The Calvin and Hobbes Lazy Sunday Book
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I picked this book to write the review b/c the Sunday strips were works of art each time. Because he had the larger format and color options to put out on Sundays, these were some of the most imaginative. You got to see other aspects of Calvin's imagination beyond Hobbes--the drooling, alien school teacher, spaceman spiff, etc. With regard to Sunday strips, Watterson repeatedly bucked the system and rallied against the marginalizing of the Sunday comics all the while fighting the uphill battl...more
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All the time I pick up any Calvin and Hobbes collections I lose myself for an hour. I still laugh as hard as I did the first time I read them. I always related to Calvin, in the sense that he is a loner and he does not care. I always was a type of loner in which I could never stay put with the same set of friends because getting to involved with people meant that you lost time with yourself. I would always (and 'til this day, I will admit) imagine myself in another place or silly situations, and...more
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Read in January, 1996
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anybody
Of course, it's Calvin and Hobbes, and who can fault it? But as far as Waterson collections go, and if we're dealing in that category we're already at a pretty high standard, this is the one you could skip. I don't think there are any strips in here that aren't also in another book, and I think I got the impression somewhere in my life that the coloring had been tampered with... although I may have made that up. The 'extra' that's added to the beginning of a lot of Calvin & Hobbes books is q...more
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Read in February, 2003
recommends it for:
Anyone interested in comics.
This special all-color of Calvin & Hobbes is really special in more ways than one. Most importantly, all of the strips are top-quality work and absolutely hilarious. The best part is how Watson weaves all of the storylines together within the book, without getting them all confused. All in all, a great addtion to any comic book collection.
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While I loved the comics, the book was disappointingly short. even when compared to the earlier collections. Since this is basically just colored strips from the previous collections, there wasn't a lot I hadn't already seen.
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I noticed that this book was composed of only Sunday strips that were in color. I like those because they had a "throwaway joke" in the first few panels along with the actual comic. I also have this book.
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this book go me through so much in my school years. ah calvin, ah hobbes...you crazy little things. space man spiff, sleepy time tummy rubs, snowman death scene sculptures...just a few of my favorites.
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Who doesn't love a philosophizing 6 year old with a better vocabulary than you'll ever have :) I became a big fan in late elementary school and still enjoy them though not quite to the same degree.
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I thought she was too young, but she isn't and she giggles through every page. There is no better sound than reading to a 4 1/2 year old who loves Calvin and Hobbes.
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Read in January, 2000
I love Calvin and Hobbes. I miss reading them in the paper. I also love how simple the cartoon is drawn. This cartoon is somewhat why I became a graphic designer.
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This is without a doubt my most oft-read book. Seriously, I have been reading this book since I was like 10. Over and over and over and over. And I still laugh!
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I think this is the Calvin and Hobbes book that collects all the Sunday strips. Whatever it collects, you know Calvin and Hobbes is amusing.
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Read in June, 2007
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i looked for itrecommends it for: people who like mischief
six year old Calvin has a mind of his own and imagines crazy things that always gets him into trouble. together, they get into lots of mischief.
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if you had all the collections, this book was just a repeat, but it allowed you to jsut read the colored sunday ones if you wanted.
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Fun to read w/my kids as they grew up, the differing perspectives of parents & children was fun to compare!
Fun to read w/my kids as they grew up, the differing perspectives of parents & children was fun to compare!
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I loaned this to my fraternity brother in college, and he never gave it back. Blanchette, I'll kill you for this.
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This was one of my favorites. It's a collection of Sunday comics, and each page is a full-color mini-story.
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Even during the publication of these pages, the Sunday strip was shrinking inch by inch.
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This book is as the title suggests... lazy and beautiful, AND in full color!! Nice.
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Read in January, 1996
Bill Watterson's comedic genius in Sunday Paper format...in book form. Wonderful!!
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