A Calvin and Hobbes Collection - Homicidal Psycho Jungle Cat

Calvin & Hobbes is the best !!!! I love Calvin - the kiddo with the wildest of imagination.
It's a shame that Bill Watterson is not continuing.....
I just cannot get enough of Calvin & Hobbes....:(
Highly recommended to get the complete collection.

Watterson has got to be one of the best all time cartoonists. He nails the young imaginative child with Calvin and Hobbes coming to life for Calvin and no one else is a brilliant display of the imaginary friend. AWESOME!!!!

It's an essential Calvin & Hobbes book. If you like Calvin & Hobbes, it's full of great adventures and storylines. This was my favorite comic as a kid, and it still is when I feel like perusing comic books. Great gift for kids...or adults who still have an inner child.

Another fantastically entertaining collection of Bill Watterson's vivid imagination and unending talent. Loved every frame of it! Thanks Bill Watterson for the wonderful "fun trip" each of your books give me.

I bought this one because i fell in love with the cover art, but the stories are hilarious. Even though it was written over 20 years ago, Calvin and Hobbes can still put a huge smile on my face every time.

It's time for more fun with Calvin and Hobbes. This book covers nine months and seems to contain more stand alone strips than actual stories, although there are several recurring gags. For example, we get lots of Calvin's take on modern art as he creates snow sculptures. In a strip that scarily is even more appropriate today than it was 20 years ago, Calvin's lemonade stand fails because of the high prices he is charging. Missing in this book is babysitter Rosalyn, and bully Mo only gets one appearance.

As far as multiple day story arcs go, Calvin starts getting mysterious letters in the mail. Who is sending them? What will the messages say? Late in the book, we get another episode with Get Rid Of Slimy girlS (G.R.O.S.S.) as they plot to ensnare neighbor Susie in a fiendish trap to lure her behind the house to hit her with water balloons. Calvin's alter ego Stupendous Man makes an appearance to take a history test for Calvin. Calvin makes a deal with Susie to eats worms for money. And as Christmas approaches, Calvin tries to figure out just how good he has to be to get presents from Santa.

Despite the lack of long running stories, there are many great strips in this book. I've read it I don't know how many times, and I still managed to laugh my way through it this weekend. The artwork is perfect for helping fill in the story as well.

This was a wonderful comic strip I still miss. If you don't have this book, pick it up today.

Bill Watterson's Calvin and Hobbes seems to be one of the last of the great newspaper strip panel comics. It's hilarious while also being insightful, poignant, and bitingly satirical. As most readers know, since Watterson has written it elsewhere, Calvin is named after John Calvin "a sixteenth century theologian who beleived in predestination". Hobbes also has a famous historical namesake in Thomas Hobbes, the seventeeth century author of "Leviathan" whose most famous saying is that life in a state of nature would be "Nasty, brutish, and short". From such a foundation, readers can expect more than a wacky strip full of slapstick, puns and sitcom-type pet or baby humor. There is much more, because Calvin and Hobbes, like all of the great comic strips, has depth. Reading just a handful of strips reveals this.
This collection from 1994 includes a great satire on conceptual art (Calvin tries to sell Hobbes a landscape in a Sunday strip); a great satire on corporate philosophy (Calvin ends up telling his mother that he needs to be subsidized); Hobbes sends Calvin anonymous insults in the mail ("Most people have secret admirers, you have a secret detractor"); "Stupendous Man" invades Calvin's class to take an exam in Calvin's place (he still flunks); one of the best is a single panel strip in which Calvin asks his parents "What assurance do I have that your parenting isn't screwing me up?"; There are also loads of Watterson's great Sunday strips. Watterson is definitely one of the last cartoonist artists that fully appreciated the boundaries (or lack of them) of the color Sunday strip. Calvin's imagined dinosaurs, aliens, parodies of "Judge Parker" type strips, and multicolor tiger battles are amazing works of cartoon art. It's difficult to find anything that even comes close on today's incredibly shrinking Sunday comics page.
Bill Watterson remains heavily elusive. What has he been doing since he voluntarily quit Calvin and Hobbes? Internet searches (at least cursory ones) don't elucidate much (one mentions that he is an intensely private individual - no doubt). Hopefully he's planning another amazing strip. Whether we hear from him again or not, in the end, we can be happy that he took up cartoonist's pen and graced the newspapers with at least one more great strip.

