![]() The title of this collection gives some clue as to who the primary target of Calvin and Hobbes’ harebrained schemes is this time. ![]() ![]() Perhaps moreso.īy the time we arrive at The Revenge of the Baby-Sat, which covers the sixth year of his newspaper strip, Bill Watterson’s cast of characters are so well-realised and filled with quirky personality that a lot of the fun now comes from the anticipation of what they will do when faced with Calvin’s magnificently unreasonable behaviour. But when they aren’t looking, Hobbes is as real as they are. Nobody sees the world the way Calvin does – to them, Hobbes is just a stuffed toy. Six-year old Calvin and his best friend, a tiger called Hobbes, inhabit a surreal universe that happens to co-exist alongside the everyday world where his parents, his schoolteachers and everyone else lives. ![]() I promised my soul to the Devil this afternoon.” Volume five of Bill Watterson’s collected Calvin and Hobbes is packed with more of the witty, silly and gorgeously cartooned material that made this newspaper strip an absolute smash. ![]()
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