calvin and hobbes the days are just packed

The heights of Watterson's creative imagination took us places we had never been. Opening the newspaper each day was an adventure. And with Calvin and Hobbes, we had fun-just like readers of Krazy Kat and Pogo did. Then Bill Watterson came along and reminded a new generation of what older readers and comic strip aficionados knew: A well-written and beautifully drawn strip is an intricate, powerful form of communication. It reinvented the newspaper comic strip at a time when many had all but buried the funnies as a vehicle for fresh, creative work. Yes, that van on the cover.New York Times best-seller! Everyone misses Calvin and Hobbes. This hilarious collection contains the very popular series of strips that follows Jeremy and his best amigo, Hector, as they actually (okay, and accidentally) get to test-drive their van. the universal flotation device of the teenage years.Ĭreators Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman pull all of this eating, dating, driving, and parental angst and energy together in Road Trip! Zits Sketchbook #7. Cast adrift between the worlds of peer and parent, Jeremy survives by clinging to his sense of humor. For proof, look no further than Zits, the timely teenage-focused strip that now appears in more than 1,100 newspapers worldwide. This two-time recipient of the National Cartoonists Society's Award for Best Newspaper Comic Strip follows the life of 15-year-old Jeremy Duncan, a kid bursting with questions, concerns, hormones, and insecurities. Borgman's graphic pyrotechnics are the perfect complement to Scott's carefully designed layouts.'-Brian Walker, The Comics Since 1945The world is full of issues but none so pressing as those faced by a teenager. ' is one of the most visually innovative comic strips to come along in years. Together with Zebra and Goat, they confront the strange and wonderful world around them, a place that looks suspiciously like our own.īy turns thoughtful and subversive, silly and sophisticated, This Little Piggy Stayed Home is one of the funniest comic collections out there.

By contrast, Pig is sensitive, kind, and-even on his best days-just plain stupid. Rat is your typical Every Rodent: scheming, self-centered, and more than occasionally manipulative. This Little Piggy Stayed Home continues the adventures of Rat and Pig, two characters who couldn't be more different-or more surprising. After only a few years of syndication, it appears in more than 150 newspapers worldwide, was nominated as Best Newspaper Comic Strip by the National Cartoonists Society in its debut year-an unprecedented achievement-and its first book collection, Pearls Before Swine, has sold through four printings. Pearls Before Swine is an impressive comic strip success story. The National Cartoonists Society nominated Pearls Before Swine as one of the best comic strips of 2002.

Calvin and hobbes the days are just packed