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[KingGondo]

Best strip ever.

A shitty day becomes instantly bearable just by reading some Calvin and Hobbes.

 

[VeryGooster]

Couldn't find a bigger size. Sorry!

 

[adamsappel]

Best art in a comic strip ever. Some of Watterson's panels are amazing in detail and composition.

 

[Azuran]

 

[Liu Kang Baking A Pie]

Posting for subscription because Calvin and Hobbes is one of the greatest things of all time.

You don't have to post to subscribe.

 

[captmcblack]

Greatest comic of all time, and inarguably so.

 

[Junior Asparagus]

The last panel always cracks me up.

 

[Risible]

Calvin and Hobbes is probably the most overrated comic ever. There are some good ones, but honestly I don't get the appeal.

I seriously don't understand this mindset. "Oh look, a thread titled Calvin and Hobbes: Share your Favorite Strips. This would be the perfect place for me to air my dislike of the strip!"

Just fuck off the next time you get the same idea.

 

[Stinkles]

Calvin and Hobbes is probably the most overrated comic ever. There are some good ones, but honestly I don't get the appeal.

You're not necessarily stupid, although you may be a slobbering nimrod. No, you're something worse than dead inside.

Where most people are filled with a vital, beating heart, a hot engine of passion and love and wonder, you are almost, but not quite empty. Deep inside you is a tiny ember of maleficent poison, a sharp little thorn of endless torment, a splinter of wretched, burning shit.

GTFO sir, GTFO.

 

[projekt84]

I think Calvin was a little ahead of his time....I didn't know he had a Super NES.

Barrel roll quote is from Starfox 64... so he's really ahead of his time.

 

[Liu Kang Baking A Pie]

I have never met a man that does not love the shit out of Calvin and Hobbes.

 

[mrklaw]

I also loved Hobbes :rollseyes: face. For some reason it reminds me of Sgt Wilson in Dad's Army

 

[Micius]

General awesomeness.

Calvinball.

The babysitter figures out how to beat Calvin at his own game.

 

[Amakusa]

 

[bodyofanamerican]

Barrel roll quote is from Starfox 64... so he's really ahead of his time.

bah! you know what i meant

 

[Crazylegs]

Jeebus but that's heart-warming and bloody melancholy all at once.

 

[The Technomancer]

Such a good strip, one of my all time favorites along with Bloom County and classic FoxTrot.

So much of my childhood was spent reading thick anthologies of C&H, Bloom County, Far Side and FoxTrot.

 

[mrklaw]

aw you fucker, you made me all sad. Its like the end of winnie the pooh - yes that makes me cry, what of it?

BTW, I'm assuming his kid looks like susie deliberately? Eventually he overcomes his fear of cooties then

 

[mightynine]

For those who want to get the complete collection, I was in Barnes & Noble this week and it was 50% off.

Wish I wasn't broke.

 

[Spaceman Spiff]

For those who want to get the complete collection, I was in Barnes & Noble this week and it was 50% off.

Wish I wasn't broke.

That's not bad; I'm tempted to check out my local B&N.

I have all of the previous collections and treasuries, but without The Complete C&H my collection will never be, well, complete. I definitely need to get off my lazy ass and pick it up one of these days.

 

[Grimm Fandango]

That's not bad; I'm tempted to check out my local B&N.

I have all of the previous collections and treasuries, but without The Complete C&H my collection will never be, well, complete. I definitely need to get off my lazy ass and pick it up one of these days.

I've been thinking about it but many have said it's mostly for commemorated purposes, not really for reading. That really bums me out.

 

[Satyamdas]

I've been thinking about it but many have said it's mostly for commemorated purposes, not really for reading. That really bums me out.

Screw that. Yeah it's expensive, and yeah it looks so regal you feel as though just touching the thing somehow dulls its magnificence, but I can't think of a better gift to a future kid or grandkid, or even to yourself as you grow older than to revisit a well worn collection of the greatest comic strip ever. Those strips are meant to be absorbed, enjoyed, and reread over and over. They aren't meant to be shelved in pristine condition away from eyes and hearts that will always find pleasure in that beautiful content.

 

[Alucrid]

Screw that. Yeah it's expensive, and yeah it looks so regal you feel as though just touching the thing somehow dulls its magnificence, but I can't think of a better gift to a future kid or grandkid, or even to yourself as you grow older than to revisit a well worn collection of the greatest comic strip ever. Those strips are meant to be absorbed, enjoyed, and reread over and over. They aren't meant to be shelved in pristine condition away from eyes and hearts that will always find pleasure in that beautiful content.

