Scientific Progress Goes "Boink"

by Bill Watterson

Comic book, 1991

Status

Available

Call number

741.5/973

Publication

Kansas City, Mo. : Andrews and McMeel, c1991.

Description

Cartoons follow the adventures of imaginative young Calvin and his stuffed tiger, Hobbes, as they cope with bullies, babysitters, and the other everyday problems of growing up.

User reviews

LibraryThing member kaelirenee

When I got pregnant, my family joked that I didn't need parenting books, just a complete collection of Calvin and Hobbes books. I love these comics.

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LibraryThing member Hamburgerclan

A Calvin and Hobbes collection in which Stupendous Man fights Baby Sitter Girl, Spaceman Spiff escapes an alien menace, Tracer Bullet investigates a mystery, multiple duplicates wreak havoc, and peer pressure (and a phobia of cooties) leads Calvin to attempt to play baseball during recess. Funny

stuff.
--J.

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LibraryThing member regularguy5mb

This collection includes my absolute favorite Calvin and Hobbes story, the Duplicator. It's even where the title comes from for this one. Calvin makes a duplicate of himself to do his homework for him, but of course it all goes horribly wrong.

Calvin and Hobbes remains, in my mind, the greatest

comic strip ever created. Using the power of Calvin's imagination, Watterson can allow himself to write practically any story he wants, play with any art style he's in the mood for. That and the genius writing, when Calvin gets to ponder life's deepest mysteries, are what make this comic so great.

That's also what makes it so endearing. It's something worth coming back to time and again.

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LibraryThing member tripleblessings

Simply superb: original and imaginative, hilarious and thoughtful, passionate and sweet.

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