Calvin & Hobbes

[StraferJack]

All of it

Free

Online

Legally

http://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1985/11/18

Should you love somebody enough, this hardcopy (and heavy, VERY heavy) version will make them very happy

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Complete-Calvin-Hobbes-v/dp/0740748475

[ruffers]

It is very, very heavy.

[HonaloochieB]

Let joy be unconfined. Got I think most/all of the books but simply can't put my mitts on them.

One day 'spare' room, one day.

Attack Of The Mutant Killer Snow Goons - I think that's the correct title, superb.

But at risk of boring people (I've mentioned it before), my favourite is the single long panel, featuring from left Calvin's parents in night attire, bleary-eyed and bed-headed, standing at the open door of Calvin's bedroom, their son sitting up in his bed, an unanimated Hobbes by his side, a drum in front of him with a drumstick in one hand and a toy trumpet in the other, with the indignant Calvin yelling,

Jeez, I've got to have a REASON for everything now!!!

Great joke, and I've found it a servicable enough life philosophy.

[StraferJack]

Here you go H

http://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1990/08/02

[HonaloochieB]

Thanks StraferJ, of course.

I'm impressed with my recall of the details of the drawing.

The actual caption of "Geez I gotta have a REASON for everything" shifts the emphasis, makes it a far better joke without my spurious 'now' and of course because of that a more serviceable and long-lasting life philosophy.

Thanks again. This is quite the find, I'll be sharing this with my son, he was introduced by a maternal aunt at a fairly young age and just got it and loved it straight away. He pronounced Hobbes 'Hoe-bees' at first and we'd have great fun with each new compilation.

Marvelous stuff.

DIE MUTANT SNOW GOONS DIE!!!!!!!

[Andybol]

SJ

You are a legend for finding that. Boed at work so this will make the day go wuicker. See you sat pm

[StraferJack]

cheers Andy

This one for those of us looking forward to the weekend a bit too much

http://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1986/08/08

it has also occured to me that Calvin's dad has more than a smidge of El Pibe about him

[Andybol]

I really need to figure out who is who on here !

[Help-Ma-Boab]

You know me eh..

Andybol Wrote:

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> I really need to figure out who is who on here !

[Andybol]

Reckon I do

Shivs cant make it till late on sat like 12pm reckon we'll be done by then?

[El Pibe]

"it has also occured to me that Calvin's dad has more than a smidge of El Pibe about him"

It's all in the defeated slope of the shoulders

[david_carnell]

Is Calvin's Dad moving to County Bumblef*ck in Ireland too?

;-)

[El Pibe]

It's more in the 05:00 starts, but yeah, you know....

[david_carnell]

Oh god do I know 0500 starts...

[numbers]

Something under the bed is drooling!

I loved the sketch with the transmogrifier and Calvin duplicates for taking care of homework so he could go out to play!

[HonaloochieB]

The last post concerning my favourites, and I haven't looked this one up yet. I like seeing if my memories are true.

The one where the the first panel is Susie Derkins side view at her school desk, pencil in hand, obviously completing a test.

The strip commences where in desperation it seems Suzie half turns in her chair and asks whoever is behind knows the name of a large, old city in Poland.

'KRAKOW' comes the seemingly loud reply from behind Susie, and she turns back to her paper.

The final panel shows Calvin, turned backward in his chair, oblivious to all else, his fingers formed into a classic kid gun shape mouthing/saying the words/sound effects -'KRAKOW KRAKOW KRAKOW'

Right that's it, going to stop describing my favourites on here, it'll get tedious and I can do that easily enough on my own without involving a cartoonist/contrarian of genius.

It's what Spaceman Spiff would do.

I reckon the summer just got longer.