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Yukon Ho!

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First, and foremost, it must be known: All Calvin and Hobbes are great. Yukon Ho!, however, is one that tends to rise above the rest. It's true this is one of the earlier books and includes the 9 verse tune The Yukon Song and has all the great cartoons, but why it seems to be more popular, I cannot say. All I know and can guarantee is that it's funny and is everything Calvin and Hobbes. From the beginning of the book where Calvin is convinced that he and Hobbes have traveled into the future (nope not with a cardboard box) it is too easy to appreaciate Calvin's motives. He's not after the secrets of genetic cloning or the what politician is waging wars with other countries. He's looking forward to floating cities and telling people in the present what he saw. And this is the real beauty of Calvin and Hobbes shows through. It's the quest of a six-year-old to have a good time with a furry friend. Rarely in a comic strip has such devotion and integrity of a kid been so accurately portrayed.

You'll chuckle at Calvin's dad 's explanation of the workings of a carburetor and the hilarious camping trip to a desolate rock that Calvin's entire family embarks on. Rosalyn appears again, and yes, again terrorizes Calvin. Calvin digs up dirt on his dad,which compromises his father's high-ranking position of dad. Calvin tries and fails to be the next Houdini and Susie and Calvin are assigned an a project together. All the way to the new and improved transmogrifier, it's pure magic, purely Calvin and Hobbes.

truly and surely one of the best comic strips ever! were you to be sick in bed and need something to make you laugh, this is the best medicine!

"Yukon Ho!" is a collection of daily and Sunday "Calvin and Hobbes" comic strips. Since the dates have not been left in the strips, it is difficult to determine the time frame involved. But that doesn't really matter, because this strip is as fresh and funny today, years after Bill Watterson ended the strip, as it was back in the day.

If you have never heard of Calvin and his adventures with his stuffed tiger, Hobbes, pick this book up today and become hooked with the rest of us.

Granted this collection of Calvin and Hobbes isn't quite as funny as some of the other collections. Still, it is Calvin and Hobbes and there haven't been very many comics as amusing, funny, and entertaining in the past thirty years as Calvin and Hobbes. Some of the adventures in this collection include Calvin & Hobbes riding the hall rug as a magic carpet; Calvin's trip to the doctor; a family camping trip; seceding from the family and deciding to move to the Yukon (that's where the title comes from); a visit from Uncle Max; and fun with a transmorgifier gun. As usual, there is plenty of humor on several different levels and lots of social commentary.

This was the first Calvin and Hobbes book I read and the book made me want to read a lot more.

Actually my one line summary pretty much sums up my feelings. I've never seen a strip that captures its balanced elements of innocence and subversiveness as well as Watterson does. All his collections are great but this was the first i read so it remains my favourite.

Calvin is the hero of all children with wildly vivid imaginations. He has great fun with his stuffed tiger Hobbes, going on numerous great adventures, including an attempted trip to the Yukon. Calvin is fairly typical in the sense that such children tend to drive their parents and teachers crazy, yet when they learn to temper and channel their imagination, they often end up doing spectacularly creative things as adults.
Since I was one of those imaginative children who spent all of my time either reading or playing pretend scenarios in the kitchen, I can certainly relate to this inventive misfit. He is hilarious.

You can always rely on Calvin and Hobbes to deliver the funnies. And if you're a keen reader, Calvin's unique (if rather skewed) perception of the world with keep the kid inside you alive (I don't mean this literally but as a metaphor). Unless you've been horribley deprived you'll pretty much all remember the magic of a snow storm or a sunset while sitting under a tree or an adventure in the woods or playing Monopoly with a tiger.

The title refers to a series of strips in which Calvin and Hobbes plan to escape the Yukon to be free of the repressions of family rules. Needless to say, their journey is cut short when Hobbes eats the only two sandwiches Calvin bothered to pack.

Any Calvin and Hobbes fan will already own this. Everyone else must buy!

I loved this book because it had a poem on the first page. I thought it was funny and a bit true. The funny part is the way Calvin described the food and school. The part that was a bit true was that he wanted to leave school and make there own food. In the actaul story Hobbes gets lost and Calvin is worried sick. It shows that he loves him a lot. I love hobbes a lot also, and I wish I had the doll. I always hoped they made a doll of Calvin and Hobbes, but I don't know why they don't.

The title of "Yukon Ho" referrs to a classic series of strips in which Calvin decides he doesn't want to put up with the "strict" rules of living at home and that he and Hobbes should run away to the Yukon, where they can ride their sled all day. Surprised that his mother doesn't raise much of a fuss when he announces his intentions, Calvin prepares for the journey ahead. This is another outstanding collection in the Calvin and Hobbes series. Bill Watterson is a comic genius whose presence on the funny pages has been sorely missed since his retirement.