hair, and Hobbes is his loyal stuffed tiger. Whether Hobbes comes alive by magic a la the Velveteen Rabbit, or is but a figment of Calvin's (admittedly overactive) imagination, is a question that not only ne...

SCUSATE IL RITARDO Calvin & Hobbes è geniale. Finora avevo letto solo poche strisce sui giornali americani e questo è il primo volume che mi godo: da qui la richiesta di scuse per il ritardo. Ma farò ammenda, ne leggerò presto altri.Mi piace tutto: il disegno, il testo, i personaggi, le strisce di lunghezza normale e quelle che durano una pagina intera. È irriverente come devono essere i fumetti di valore. È divertente, anzi spassoso. Rispetto ai mitici meravigliosi Peanuts, aggiunge il mond...

This is what I got in my mail box to cheer me up while I used to study late in the winter.

Too stressed with your schedule and cold??

Have a Calvin break





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Who doesn’t love Calvin, the over imaginative, mischievous child, with his imaginary tiger friends Hobbes? His antics drive his parents to the brink of insanity and he loves pondering about his Captain Spiff fantasies during class. He is always either making excuses for not having the healthy (read: disgusting) food he has been served, or advocating children’s right to vote in crucial decision like bed time hours, or irritating his friends Susie.Every page is funnier than the last one and the i...

Once upon a time, I was nuts for Calvin and Hobbes. I read it every Sunday morning and bought the first six collected editions. Once Bill Watterson retired, so did my interest in reading newspaper comics. Earlier this morning, I watched the documentary Dear Mr. Watterson, which was great, and decided to check out the dog-eared, well-loved Calvin and Hobbes collections sitting on a shelf in my basement. As I write this, it's been easily 25 years since I cracked this puppy open.The story starts as...