The spirit of childhood leaps to life again with boundlessenergy and magic in Yukon Ho!, the newest collection of adventuresfeaturing rambunctious six-year-old Calvin and his co-conspiratortiger-chum, Hobbes. Picking up where The Essential Calvin andHobbes left off, Yukon Ho! is sure to begin an immediate reign atthe top of bestseller lists everywhere!
Wonder, merriment, and orneriness abound in this collectionfull of Watterson's superior artwork and keen ability to depict theinner hopes, joys, fears, and devilishness of the ever-enterprisingCalvin and his sidekick, Hobbes.
Zounds! Spaceman Spiff, Stupendous Man, the ferocious tigerHobbes, and the rest of Calvin's riotous imagination are allincluded in The Days Are Just Packed. Calvin, the irrepressiblepint-sized tyrant, is always bursting with energy. And the newvolume's oversized 12-by-9 inch format provides Calvin's outrageousfantasies room to explode. Nowhere does the spiky-haired miscreantstretch out more than in the Sunday paper. And dozens of Sundaystrips are lavishly reproduced in color for The Days Are JustPacked, along with Calvin's always amusing weekday adventures. Ineight years, Calvin and Hobbes has conquered the syndicated cartoonworld. Bill Watterson's work appears in more than 2,200 newspapersworldwide and is consistently voted "favorite comic" in reader'spolls. All seven Calvin and Hobbes collections have sold over onemillion copies within a year of publication. With the advent of itsexciting new size, The Days Are Just Packed has topped thebestseller lists even quicker than Calvin lands in the principal'soffi
The magical friendship shared by Calvin and his stuffed tigerHobbes has endeared them to millions of fans in their comic stripappearing in more than 800 newspapers and in millions of books. Nowtheir friendship endures in a full-color collection of Sundaycartoons and original art done for the book, all fit for a lazySunday afternoon. Whether visiting other planets as Spaceman Spiff,transmogrifying into a dangerous dinosaur, or just hanging aroundwith Hobbes, Calvin's adventures display a showcase for themasterful art of Bill Watterson. The enlarged format of full-colorSunday illustrations provides more room for all the action andimagination inherent in each Calvin and Hobbes enterprise. Readerswill delight in pages enlivened with the bright color images ofthis precocious pair embroiled in all kinds of predicaments.Watterson engages readers of all ages with the seemingly endlessimagination of Calvin, tempered by the more thoughtful Hobbes. TheCalvin and Hobbes Lazy Sunday Book will provide many lazy Sundayafte
With more than 38 million copies in print, Dav Pilkey's Captain Underpants books are among the bestselling children's series of all time! Now readers of all ages can enjoy a deluxe boxed collection of Books 5-8, featuring the tighty-whitey-wearing superhero who fights for Truth, Justice, and all that is Pre-Shrunk and Cottony! This set is encased in a book-shaped box with a groovy glow-in-the-dark cover and a super-cool, exclusive inflatable Captain Underpants figure!
Calvin and Hobbes books have taken the country by storm andhere's the biggest, brightest one yet! Calvin and Hobbest soared tothe top of the bestseller lists in its first month of publication,selling a million copies within 9 months of publication. SomethingUnder The Bed Is Drooling exploded out of the stores, sellingnearly a million copies within the first month of publication! Now,those two books are brought together in this over-sizeanthology-type book. Adding to the fun in The Essential Calvin andHobbes are an original 16-page story and color Sundaycartoons.