Agreed. What do you mean they're not meant to be read? The binding doesn't hold up well? Just get them strengthened or rebinded. It might cost a bit, but we're talking about Calvin and Hobbes here.

 

[Grimm Fandango]

Screw that. Yeah it's expensive, and yeah it looks so regal you feel as though just touching the thing somehow dulls its magnificence, but I can't think of a better gift to a future kid or grandkid, or even to yourself as you grow older than to revisit a well worn collection of the greatest comic strip ever. Those strips are meant to be absorbed, enjoyed, and reread over and over. They aren't meant to be shelved in pristine condition away from eyes and hearts that will always find pleasure in that beautiful content.

It's more about the quality of the collection. They aren't exactly hard bound so wear and tear is a very realistic problem.

Agreed. What do you mean they're not meant to be read? The binding doesn't hold up well? Just get them strengthened or rebinded. It might cost a bit, but we're talking about Calvin and Hobbes here.

Never heard of this. What is it?

 

[Satyamdas]

It's more about the quality of the collection. They aren't exactly hard bound so wear and tear is a very realistic problem.

I have the complete collection so I know all about its binding issues. And I'm saying I don't care. In 25 years I want that thing to be pulled out and read by someone unfamiliar with it, pages yellowed and slightly ragged, binding coming completely undone, looking like some ancient tome of witchcraft with mystical secrets within its pages, some of which have fallen completely out of place. I want the book itself to exude the character and world weary fatigue that the strips themselves express. It deserves as much.

 

[Spaceman Spiff]

A question, GAF: the Sunday strips in Attack of the Deranged Mutant Killer Monster Snow Goons, (the full title must always be used), have not been published in color outside of the Complete C&H, correct?

It's always bothered me that that content was never included within one of the colored collections.

 

[Alucrid]

It's more about the quality of the collection. They aren't exactly hard bound so wear and tear is a very realistic problem.



Never heard of this. What is it?

Well, I'm guessing that they used glue to old the pages in? You can generally have them rebinded and have the pages stitched in instead.

 

[jl4855]

calvinball, stupendousman, do-it-all box, susie.. so much gold.

 

[chuckddd]

 

[GhaleonEB]

Thanks aesop. That's the series I was meaning when I said 'the raccoon'.

This just demolishes me every time. Watterson was a genius, somehow creating juxtaposing child fantasies, adult social critiques, abstract art and gripping emotional narratives and truths into a comic strip. I'm as passionate about Calvin and Hobbes as I am about any kind of art.

Personally, I love any time Roslyn the baby sitter arrived. Especially the time Calvin locker her homework in the bathroom.

My daughter and I break out the Complete Collection on a weekly basis. Gawd. Spaceman Spiff. The transmogrifier. The time machine. Suzie. The baby sitter. Backing the car out the driveway. The noir detective. So much greatness.

 

[hemtae]

I like the strip where calvin's dad stays up late to do his work after he played all day with calvin in the snow. Also any strip with calvin and hobbes discussing philosophical matters while on the tobbogan is golden

 

[Snuggles]

 

[Oozer3993]

A question, GAF: the Sunday strips in Attack of the Deranged Mutant Killer Monster Snow Goons, (the full title must always be used), have not been published in color outside of the Complete C&H, correct?

It's always bothered me that that content was never included within one of the colored collections.

Our copy of Attack of the Deranged Mutant Killer Monster Snow Goons, so I can't verify this, but there are two collections of Sunday strips: Lazy Sunday Book and Calvin and Hobbes Sunday Pages 1985-1995. All the strips in each are in color and I'd imagine some of them are from Attack of the Deranged Mutant Killer Monster Snow Goons.

Fun fact from Sunday Pages 1985-1995:

Bill Watterson said he redrew this strip in a vertical format for the square and vertically themed book collections. In the books, it looks like this:

 

[Vinci]

Greatest comic strip ever. Bar none. Not even close. I have read the collections with my oldest child and will do so with my youngest.

 

[civilstrife]

Our copy of Attack of the Deranged Mutant Killer Monster Snow Goons, so I can't verify this, but there are two collections of Sunday strips: Lazy Sunday Book and Calvin and Hobbes Sunday Pages 1985-1995. All the strips in each are in color and I'd imagine some of them are from Attack of the Deranged Mutant Killer Monster Snow Goons.

Fun fact from Sunday Pages 1985-1995:

Bill Watterson said he redrew this strip in a vertical format for the square and vertically themed book collections. In the books, it looks like this:

This page is brilliant. I love how the intersection of the trees subconsciously form the panels of the strip in our minds.

 

[Niks]

Truly great.

I think Calvin and Hobbes will withstand the test of time, and hopefully it will still be appreciated in decades to come.

