Bill Watterson (born William Boyd Watterson II) is an American cartoonist, and the author of the comic strip "Calvin and Hobbes". His career as a syndicated cartoonist ran from 1985 to 1995; he stopped drawing "Calvin and Hobbes" at the end of 1995 with a short statement to newspaper editors and his fans that he felt he had achieved all he could in the comic strip medium. During the early years of his career he produced several drawings and additional contributions for "Target: The Political Cartoon Quarterly". Watterson is known for his views on licensing and comic syndication, as well as for his reclusive nature.
Calvin and Hobbes is classic humor! Anyone should be able to relate to much of this kid humor. Calvin’s expressions alone are enough to make you split. He had the same type of relationship with his parents as most and he has an imaginary friend tiger Hobbes. He is creative, overbearing, rotten, and stimulated to cause trouble he is a normal boy! I always have enjoyed this comic.
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.
What can I say? Calvin and Hobbes is just so classic, and so brilliant.
It's been awhile since I read it and I'm struck again how so many of the punchlines use very adult concepts and vocabulary, and yet I feel as though it's still so accessible to kids, too.
This particular collection appears to include both daily and Sunday strips, but no color. Still, the Sunday strips are seamlessly added in over a couple of pages and the lack of color doesn't impact the overall humor.
Following directly from Book 1 (of course), this is much more assured and Calvin is more like I know him. Featuring more time with Mom & Dad and introducing Rosalyn, this book is crackling with ideas and humour and adventure - superb.
Raw. You see Calvin and Hobbes evolving to become the legendary characters they become. It was fun reading it. A good reminder that not everything is perfect.