Those alone would make this a great purchase but even better is the sixteen page introduction, where he writes about the history of his strip and some of the thinking behind his choices, in particular the two famous battles that he fought with his syndicate over licensing, and then with newspaper editors over the layout of his Sunday strips. His ‘biographies’ for his cast–Calvin, Hobbes, Calvin’s parents, Suzie, Miss Wormwood, Moe and Rosalyn– are brilliantly informative and funny. There is no new work in this assortment, but fans will still love this book because Watterson introduces his selections with anecdotes, and many of the strips have commentaries ranging from one line to paragraphs explaining the ideas and memories that inspired a particular sequence. The Calvin and Hobbes Tenth Anniversary Book is a 200-page collection of daily and Sunday strips chosen by Bill Watterson from ten years of his classic newspaper comics.
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