The week it hit the stores, Weirdos from Another Planet! toucheddown at No. 1 on Walden's and B. Dalton's bestseller lists and No.2 on the New York Times bestseller list. How do you top suchsuccess? With The Authoritative Calvin and Hobbes, a large-formattreasury of the cartoons from Yukon Ho! and Weirdos from AnotherPlanet! (including full-color Sunday cartoons) plus a full-colororiginal story unique to this collection. Its reservation on thetop of the national bestseller lists is already confirmed! Millionsof readers have responded ot the tremendous talent of BillWatterson. His skill as both artist and writer brings to life aboy, his tiger, and the imagination and memories of his ardentreaders. After five years of syndication and six bestsellingcollections, The Authoritative Calvin and Hobbes picks up where TheEssential Calvin and Hobbes left off - bringing more of theirresistible antics of Calvin and his magical sidekick Hobbes tomillions of eager fans around the globe. As the strip's phenomenalsuccess wi
New York Times best-seller! Watterson's imaginative approach to his material and hisinventive graphics have made Calvin and Hobbes one of thefew universally admired by other cartoonists." --Charles Solomon, Los Angeles Times Book Review Calvin and Hobbes is unquestionably one of the mostpopular comic strips of all time. The imaginative world of a boyand his real-only-to-him tiger was first syndicated in 1985 andappeared in more than 2,400 newspapers when Bill Watterson retiredon January 1, 1996. The entire body of Calvin and Hobbes cartoons published in a truly noteworthy tribute to this singularcartoon in The Complete Calvin and Hobbes . Composed of threehardcover, four-color volumes in a sturdy slipcase, this editionincludes all Calvin and Hobbes cartoons that ever appearedin syndication. This is the treasure that all Calvin andHobbes fans seek.
With the help of his faithful stuffed tiger companion and hisalter-egos--Spaceman Spiff, Stupendous Man, and Tracer Bullet--Calvin continues to navigate the tricky waters of youth in thelatest collection by comic strip genius Bill Watterson.Original.
The first collection of the increasingly popular comic stripthat features a rambunctious 6-year-old boy and his stuffed tigerwho comes charmingly to life.
In the world that Calvin and his tiger Hobbes share, treasurescan be found in the most unlikely places, from the outer regionswhere Spaceman spiff travels to the rocks in the backyard - thiscurious duo roams their world in search of fortunes (andmisfortunes!) to be experienced. Whether Calvin and Hobbes areblasting off on another interplanetary adventure or approachingwarp speed on a downhill wagon ride, their capers are reparteeconsistantly charm and refresh their readers' days. On his own,Calvin is prey to the insidious killer bicycle, is the arbiter ofthe dad poll, is the creator of a legion of snowmen who provide anincisive social commentary, and Hobbes is always there as theperfect companion. Watterson's talen is evidenced by the range ofthought provoking emotions the strip encompasses in addition to thelaughs it induces: the loyalty and friendship between Calvin andHobbes, the challenge of being a patient parents, and the sardonicviewpoint of a cynical six-year-old ("I'm a 21st-century kidtrapped
In a tenth anniversary celebration, the creator of "Calvin andHobbes" discusses the art of cartooning, explains how he createshis immensely popular comic strip, and presents his favoritemoments from the series's ten years. Original. 1,500,000 firstprinting.
In just over five years of syndication, Calvin and Hobbes hasbecome an American comic strip sensation - touching the hearts (andfunny bones) of the millions who read the award-winning strip. Onelook at the new Calvin and Hobbes collection and it is immediatelyevident that Bill Watterson's imagination, wit, and sense ofadventure continue to be unmatched. In this collection, comprisedof cartoons never before published in book form, Calvin and histiger-striped sidekick Hobbes are hilarious whether the two aresimply lounging around philosophizing about the future of mankindor plotting their latest money-making scheme. Chock-full of thefamiliar adventures of Spaceman Spiff, the latest findings of Dad'spopularity poll, and time travel to the Jurrassic Age, ScientificProgress Goes "Boink" is guaranteed to set scientific inquiry backan ean - and advance the reading pleasure of all Calvin and Hobbesfans.
When cartoonist Bill Watterson announced that his phenomenallypopular cartoon strip would be discontinued on the last day of1995, Calvin and Hobbes fans throughout the world went intomourning. Fans have learned to survive - despite the absence of theboy and his tiger in the daily newspaper. Now, like the wave of asweet memory; comes one last chance to experience Calvin andHobbes, in its final collection. Like the thirteen extraordinarilysuccessful Watterson books that came before it, this volumepromises to deliver all the satisfaction of visiting its charactersonce more. Calvin fans will be able to see their favorite mischiefmaker stir it up with his furry friend, long-suffering parents,classmate Susie Derkins, school teacher Miss Wormwood, and Rosalynthe baby-sitter. This collection, including full-color Sundays, hasit all: Calvin-turned-firefly waking Hobbes with his flashlightglow; courageous Spaceman Spiff rocketing through alien galaxies ashe battles Dad-turned-Bug-Being; and Calvin's always inspi
