Was recently at chapters, and stumbled upon a "Complete Calvin and Hobbes collection". I being orignially a huge fan of the series, decided to buy it, and have been reading it all day while laughing uncontrollably.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvin_and_Hobbes For people who don't know, it was a newspaper strip, and is widely regarded as one of, if not the best, of all time.

Anyone a fan?

Yes. Calvin and Hobbes is one of the best things in the world. Also here: http://www.dearmrwatterson.com/DMW/dearmrwatterson.html

I really like Calvin and Hobbes, or "Tommy og Tigern" as we grew up calling them here. I find them to be amusing every once in a while, especially when they get philosophical or whenever Calvin question how modern society and people work. They can be downright silly or fairly deep and intelligent, but in the end it doesn't matter that much because they're fun to read nevertheless.

Calvin & Hobbes and Bloom County are my favorite comics.

Grew up with Calvin and Hobbes myself. Amazing comic strip and really intellectual when you get right down to it. It can (and does) appeal to both advlts and children. I've got all the books stored away in my closet still.

Bill Watterson (the author) is really a genius. One of the more interesting things about him is that he's a complete recluse. The "J.D. Salinger" of the comic world. I recommend reading http://www.amazon.com/Looking-Calvin-Hobbes-Unconventional-Revolutionary/dp/1441106855 (really interesting stuff behind his life and the comic strip itself). Although he didn't even allow his own biographer to speak to him.

These comics were hilarious when I was little, but as with Garfield I haven't gone back to them.

Oh my, Oh my. Thanks for showing me. Gotta watch it.

Oh and Jagar, those comics are actually really mature, filled to the brim with philosophy and six jokes. (And sometimes really disturbing imagery)

I love Calvin & Hobbes. Gotta love The Christmas card ones where they're trying to take a 'good' picture of him.

I have The Complete Collection sitting in my little library. That thing is heavy!

And the raccoon strip always gets me every time. Right in the feels.

C&H used to be my favorite comic in the sunday paper and I have a few of the books somewhere in storage. They still make me laugh, which is nice. Not many thing from childhood hold up when you're an advlt.

I have a couple Calvin and Hobbes compilations on my shelf, and Bloom County as well.

Calvin and Hobbes is also on Facebook, and posts daily strips. "Daily Calvin and Hobbes"

I read CandH as a teenager. Now, as a parent, there's a different meaning to the strip

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Calvin and Hobbes is the complete opposite of Garfield. The older you get, the funnier they become.

I've read some Calvin and Hobbes before. Interesting how Hobbes resembles Calvin's closest imaginary friend.

I've heard that children who have imaginary friends tend to grow up into very intelligent people. Is this reflected in Calvin's occasional philosophies?

LOL, better not to get into it. But theres some proof that Hobbes isn't imaginary as he seems.

Well, he is a physical object. Stuffed tiger teddy, right?

I haven't read every single comic strip, so I wouldn't know. :/

According to Bill Watterson, Hobbes represents subjectivity, putting it crudely. One's man trash is another man's treasure, two people can look at something and see completely different things, all that crap. It wouldn't be fair to say he's real or fake. He's neither. His value is in how other people see him.

Frankly, we'll never know. Calvin gets into a lot of situations that would be otherwise impossible if there wasn't another party. http://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/2009/01/12

That makes sense. Sorry for being pretty stupid, I'm not the best at inference.

Nonetheless, these comics are pretty interesting to read. I like them.

Calvin's Hobbes is as real as Johnny's Plank.

There's a theory that the Fight Club characters are grown up versions of Calvin and Hobbes.

Name, address, and what times you sleep or go to work/house is otherwise unoccupied and unguarded. I'll be along shortly to steal it after you provide me with that information!

Love Calvin & Hobbes, I remember faithfully reading it day after day growing up. I used to have a book or two, but they disappeared as I grew older, no idea what happened to them .

In high school, Calvin & Hobbes was something that everyone talked about, and was saddened when it ended. I think that the snowman parts where some of the most memorable.

I've seen the complete collection before and had thought about getting it, but it seemed a tad expensive so I haven't gotten it.... yet.

Actually, there was one strip that I cut out of the local newspaper and kept for reasons that I didn't really get- the first panel showed Calvin by himself looking into the night sky and yelling, "I'm significant", the next panel is him looking around, and the final panel has him say very subdued, "Screamed the dust speck". I get it, but don't know why I found it more worthy to keep than any of the other ones.

I love Calvin and Hobbes so much.

Favorite newspaper comic strip of all time! I actually have that exact book, it's fun to go back to it from time to time.