{"id":120,"date":"2009-09-21T15:45:45","date_gmt":"2009-09-21T20:45:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/royceeddington.com\/?p=120"},"modified":"2009-09-21T15:45:45","modified_gmt":"2009-09-21T20:45:45","slug":"the-complete-calvin-and-hobbes-by-bill-watterson-mini-book-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/royceeddington.com\/?p=120","title":{"rendered":"The Complete Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson : mini book review"},"content":{"rendered":"

10 words or less : Absolutely brilliant. Best comic ever. Still fun after multiple readings.<\/p>\n

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The Complete Calvin and Hobbes<\/p><\/div>\n

Long Version : I love the complete Calvin and Hobbes collection<\/a>. I’ve read it cover to cover many times already, but I still flip open this collection’s books and scan ten to twenty pages a week. I finished another umpteenth re-reading last night, and even though it’s not a new book, it still merits reviewing.<\/p>\n

Calvin and Hobbes became something far more than ink on newsprint in the short time it was published. I still can not think of any other strip that I couldn’t wait to read in the newspaper. Bloom County, which ran around the same time as Calvin and Hobbes, did have its’ moments, but I thought it was eventually dragged down by heavy handed preaching and outlandish scenarios. Calvin and Hobbes was always fun to read. It never beat me over the head with its’ views, never took itself too seriously, and seemed to be perfectly centered for both kids and adults to enjoy. This series still genuinely makes me laugh, and leaves me with a little more appreciation of the everyday things in life.<\/p>\n

If you haven’t read it, you need to. Unfortunately, Amazon doesn’t have any “used” versions of this series, but that also says a lot about this collection.<\/p>\n

Fortunately, Bill Watterson<\/a> walked away before Calvin and Hobbes were commercialized and “cheapened<\/a>“. The result of his then-unheard of act is a perfectly preserved work of art. There are no studio actors’ voices to muddle your thoughts when reading this. There are no slick but soulless animations to glaze over on a television set. There are no stuffed animals that cement in reality what each character looks like. Everything is still alive and up to your imagination with every reading.<\/p>\n

Bill Watterson? Thank you.<\/p>\n

Five out of five stars.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

10 words or less : Absolutely brilliant. Best comic ever. Still fun after multiple readings. Long Version : I love the complete Calvin and Hobbes collection. I’ve read it cover to cover many times already, but I still flip open … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t