I wasn't sure whether I could use this one and get away with it. But then I realized that Bill Watterson's commentary made this book more than just your typical collection of comics.
Bill Watterson, I believe, retired in 1994, so I would not have been old enough to read when Calvin and Hobbes was removed from the newspaper. My parents introduced me to the strip when I was older, and while I haven't read every strip ever published, Calvin and Hobbes has easily become my all-time favorite comic strip.
I love this comic so much because the strips are consistently laugh-out-loud funny, but Watterson also has an amazing ability to work serious issues into his work. You see Watterson's both funny and serious side in his commentary to The Calvin and Hobbes Tenth Anniversary Book, as well as the occasional edge of brilliant sarcasm.
I prefer Hobbes' personality over Calvin's, but I really like and care about both titular characters. I love that Calvin is for the most part an adult's mind in a child's body, but Calvin also acts very childish at times. I love Hobbes' unique, very realistic animal perspective, as well as his semi-enthused feelings about some of Calvin's ideas for new antics.
Calvin and Hobbes is such a great comic strip because of its broad spectrum of humor and seriousness, and Watterson's own commentary and perspective in The Calvin and Hobbes Tenth Anniversary Book make the strip all the more enjoyable. I laughed out loud at virtually every page in this book that Calvin and Hobbes enthusiasts should all read.
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