There's Treasure Everywhere [Hardcover]

Watterson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1, 1996

In the world that Calvin and his stuffed tiger Hobbes share, treasures can be found in the most unlikely places, from the outer regions where Spaceman Spiff travels to the rocks in one's own backyard. In the latest cartoon collection from the talented pen of Bill Watterson, this curious duo roams their world ever in search of the fortunes (and misfortunes!) to be experienced. Color & black & white cartoons throughout.

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Amazon.com Review

Few writers--and even fewer cartoonists--have captured the imagination of childhood more effectively than Watterson in his many Calvin and Hobbes cartoons--and apart from his Tenth Anniversary Book, this is probably my favorite Calvin and Hobbes collection.

About the Author

Bill Watterson is the creator of Calvin and Hobbes, one of the most popular and well-regarded cartoon strips of the twentieth century. Calvin and Hobbes appeared in newspapers from November 1985 until Watterson"s retirement in 1996. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 175 pages
• Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing (March 1, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0836213130
• ISBN-13: 978-0836213133
• Product Dimensions: 12.2 x 9.4 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (59 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,742,244 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Bill Watterson is the creator of Calvin and Hobbes, one of the most popular and well-regarded cartoon strips of the twentieth century. Calvin and Hobbes appeared in newspapers from November 1985 until Watterson's retirement in 1996.

Customer Reviews

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Deep fun!, October 30, 2003

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Giant Panda (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: There's Treasure Everywhere--A Calvin and Hobbes Collection (Paperback)

Fans of Calvin & Hobbes who used to read the newspaper strip in the 80s and 90s will find great pleasure in reading this collection of C&H comics. These witty comics about the 6-year old Calvin and his stuffed tiger Hobbes, named after the famous philosophers, will amuse people of all ages. The perceptiveness and humor of Watterson deserve the highest of cartoon awards, while his artistic creations exude hilarity. This cartoon is perhaps one of the most piercing yet funny critiques of modern society.

More daydreams and more weird inventions from the wide imagination of Calvin. Contains all the usual characters, but more elaborate and more philosophical strips.

Note that there are two series of C&H collections: individual wide-format albums, each covering an entire year of strips (will call it "regular"), and the vertical aspect ratio "treasury series" which covers selected comics from two regular C&H books. Note that C&H ran for a year in newspapers, so there's 10 regular books and 5 treasury books. Though the cartoons are slightly smaller in the treasury collection, each treasury book is far thicker and contains more strips than a regular book, and is furthermore less expensive, so treasury books are a real bargain. "There's Treasure Everywhere" belongs to the regular series and was published in 1996.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One Of the Best, January 12, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: There's Treasure Everywhere (Hardcover)

This Book was AMAZING, just like evry other Calvin And Hobbes book out there. One of the best parts of this book is when calvin creates the "Cerebral Enhance-o-tron " when he has an assingment to do. I absolutley LOVE calvin and Hobbes, and i wish Bill Watterson would write more.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Watterson is one of the great artists of modern times., March 27, 2003

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Nathaniel Parr (California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: There's Treasure Everywhere (Hardcover)

This is one of the best collections of a brilliantly profound and hilarious comic strip. I have been reading and collecting Calvin & Hobbes since I was about Calvin's age, and it grows richer and more relevant every time I revisit my collection.

This is pure genius captured here. I can't think of a greater exploration of the meaning of childhood, imagination, and discovery, and the philosophical themes are sublime. You might imagine that philosophical undertones in a newspaper comic would be tacky, awkward, contrived, pretentious, or something similar, but it is the opposite. By setting the philosophical musings in the world of a imaginative child, Watterson achieves a real feeling of honesty, wonder, and genuine attempts to understand and explain the crazy world we all live in.

If there is any justice in art, these comics will be remembered for many years as one of the most valuable creations of the era.