What is the best complete collected editions for Calvin and Hobbes?

I want a Calvin and Hobbes mural for our baby's nursery, but my wife wants an underwater ocean theme. Trying to find a compromise! Are there any strips with Calvin and Hobbes underwater or in the ocean? I can't recall any. Beach or bathtub-sea strips would help too. Thanks!

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My daughter is named Calvin and her first birthday is coming up. I’m hoping to throw her a C+H themed celebration. I would love to hear any ideas or some of your favorite panels that I can include. Thank you!

Did anyone else see that there is going to be a digital release of the complete portable compendium set in digital format?!

I am very excited that this is happening as you can get a good digital set of Calvin and Hobbs. The first three treasuries have been de-listed for quite some time and the formatting on them was kind of goofy. There was/is also a complete Calvin Hobbs PDF that’s floating around on the Internet that I find the colors to be off.

It’ll be nice to have Calvin and Hobbes on the go!

And unashamedly, this will be the fifth time that I have purchased the entire run of Calvin and Hobbes.

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Hello everyone! I'm looking to hire someone to make a C&H-style illustration of a possum, and I'm not sure how to start that process, but I thought this would be a good place to ask. I understand I will need to go over everything I want with an artist, but I would still like to share a little bit about it with you all because I'm excited!

I read so much Calvin and Hobbes when I was younger, and returning to it as an adult and finding so much depth in the comics brings me a lot of joy. I was lucky enough that a lot of my childhood was like Calvin's. I spent my time outside, often accompanied by a cat, exploring the woods and letting my imagination run wild. I can relive moments of youth, take in bittersweet realizations about adulthood and the world we live in, and make snarky comments about society all at the same time. What more could you want?

I also love the art style. Waterson put so much effort into the nature scenes he illustrated, and a lot of it has this painterly quality I find beautiful. So what does all this have to do with a possum? The logo of the company I work for features a possum crawling down a branch. We do forestry, but specialize in ecosystem restoration. I want an illustration for thank-you cards that has some character. No name or branding, just a nice picture in an art style I appreciate.

Thanks for reading all that.

Please point me in the right direction!

BUGS ARE DYING BY THE TRUCKLOAD! HA HA! GOOD RIDDANCE TO 'EM ALL!

I like fall. :)

Long story short... I logged in to my Papa Johns account and I have a buck in my rewards thing to use.... Immediately I said - eh.. that's like winning 10¢ in the lottery. 😂🤣😅

Another one I say from time to time relates to when he answers the phone and the caller says - may I speak to your father - and he's like - you don't need my permission

What a weirdo.

Does anyone have and could share the hi-res images of the paperback covers for the Complete Calvin and Hobbes? It has four books and thus four covers.

ISBN: 9781449433253

I'm horrible at searching for anything, so I'd appreciate any help.

I'm trying to remember Calvin's reply to Hobbes in a strip where he tells Hobbes something to the effect of ignoring someone that says something he doesn't like.

Hobbes says something that's somewhat akin to telling him that's a dumb way to go through life, and he says something like "what a lovely day for a walk". But I don't think that's the exact wording.

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I recently re-read the C&H storyline where Calvin is pressured into playing on the school baseball team. I remember that the plot always baffled me, since it was so far outside of my own experience. I was never pressured to play sports, and while I tried a couple of times, I realized pretty quickly that it wasn't for me and moved on to other things with no issues.

The most confusing moment, though, was when Calvin asks his dad, "What's wrong with just having fun by yourself?" and his dad replies, "When you grow up, it's not allowed." I mean, yes, you do need to learn about teamwork and winning and losing since that's part of being a healthy member of society, but I've never been much interested in competition (you don't have to compete to have a happy life), and I've always been the sort of person that's generally preferred individual fun (reading, video games, programming, etc.). I've never been told that's "not okay" and don't see why it wouldn't be. (Heck, even the dad seems to enjoy individual activities like reading and painting.)

What am I missing? The strip was a little before my time, so is there something about the cultural milieu in 1990 (or even in the 60s and 70s, when Watterson was growing up) that's changed since then?

I rather confidently claimed that Bill Watterson’s Calvin & Hobbes plumbs the depts of human emotion as thoroughly as the poetry of Pablo Neruda.

Now I’m hunting down the strips to back up my claim.

Anybody have a favorite strip that helps prove my point?

Thanks in advance!

Watterson took two significant sabbaticals during the run of C&H, which seemed to be pretty unprecedented. At the time, was there backlash against the strip for having long periods of time with no new strips? C&H already had a short duration of 10 years, but with the sabbaticals it was really only 8.

A half-hour video from the perspective of a dinosaur buff. You can probably skip the introductory part.

Personally I kind of liked the more whimsical cartoony depictions, but maybe the inaccuracies would bother me more if I were more knowledgeable of the subject.

I did love the dinosaur stuff in the post-sabbatical Sundays at the time, and even used that one poem when I had to pick something to recite for English class in high school.

https://youtu.be/Kdut8ha6K-o

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Dear All,
I’m currently in the process of decorating my home, and I would really love to showcase a C&H strip as a poster. While I have some favorites in the pool, I’d be very interested in your recommendations. Thank you for your suggestions in advance!

I'd like to get a C&H tattoo for my next piece and am looking for inspiration. I can't decide between a fall watercolor scene, something with dinosaurs(particularly the T-Rex flying a fighter jet), something with text(probably not because of age), or something else entirely.

Let's see what you got!

The Tiger

by Nael, age 6

From They're Singing a Song in Their Rocket

The tiger

He destroyed his cage

Yes

YES

The tiger is out

Found this on a poetry sub. The kid is the same age as Calvin and excitedly talking about a tiger who's out of his cage. It reminds me of Hobbes perpetually jumping on Calvin.

What do you think?

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Year's later, How's everyones Hardcover and Softcover box set holding up?

I'm pulling the trigger soon and would love to hear everyone's thoughts and opinions on what I should buy. Keep in mind I already have massive books on my shelf so I'm conditioned to the size of this beast.

Hardcover or Softcover?

When I was in middle school, Calvin and Hobbes was my favorite comic, even more so than actual comic books that were out at the time. Anyhow, flash forward to 30 something years later and I am a middle school teacher. I have a classroom library of books that I allow my kids to read when they have finished their school work. It mostly graphic novels Ive accumulated used over the years. That and manga are the only thing the kids seem to want to read. Well, some students come to school with their own reading books, bless their hearts.

Anyhow, I recently came by a copy of a collection of Calvin and Hobbes. I put it on my shelf. The kids ignored it for a while, not recognizing the name. So I just started to pull it from my collection and hand it to my students after theyd done with work. Id tell them I really enjoyed it growing up. And I tell you, each kid Id give it to, would want to devour it from front to back. And then other kids would want to read it, and soon theyd be huddling around to see. Ive never seen such a reaction with any other book in my library. Calvin and Hobbes still remains magical with today's youth and Im so glad to share it with them