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November 01, 2005
Complete Calvin and Hobbes (Discourse Chronicle)
From Bill Watterson's Introduction--Different comics appeal to different tastes, and the goal of the comics section is to have something in it that appeals to anyone with fifty cents for a newspaper--and their children as well. The comics audience is anything but elitist, and the comics' lack of pretension is part of what makes them fun.
[Calvin and Hobbes is my all-time favorite comic strip, as it is for many others, so purchasing this three-volume oversized cloth-bound hardcover anthology was inevitable for me. I remember fondly sitting on my father's lap as we read these strips in the daily newspaper back home. I learned from that experience that reading is not supposed to be an act of solitary confinement, but an act of community, with proof of membership being an adoration toward whatever is being read. BK]
Posted by kuechebj at November 1, 2005 04:41 PM