Product Description: In a tenth anniversary celebration, the creator of "Calvin and Hobbes" discusses the art of cartooning, explains how he creates his immensely popular comic strip, and presents his favorite moments from the series's ten years. Original. 1,500,000 first printing.
Amazon.com Review: Now that Bill Watterson has retired from drawing syndicated cartoons, the only way to get our Calvin and Hobbes fixes is through his book collections. The 10th Anniversary Book is particularly notable, because in addition to getting some of his most wonderful cartoons, we also gain a sense of Watterson as a person.
Approximately one-tenth of the book contains essays about matters great and small--from cartooning to life--and stories about the inspiration behind some of his greatest strips. Not surprisingly, Watterson shines through as a being of considerable integrity, and the cartoons gain in depth thanks to his commentary. And, of course, the cartoons in the other 90% of the book are alternately side-splitting hilarious or touching. Happy Anniversary, Bill, and good luck with whatever it is you are doing now!
I love Calvin and Hobbes Really funny. I love calvin and hobbes. This is a great comic book with a lot of really funny and deep strips.
I still haven't recieved it yet. I'm not sure what's going on with this shipment, but I still have not recieved this book yet and my son's birthday is almost here. I'm very unsatisfied, I've even emailed the seller and have not recieved a reply. Please advise me on how to get my money back.
a classic cartoon book I love Calvin and Hobbes. The characters appeal to the child in me. In addition, I love to look at the cartoons as well as read it, because it is drawn extremely well. Often, comic strips are too two-dimensional and the characters don't do much except stand there and spew speech bubbles. The illustrations (and angles) are dynamic and shows the cartoonist thinking about how best to illustrate his ideas. The reading part is rewarding as well, because it is not filled with cheap jokes, but shows a genuine development of characters. The characters are endearing. They are developed through actions, not speech bubbles accompanied by lifeless characters. This book comes with little stories that gives us a glimpse of the cartoonist as well as the cartooning industry. A great book for fans.
Great fun - fun to read I really enjoy reading these books - great way to spend a weekend or relax.
calvin and hobbes 10th for anyone who has, was, or is missing out on childhood schemes, this is THE book. simply said watterson had the emphasis to keep the spirit of a kid in the sunday comics. with all the flaws, genius plans, adventures, logical illogicality, and imagination that goes along with it. we all remember a 'moe' in our lives whether from grade school to the boss we work for (yes,I mean 'them') we all had our best friends, real or imaginary that we'd play or argue with. we all had our doses of trouble whether we were the cause of them or not. and likely we were all like calvin at one point or another. or perhaps the illogical, persuasive, but well meaning hobbes. Bill does a wonderful job of capturing the unrivalled imagination of an 'old school' kid I applaud him for reminding us how to think like a kid again and to look at the humor of even the most desperate sources of trouble. the commentary through out the book is just as informing as humorous. letting us into the character's mind and Bill's as he carries us through the years of his strip.
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