 

[Iceman]

Can you believe we were blessed with the Far Side along with Calvin and Hobbes for such a long stretch of time?

These were true works of genius.. I recognized that even as a child. I savored every new strip as the most revered work of art, knowing that one day the well would dry up and we'd only be left with fond memories and a huge void.

Comic strips haven't been the same since.

 

[Retro]

I've always found this one to be particularly poignant while 'working' on things...

And who the hell can actually hate Calvin and Hobbes? It's inconceivable, they must be trollin'.

I forgot about some of the more emotional comics, looks like I need to browse through my collection again.

Also, that Motivational picture of "The Future" is both heartwarming and heartbreaking. Even though it's not done by Waterson, it still evokes emotion.

 

[Kano on the Phone]

This thread is awesome, but please, please stop with this shit. Nonsense like this is like posting a phone camera picture of a great painting. Nothing can touch the heart and relevance of the comic itself, and everything even remotely referencing Calvin and Hobbes and not done by Bill Watterson is just completely trite and unnecessary and detracts from celebrating the comic.

This is a "here, this is my favorite Calvin and Hobbes comic" thread, not a "hey, I found something vaguely related to Calvin and Hobbes on StumbleUpon 2 years ago let me show you because I just have to have something to post" thread.

 

[GhaleonEB]

Can you believe we were blessed with the Far Side along with Calvin and Hobbes for such a long stretch of time?

These were true works of genius.. I recognized that even as a child. I savored every new strip as the most revered work of art, knowing that one day the well would dry up and we'd only be left with fond memories and a huge void.

Comic strips haven't been the same since.

So true. I have the complete collections of Calvin and Hobbes and The Far Side next to each other on my living room shelf. I didn't realize how lucky I was to be young when they were ongoing - comics just aren't the same now.

I still remember making my own C&H albums as a kid, cutting out the newspaper strips into a photo album. Did that until the same strips hit a book, then restarted.

 

[Cyan]

Can you believe we were blessed with the Far Side along with Calvin and Hobbes for such a long stretch of time?

These were true works of genius.. I recognized that even as a child. I savored every new strip as the most revered work of art, knowing that one day the well would dry up and we'd only be left with fond memories and a huge void.

Not me. I thought that newspapers having incredible comics like Calvin & Hobbes and the Far Side was just how things were.

It was only after Calvin & Hobbes ended that I realized there would never be anything like it again.

 

[bodyofanamerican]

"I notice your oeuvre is monochromatic". Destroys me.

and the art here is just great:

 

[Snowman Prophet of Doom]

This thread is awesome, but please, please stop with this shit. Nonsense like this is like posting a phone camera picture of a great painting. Nothing can touch the heart and relevance of the comic itself, and everything even remotely referencing Calvin and Hobbes and not done by Bill Watterson is just completely trite and unnecessary and detracts from celebrating the comic.

This is a "here, this is my favorite Calvin and Hobbes comic" thread, not a "hey, I found something vaguely related to Calvin and Hobbes on StumbleUpon 2 years ago let me show you because I just have to have something to post" thread.

I usually agree, but I think that without the silly demotivational poster part of it, it's a pretty durn decent piece of fan art; it doesn't touch Watterson, but it's the closest that I've seen anybody come.

Does anybody remember seeing those animated Calvin and Hobbes in French that were posted a while ago? They were also pretty decent as well. Anybody remember those and/or have a link?

 

[Snuggles]

Man, so much nostalgia. As a kid I read these front to back so many times, I think I still have one of them somewhere. It's amazing how much about it that I get now that I didn't then, it's timeless.

 

[SatelliteOfLove]

This thread is awesome, but please, please stop with this shit. Nonsense like this is like posting a phone camera picture of a great painting. Nothing can touch the heart and relevance of the comic itself, and everything even remotely referencing Calvin and Hobbes and not done by Bill Watterson is just completely trite and unnecessary and detracts from celebrating the comic.

This is a "here, this is my favorite Calvin and Hobbes comic" thread, not a "hey, I found something vaguely related to Calvin and Hobbes on StumbleUpon 2 years ago let me show you because I just have to have something to post" thread.

That is the ONLY C&Hesque piece I personally allow. It's done in the art, the spirit, and the reverence C&H demands.

 

[MisterHero]

One of my favorites is where Calvin and Susie play house and Susie uses Mr. Bun as a baby.

It's so awesome because of the dramatic illustrations.

Here it is!

 

[Nabs]

C&H owned my childhood. I need that complete collection.

 

[demon]

That "Let's hope it's a divorce" panel.... lol

 

[Totakeke]

I bought two.

 

[Trojita]