vili

Oh, I see. I should have guessed, knowing Watterson's campaign to get more space for comics strips.

Nefarious

Try and find a library or store with a display copy. I can't imagine not owning it but that's just me. I understand others might prefer the individual books for more practicality.

Spiderbite

Quick C&H question: Do any of the individual books contain Bill Watterson's comments on the strip like the 10th Anniversary Book does? If so, which ones? Thanks!

Tracer Bullet

Only the 10th Anniversary book and the "catalogue" for the C&H exhibit, if I remember correctly. The Lazy Sunday book may have some, but I'm not sure why I think that.

Rex Power Colt-Robot Man

I want to say it was only in the 10th Anniversary Book. Good lord now that i think of it, I own just about every comic strip two times over. And sadly, I would buy them all over again.

Dai

After almost almost 2 years of a sitting on a shelf, I finally got around to opening my C&H hardcovers and I'm sure glad I did!!

These books may be large, heavy and cumbersome, but the quality is excellent and I'm glad I spent the $$ on it!!

Recommended for any C&H fan out there!

ytrez

Wow, has it been almost 2 years already? I leafed through mine when I first got them, but haven't had the time to read them. I do most of my reading on the train to & from work. Can you imagine lugging those around?

slop101

The only bummer about the big C&H collection is that the pages are glued into the spine and not stitched in like a big nice hardbound book should be. This makes the pages more susceptible to becoming unattached and falling out - and the bigger and heavier the book (like the C&H books are) the more likely it is that it could happen.

Trevor

It is Amazon's deal of the day, $67.50 with free shipping.

reverie

Wow, awesome deal! Too bad I'm flat broke at the moment.

ytrez

I got this from Amazon on 11/1 for one of my son's christmas presents at $95 bucks. I requested a price adjustment which they denied. The site says it isn't available until 12/20. I started the return process and apparently I can still return the one I have and re-order it, but I'm concerned about when it would get here.

Trevor

Looks like Costcos are carrying them again, $79.79 at mine.

SonOfAStu

Thanks for the heads up. I'll check there this weekend.

davidh777

Amazon lightning deal right now, $79.50

Jason Bovberg

New interview with Bill Watterson: http://www.cleveland.com/living/inde...r_of_belo.html

Tracer Bullet

HOLY SHIT.

This really deserves its own thread. He hasn't given an interview in 20 years!

davidh777

Thanks Funkdaddy

tofu

Not sure if any of you have seen it but there's a proposal for a Bill Watterson documentary that you can help fund on Kickstarter

http://kck.st/aHwHw7

GoldenWheels

I love the way the big collection looks but practicality wise I can't justify it (though I would love to have it on the shelf)...how can I open that thing up on my kitchen table while eating my chocolate frosted sugar bombs and not ruin it?

whotony

Down to $75 on amazon right now. lowest I can remember seeing it.

davidh777

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grundle

A four volume paperback version of "The Complete Calvin and Hobbes" is being released on November 13. List price is $100.00. amazon's current pirce is $63.00:

http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Calvi...bill+watterson

Supermallet

I'll wait to see if the binding is any better than the hardcovers.

madcougar

May have to finally jump on this...

kodave

What was wrong with the binding on the hardcovers?

I don't know that I've ever seen a sewn bound paperback book. These are probably straight cut and glued like just about every paperback ever. Glued binding is generally serviceable but not as good as sewn binding on a hardcover.