There's Treasure Everywhere: Calvin & Hobbes Series

by Bill Watterson

Paperback, 1996

Status

Available

Call number

1243.999
Location: Wasl Port Views #WPV001

Publication

Sphere (1996), Edition: 1, 176 pages

Description

The popular comic-strip duo roam their many worlds in search of treasure and adventure, approaching warp speed, fighting off killer bicycles, conducting dad polls, and creating legions of snowmen and other not-so-alien beings.

User reviews

LibraryThing member Hamburgerclan

There is a number of shticks I associate with Calvin and Hobbes--Spaceman Spiff, meetings of G.R.O.S.S., conflicts with Roslyn the babysitter--but it wasn't until I started rereading the strips in order did I appreciate how the strip developed and changed over the years. One thing that surprised me

was that the shtick of Calvin's unique snowman creations developed rather late in the series. There have been a few strips here and there in the past collections, but in There's Treasure Everywhere, Calvin's unique snow artistry really bursts out in all it's glory. Anyway, to me that's the most memorable aspect of this particular collection. Of course, there are plenty of other strips as well. At this stage in the strip, Watterson had starting writing more philosophical gags rather than the hysterical Calvinesque capers, but it's still funny. And that's what counts, doesn't it?
--J.

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LibraryThing member BeaverMeyer

This features strips from Bill Watterson's prime. Here he was writing and drawing some of the most spectacular comedy ever seen in the comics. The artwork is beautiful and the comedy is timeless and hilarious. If you buy only one C & H book, make it this one.

LibraryThing member sometimeunderwater

"Why are you digging a hole?"
"I'm looking for buried treasure!"
"What have you found?"
"A few dirty rocks, a weird root, and some disgusting grubs."
"On your first try??"
"There's treasure everywhere!"

LibraryThing member Demosthenes

Look at that face. Can you get more original? Is the tiger real? is it just a stuffed animal? answer: no.

LibraryThing member 9cp02bev

this book is a great selection a nd deserves high ratings it was minorly hard and not AR

LibraryThing member ironicqueery

This is an excellent collection of Calvin and Hobbes comic strips. Bill Watterson is at his best when satirizing modern society, including consumer culture and society's misguided values. The art is solid and the variety of snowmen Calvin comes up with in this volume is amazing. This is a wonderful

mix of art, literature, and philosophy. I only wish Watterson had a higher ratio of satiric comics to the more tame ones.

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LibraryThing member iayork

there's treasure everywhere by buu: It's a great book and got here in perfect conditinons.
MY only complai is that amazon gave me a deadline and the product only arrived five days later....

LibraryThing member thePaperWoman

A well-put together Calvin and Hobbes collection.

LibraryThing member mcandre

My first Calvin and Hobbes collection. Outrageously funny!

LibraryThing member annmariestover

I'm 90% sure this is the best Calvin & Hobbes collection I've read yet. I no longer know if I enjoy the strip more the more I encounter it, or if I'm actually reading them in order of increasing cleverness. Either way, I laughed loudly at something on every page, and was wistful about youth every

fourth (or so) page. I would knock the other books back half a star (if this site did half-stars) to note this collection's (possible) superiority. Or I'll just give it an honorary sixth star.

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LibraryThing member Stahl-Ricco

"Muchas smooches por el conkisstador!"

I read that line when it came out in the paper, lo those many years ago, and I still love it! So fun to see it again in this collection! I love C&H and this collection just reaffirms that love! The snow "men" on these pages still tickle my funny bone, just as

they did the first time I saw them! Maybe I'll reread my whole collection! :-)

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