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4.74 AVERAGE
4.74 AVERAGE
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
reflective
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
The strips in this collection are still early days of the Calvin and Hobbes run. The book starts out a bit inconsistent, and sometimes the tone feels a bit off, but about two-thirds of the way through it fully comes into its own as the greatest comic strip of all time.
3.5***
Who doesn’t love Calvin & Hobbes? Calvin is the intelligent, creative, imaginative, exasperating six-year-old with a “pet tiger” everyone else thinks is just a stuffed toy. For his parents, he is their pride and joy, and the bane of their existence … informing Dad that his polls show he is slipping in popularity and is destined to lose the next “Dad election;” asking his Mom if those are maggots or rice in the soup.
I loved this comic strip when it ran daily and Sunday, and I’ve missed it ever since Watterson stopped drawing it. But I have to say, a little goes a long way, and this is best enjoyed a strip or two (or page or two) per day, and not all at once. The book includes Calvin’s alter egos of Tyrannosaurus Rex, Spaceman Spiff and Stupendous Man. However, this particular collection is minus some of my favorite strips wherein Calvin created “interesting” (and sometimes frightening) snowmen tableaus.
Who doesn’t love Calvin & Hobbes? Calvin is the intelligent, creative, imaginative, exasperating six-year-old with a “pet tiger” everyone else thinks is just a stuffed toy. For his parents, he is their pride and joy, and the bane of their existence … informing Dad that his polls show he is slipping in popularity and is destined to lose the next “Dad election;” asking his Mom if those are maggots or rice in the soup.
I loved this comic strip when it ran daily and Sunday, and I’ve missed it ever since Watterson stopped drawing it. But I have to say, a little goes a long way, and this is best enjoyed a strip or two (or page or two) per day, and not all at once. The book includes Calvin’s alter egos of Tyrannosaurus Rex, Spaceman Spiff and Stupendous Man. However, this particular collection is minus some of my favorite strips wherein Calvin created “interesting” (and sometimes frightening) snowmen tableaus.
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I've loved Calvin and Hobbes since my childhood and these comics are always a thing of joy and comfort to me, even as I've become old and curmudgeonly.