This collection of Calvin and Hobbes strips is just a bit more twisted than many of the other collections. The very first strip in the book sets the tone. In the middle of the night Calvin wakes up and says he's thirsty. Calvin then goes for a drink of water. Hobbes jumps off the bed and pounces on Calvin as he makes his way back to bed. He parents find him in the hall with Hobbes on top of him, mumbling "homicidal psycho jungle cat."
While the opening strip is humorous, there are even better strips. Another favorite is one of Calvin's infamous "show and tell" strips. Calvin says he has nothing for show and tell, but he tells everyone that during the daytime his mom puts on a patriotic leotard, a cape and knee-high, high-heeled boots to fight crime. The teacher sends a note home with Calvin that his parent's look over together. His father's comment? "Wow, show me that outfit sometime."
The breadth of strips is consistent with other Calvin and Hobbes books, but for some reason these strips gave me more laughs than many of my other Calvin and Hobbes Books. However, the funniest strips often seem to be the cruelest. For example, Suzy follows a series of signs regarding an "important message," ending in a sign that says, "Important message: Look Out!" We then see Calvin sitting on a branch dropping a snowball, saying, "It's like shooting fish in a barrel."
I enjoy Calvin and Hobbes a lot. Of all the illustrated books I have, Calvin and Hobbes are among the funniest, and the most consistent. This particular collection is particularly funny, though a bit more bizarre than many of the other collections. However, it is the twisted nature of some of the strips that make them so interesting and funny. If you are a Calvin and Hobbes fan or just looking for a smile, here is an excellent book.

The book arrived within the scheduled time frame and it was in good condition upon examination. A little worn, yes, but nothing that made me shake my head in disappointment. Yet besides the good quality of the product's appearance, the content itself is legendary all the more. Calvin and Hobbes are classic in every way, from their innocent (often rude) depictions about life situations to Calvin's take on who Hobbes really is, it's hard to not relate to these two and see yourself in Calvin's six-year-old shoes. Although I wouldn't recommend letting your own children read these, as it may inspire them to act just like Calvin (who is a brat but in a funny, charming way) Ask me how I know, lol. Repeating one of Calvin's rude remarks to some relatives of mine got me in trouble big time as a little 10 year-old, so yeah, don't let Calvin be your child's role model. But, from a mature standpoint, Calvin and Hobbes are loveable characters all the same. There is no swearing or blood or sex in these comics, which is a huge plus, so if you're looking for something dirty like 'Family Guy' then you may be disappointed. But if you want something that'll put a warm smile on your face, then I strongly suggest checking out C & H. You won't regret it.

Fans of Calvin & Hobbes who used to read the newspaper strip in the 80s and 90s will find great pleasure in reading this collection of C&H comics. These witty comics about the 6-year old Calvin and his stuffed tiger Hobbes, named after the famous philosophers, will amuse people of all ages. The perceptiveness and humor of Watterson deserve the highest of cartoon awards, while his artistic creations exude hilarity. This cartoon is perhaps one of the most piercing yet funny critiques of modern society.

This book has more encounters with Mrs. Wormwood, when Stupendous Man saves the day. More snowman fun and more snowballs against Susie. Students in particular will like this book since it has many creative ideas for dealing with homework.

Note that there are two series of C&H collections: individual wide-format albums, each covering an entire year of strips (will call it âaeregularâ), and the vertical aspect ratio âaetreasury seriesâ which covers selected comics from two regular C&H books. Note that C&H ran for a year in newspapers, so thereâ(tm)s 10 regular books and 5 treasury books. Though the cartoons are slightly smaller in the treasury collection, each treasury book is far thicker and contains more strips than a regular book, and is furthermore less expensive, so treasury books are a real bargain. âaeHomicidal Psycho Jungle Catâ belongs to the regular series and was published in 1994.

