Calvin and Hobbes - Bill Watterson

Advantages: Very funny
Disadvantages: too short

...is my opinion on all Calvin and Hobbes books. Calvin and Hobbes is a fun colourfull well drawn comic book about a six year old boy (Calvin) and his imaginary tiger friend Hobbes. But dont let this make you think it is just for kids. Calvin and Hobbes is a very humourus comic but also makes you think. Allthough the writer Bill Watterson has now retired there is easily enough collections in the shops to keep you going for a while. These books are great. ... Read review

Advantages: Funny, well drawn, good characters, timeless
Disadvantages: He stopped drawing them

...this and more in the Calvin and Hobbes range. If you have kids or you are thinking about having kids then I think you should read these books. Actually I think they should be required reading for all parents to be. Insiteful but funny, I defy anyone to read these and not laugh. Without doubt one of the saddest days in the history of cartoons was the day Bill Watterson decided he didn't want to draw Calvin and Hobbes anymore, so my advice is go out ... Read review

Advantages: the imagination of a child is a wonderful thing
Disadvantages: Hobbes isn't real!!!!

...if you have never picked one up before, possibly thinking that you are too old for comic strips, then think again; Calvin and Hobbes will make your life that much more rewarding, and if not rewarding at least you will have something decent to read with your Cornflakes and coffee! ... Read review

Advantages: Lets you stop thinking about the real world
Disadvantages: Makes you wish you were a kid again

Im a huge Calvin and Hobbes fan everything about the books makes me laugh from Calvins snow art to his dads witty cynism to Hobbes' great flair for fashion (a spotted tie goes great with the striped fur). One of the main themes in all of the books is Calvins feelings for Susie (his neighbour) him and Hobbes start a club G.R.O.S.S (Get Rid Of Slimy girlS) they use a treehouse as their meeting place and discuss what pranks the can play on Susie most ...
...being taken hostage by Susie. Calvin has a great imagination and has a lots of fun as stupendous man who fights trying to make thing right ( at least for Calvin anyway) when he's not stupendous man Calvin mostly has to avoid Hobbes' attacks that prove man wouldnt last a minute in the jungle. Calvin brings up a great deal of points in his school that go unanswered (is cannabalism better than murder as its less wasteful?) and he and his teacher are ... Read review

I got a number of Calvin and Hobbs of a friend and have still not returned them 5 years on. I love these books for their ease of reading, humour and drawings.