I was born in 2000, so Calvin and Hobbes had no place in the Sunday comics, nor my generation. However, my parents one day decided to buy us a copy of "The Essential Calvin and Hobbes"
Me and my brother read through everything in the book in less than a week, and proceeded to Quote every last one of it's hilarious jokes. Calvin was my muse to which my child would imagine adventures, with Transmogrifiers and spaceships and alien combat. My parents didn't get why it was so good. They often don't see the quality in what kids enjoy. But parents aside, my love for this comic lasted for years, checking out and reading every last collection book in the library. This series is definitely worth the time and the laughs, but try to read it in order. It may be a comic series, but it's still got amazing continuity! And if that isn't enough, it has the title of trope namer for The Noodle Incident ("NO ONE CAN PROVE I DID THAT!"). And if that's not enough, they even have an entire section for Heartwarming. It's LONG, trust me. Just note that you will definitely be rooting for a jerk and read some words that a 6-year old should not know. Both good and bad words. Amazing. 5/5
The Comic from beyond my time
I was born in 2000, so Calvin and Hobbes had no place in the Sunday comics, nor my generation. However, my parents one day decided to buy us a copy of "The Essential Calvin and Hobbes" Me and my brother read through everything in the book in less than a week, and proceeded to Quote every last one of it's hilarious jokes. Calvin was my muse to which my child would imagine adventures, with Transmogrifiers and spaceships and alien combat. My parents didn't get why it was so good. They often don't see the quality in what kids enjoy. But parents aside, my love for this comic lasted for years, checking out and reading every last collection book in the library. This series is definitely worth the time and the laughs, but try to read it in order. It may be a comic series, but it's still got amazing continuity! And if that isn't enough, it has the title of trope namer for The Noodle Incident ("NO ONE CAN PROVE I DID THAT!"). And if that's not enough, they even have an entire section for Heartwarming. It's LONG, trust me. Just note that you will definitely be rooting for a jerk and read some words that a 6-year old should not know. Both good and bad words. Amazing. 5/5