This collection of Calvin and Hobbes strips is just a bit more twisted than many of the other collections. The very first strip in the book sets the tone. In the middle of the night Calvin wakes up and says he's thirsty. Calvin then goes for a drink of water. Hobbes jumps off the bed and pounces on Calvin as he makes his way back to bed. He parents find him in the hall with Hobbes on top of him, mumbling "homicidal psycho jungle cat."
While the opening strip is humorous, there are even better strips. Another favorite is one of Calvin's infamous "show and tell" strips. Calvin says he has nothing for show and tell, but he tells everyone that during the daytime his mom puts on a patriotic leotard, a cape and knee-high, high-heeled boots to fight crime. The teacher sends a note home with Calvin that his parent's look over together. His father's comment? "Wow, show me that outfit sometime."
The breadth of strips is consistent with other Calvin and Hobbes books, but for some reason these strips gave me more laughs than many of my other Calvin and Hobbes Books. However, the funniest strips often seem to be the cruelest. For example, Suzy follows a series of signs regarding an "important message," ending in a sign that says, "Important message: Look Out!" We then see Calvin sitting on a branch dropping a snowball, saying, "It's like shooting fish in a barrel."
I enjoy Calvin and Hobbes a lot. Of all the illustrated books I have, Calvin and Hobbes are among the funniest, and the most consistent. This particular collection is particularly funny, though a bit more bizarre than many of the other collections. However, it is the twisted nature of some of the strips that make them so interesting and funny. If you are a Calvin and Hobbes fan or just looking for a smile, here is an excellent book.

Bill Waterson is argudably one of the best comic writers out there. Even through his retirement, he has made great books of past comics featuring his Calvin and Hobbes characters. I laugh and laugh at these comics he creates and I sometimes wonder how he comes up with such brilliant ideas sometimes with the storylines of some of the strips.
Calvin, one of his best known characters, is the trouble-making kid in the school. He is funny and imaginative and likes to make funa and games with his "real" pet friend Hobbes. Through the comics, you can see the relationship between a stuffed animal and a human.
In this comic though, Hobbes "comes to life" in Calvins eyes. The things that Calvin can sometimes get involved in is so hilarious and sometimes out of this world.
I guarantee that anyone that loves comics will fall in love with this one and should definitely buy this book to start their collection of classic comics.
All of Bill Waterson's comic books are very well done and very professional. His work is his life and it shows the time and consideration it took to make these characters come to life. Thank you Mr. Waterson for creating such a great comic and thatnk you people for reading my review!

"Homicidal Psycho Jungle Cat" takes us back to a time in our lives when the only thing we had to worry about was watching cartoons on Saturday mornings, how many pennies we had in our piggy banks, and whether or not our stuffed tiger was waiting around the corner to pounce on us.
Okay, so that last worry really belongs to six-year old Calvin. His best friend, Hobbes, the aforementioned stuffed tiger that comes to life when only Calvin is around, proves the old axiom "you can take the tiger out of the jungle but you can't take the jungle out of the tiger." Don't look now, but I think Hobbes is about to pounce on poor Calvin once again.
This book is a collection of daily and Sunday "Calvin and Hobbes" comic strips from the early 90s. It proves, and reminds us, of just how much we miss this strip in our lives each day. Most "Calvin and Hobbes" fans believe that Bill Watterson ended the strip well before its time. But both Calvin and Hobbes will live on forever through the various collection books like this oen.

Some parents tell me that "Calvin and Hobbes" isn't a comic, it's a documentary.

Calvin is the small boy with a vivid life of mind, or over-active imagination, or clear break from consensual reality, choose your words. Hobbes is a mysterious being. With Calvin, he's a charming, philosophical, debonair spirit of the natural world. When Calvin's parents appear, he becomes something completely different - if you don't already know, I won't spoil the surprise.

