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The Last Laugh

Advantages: A bonus for Milligan fans
Disadvantages: There won't be any more

Norma Farnes was Spike Milligan's manager and agent for 36 years until his death in 2002. During that time she became his biographer as well as his close friend and confidante, and when the mood took him, as it frequently did, she would assume the additio ...

silverstreak 18.02.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Box 18: The Unpublished Spike Milligan - Spike Milligan

Calvin and Hobbes

Advantages: Very funny
Disadvantages: too short

...Hello, this 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 ...

Miller 06.09.2000 · Read full review
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Review of Calvin and Hobbes - Bill Watterson

Enter the Mind of a 5 year old

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

We have all thought on long hot days in the office about what life was like when it was perfect. When we were 5, our best friend was an imaginary tiger and everything was an adventure, even maths class in school. Not to mention that annoying girl that a ...

hobbes 11.02.2001 · Read full review
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Review of Calvin and Hobbes - Bill Watterson

The range of Calvin and Hobbes books

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

Bill Watterson is a complete genius with an imagination the size of a planet, and fear not, this is no exageration. I was introduced to C&H nearly 12 years ago by my husband, and like him I have been addicted ever since, so much so, we even have two ca ...

Lizzii 29.01.2001 · Read full review
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Review of Calvin and Hobbes - Bill Watterson

Comic Genius

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 Calv ...

taylor1967 16.02.2003 · Read full review
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Review of Calvin and Hobbes - Bill Watterson