Complete Calvin & Hobbes coming in 2005

JasonF · 06-10-04, 03:55 PM

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Andrews McMeel Planning Complete Calvin & Hobbes
Slipcased Hardcover Collection Coming in 2005

June 08, 2004
At last weekend's BEA, ICv2 learned that Andrews McMeel is planning to release a three-hardcover slipcased complete collection of the popular Calvin & Hobbes comic strips in 2005. This set will be similar to this year's two-hardcover slipcased Far Side collection which sold out very quickly, despite being approximately $130. Retail price is expected to be $150.

http://www.icv2.com/articles/home/5053.html

I am so there for this.

Rogue588 · 06-10-04, 04:21 PM

mljones99 · 06-10-04, 04:53 PM

nice!

PalmerJoss · 06-10-04, 05:06 PM

I was hoping this would become a reality after The Far Side(my second all-time fav strip, second only to C&H). I will have one of these in my hands the day it is released.

Sessa17 · 06-10-04, 05:49 PM

Best news I've ever heard EVER!!!

Calvin & Hobbes is the greatest creation of all time.

chrisih8u · 06-10-04, 06:00 PM

Seeker · 06-10-04, 06:03 PM

i'm there!

birdseye · 06-10-04, 06:14 PM

Wow, awesome news!

milo bloom · 06-10-04, 10:01 PM

Incredible, the local Borders had a bunch of older books on the bargains shelves and I was going to fill out my collection. Glad I forgot to count what I had when I got home that night!

That Far Side collection is a real hernia-maker though, wonder if this one will be as heavy?

outer-edge · 06-10-04, 10:41 PM

I've been eyeing most of the C&H books as well, but kept holding off hoping something like this would come along.

Liquid Death · 06-11-04, 02:15 AM

I've bought a few of the softcover collections over the past few months (on discount at waldenbooks), but will have no problem upgrading to the hardcover collection

Jackskeleton · 06-11-04, 06:34 AM

Sold.

ytrez · 06-11-04, 07:19 AM

I think I got all paperback volumes when they were released. Do they, combined, represent the "complete" collection of published Calvin & Hobbes strips?

silentbob007 · 06-11-04, 08:47 AM

I want

RichardW · 06-11-04, 06:50 PM

Cool!

J-Dubya · 06-11-04, 11:08 PM

yesssssssss

Mutley Hyde · 06-12-04, 01:56 AM

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Originally posted by Jackskeleton
Sold.

Yup, ditto.

Mutley Hyde · 06-12-04, 02:02 AM

By the way...

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Originally posted by ytrez
I think I got all paperback volumes when they were released. Do they, combined, represent the "complete" collection of published Calvin & Hobbes strips?

See here.

Crocker Jarmen · 06-12-04, 04:09 PM

This is nice. I hope this trend continues. I'd love to be able to get a 'complete up till now' collection of Doonesbury and a few other strips.

I'm also glad to hear that Calvin & Hobbes is going to be a three volume set. As beautiful as the Far Side collection is, I think it's just too big. I like books that are easy to transport around. The only way to read the Complete Far Side was to lay it out on a table. I couldn't comfortibly lay back on the couch and read it, it's no good on the toilet. It sits on the shelf, and usually when I get the urge to take it down and look for a strip, the thought of trying to manage the bulk of this monster makes me leave it there. It's starting to seem like a waste.

I hope to see more collections like these, but one's that are a little more reader friendly.

spainlinx0 · 06-13-04, 04:25 PM

My favorite strip of all time. Will we be treated to some Watterson writings or will this just be the strips?

Josh-da-man · 06-13-04, 06:45 PM

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Originally posted by Crocker Jarmen
This is nice. I hope this trend continues. I'd love to be able to get a 'complete up till now' collection of Doonesbury and a few other strips.

There is/was a Doonesbury book released a few years ago that came with a CD-ROM containing every single strip up to that particular book. Don't know whether or not its still available.

Charlie Goose · 06-14-04, 02:20 PM

Well, it's no Mary Worth, but I'll probably check it out.

Thunderball · 06-14-04, 03:10 PM

SOLD. x 3

tofu · 06-14-04, 10:37 PM

Sweet!!!

auntiewinnie · 06-18-04, 02:49 PM

THIS IS THE BEST... NEWS... EVER.

First the Far Side, then the complete Peanuts (the first volume -- let's hope it makes it all the way through the next 12 years), and now Calvin & Hobbes. It's like some beautiful dream come true.

No if only somebody would do Pogo up nice!

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