Calvin travels to distant planets, he battles dinosaurs or becomes them, he commands travel through time, and he is plagued by his evil robot alter-ego. His parents and teachers disagree, of course. Through it all, he remains blindly and merrily the star of his own show. There really is something seductive about his little world, and the way it spins only around himself. If there's a tragedy in growing up, Calvin leaves it for you to define for yourself.

This is a wonderful collection of C&H strips. It's too bad that Watterson shut the comic strips down long ago, but he didn't want C&H to lose their freshness. Maybe he need not have worried - ten years later, these haven't lost anything.

//wiredweird

I admit it, until a few days ago, it had been at least a good 2 years since I had picked up one of the Calvin and Hobbes books stored in my closet. A few days ago it was pretty late at night and I couldn't sleep so I went and for some reason I picked out this. By reading through the whole thing in an hour or so, it made me remember why I was crazy about these books when I was around 11 or 12 years old. The jokes in this book still make me laugh, and the more serious comics still make me think. Unlike most comics, Calvin and Hobbes isn't just for little kids, it can be understood by about anyone. I like how there are many story lines in this, from Calvins troubles at school, to his imaginary adventures of Spaceman Spiff, to Stupendous Man, to Moe the Bully...and there are so many more, including how Hobbes "comes alive". Every Calvin and Hobbes book is great and it dissapointment to see Bill Watterson retire, even though he really deserves it. I strongly reccomend anyone reading Calvin and Hobbes, you might remember what you where like when you where 6 years old.

"From now on," says Calvin, `I'll connect the dots in my OWN way." In the strips featured in HOMICIDAL PSYCHO JUNGLE CAT, Calvin and cartoonist Bill Watterson do just that: they connect dots by looking at the world through the very old eyes of a young boy, and the results are both hilarious and thought-provoking.

A decade ago, Calvin and his buddy Hobbes the tiger romped through the daily comics in a ground-breaking strip. The humor was often dark, the artwork (especially in the Sunday versions) was unique, and Calvin's self-absorbed observations were sometimes too close to my own private thoughts for comfort.

This volume, published in 1994, is Calvin at his best. The book includes daily and full-color Sunday strips for about a year. We see Calvin in a four-season cycle from the trademark snowmen of winter to the tormenting of Susie-next-door in high summer. All of the characters that made the strip great are included. This collection is an excellent way to become reacquainted with Calvin or to discover him for the first time.

Well, there's nothing to be said already except that Calvin and Hobbes is pure gold. Here, we get to see some more satire & ethics, and more Calvin's imaginary adventures. The drawings are more detailed than the ones in the first few years, the satire is ever more accurate, and the friendship between the six-year old boy and his stuffed tiger is more unbreakable than ever before. It was especially amusing to see Calvin taking his test at school as Stupendous Man!

This and Garfield are my two favorite strips. In fact, they are the only comic strips that I read to this day. Sure, I read the comics section of the LA Times occasionally, but Garfield and C&H are the ones that I fully enjoy after repeating readings.

I loved Calvin and Hobbes when i was a little kid and I still do now! They're hillarious and Calvin reminds me so much of myself at
his age (not in every aspect). Especially our family camp trips. calvin and his mom remind me so much of myself and my mom when
our dad took us camping and it turned out to be a disaster, lol. These cartoons make me want to be a kid again. Almost everyone has
said this but I'll say it again. You'll start out planning to read a few pages but you won't stop there. you can't. it's so additive. some of
the younger kids might not understand some of the big words but older kids will. But I think that grownups will enjoy them the most.
With the purchase of this collection all the sunday comics are colored! Get them
all!

Yet another lovely Calvin and Hobbes collection, and one of my favorites, along with "There's Treasure Everywhere", "Attack of the Deranged Mutant Killer Monster Snow Goons", and "The Calvin and Hobbes Tenth Anniversary Book".

The highlights of this book include one series where Calvin transforms into Stupendous Man at school (but gets stuck in his locker in the process), and another series where Calvin partakes in a school traffic safety poster contest ("Be Careful or Be Roadkill!").

In conclusion, this book is worth every penny; of course, that's to be expected of Calvin and Hobbes. And the strip on page 60 is my personal favorite for this collection.

Hobbes is a real homicidal physcho jungle cat. Calvin can't even get a drink of water at night without being attacked by him. Here are more Sunday Strips and hilarious jokes and cliche's by Bill Watterson.

This collection takes place mostly in winter/spring/summer and is not themed (as you would think) along the lines of Hobbes "pouncing" which made me hesitate to purchase it at first because I wasn't that keen on all that pouncing. If you are into that aspect of C&H, however, you can get the C&H Lazy Sunday Book Collection. This one DOES however contain a lot of his priceless snowman sculptures which I AB-SO-LOUTELY LOVE, a great deal of interation with Susie, and escapades in Miss Wormwood's class. 5 *s for another fantastic collection!

Well, "Homicidal Psycho Jungle Cat" is by far the most sadisitc of the series, and the best. It holds this honor for many reasons, probably the most obvious, though, is the 'traffic safety poster contest.' That strip was pure gold. Definitely read this, but read the others first (that way, you build up to this one).After this one,the best are probably "Something Under The Bed Is Drooling," and "Attack of the Deranged Mutant Killer Monster Snow Goons."

I think that this is the funniest collection yet by Bill Waterson of his world famous "Calvin and Hobbes".

This is the book that I think has the funniest stupendous man comics when Calvin turns into stupendous man, takes a test, and still flunks!!!

It also has some funny ones when Calvin and Hobbes ride off such giant snow mountains such as "Gizzard Gulch". I think has to be the coolest collection yet I highly recomend it.

I've been with Calvin and Hobbes for a good part of a decade, and love em as much as one can love a couple of cartoon characters. Which is a lot, actually. What's so special about it is that it's instantly accessible for almost everyone and every age; when i was a kid, the artwork cracked me up. those lovable yet zany expressions on calvin were a surefire cure for schoolday blues. Not to mention the many struggles with his dinner and baby sitter. And later, I fell in love with the dialogue...witty wise cracks, sometimes just plain stupid, (what do u expect of a 6 year old anyway)...but more than often, insightful and contemplative. And that a six year old discusses themes such as morality, or the apparently pointless nature of human existence, never fails to put a smile on my face.
Thank all the forces responsible for the creation of Calvin and Hobbes.

This book represents the first strips published by Bill Waterson after he returned from a long hiatus. Though it does not contain any sequence of strips as memorable as the classic "Attack of the Deranged Mutant Killer Snow Goons," it is still another excellent collection of Calvin and Hobbes cartoons. Starting with this book, the collections got larger, with color for the Sunday strips. For that alone, its worth the price.

This book is called Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson. This book is great. It's very entertaining and funny. This book could be read by adults and children. Some words are difficult. It's a comic strip. The characters are Calvin and Hobbes. Calvin has a very big imagination. Hobbes is his stuffed toy and he thinks it a real tiger. It has many stories and they are all funny.It's cool. I want all people to read it. It's cool, funny, and very ammusing.

Calvin and Hobbes are two of the most hysterical dynamic duo I have seen. The two, a tiger(Hobbes) and 6 year-old superhero(Calvin aka Spaceman Spiff or Stupendous Man) put together a hilarios story, fighting ways of unspeakable evil such as early bedtimes, resricted TV access, "Mom Lady"(Stupendoes Man's archnemisis), baby sitters, and baths, these two are so funny you will never be able to put the book down.

The title alludes to the four legged part of this classically funny duo. The thing that causes Hobbes, Calvin's tiger, the most joy, is pouncing on, and scaring the crap out of, his owner. Calvin is a willing participant, most of the time going along with it for the thrill. A lot of satire and insightful observation delivered along with the clowning, here.

Okay, I do own this own myself and I love it! It truly does express the relationship Calvin has with Hobbes. Like of corse "the secret letters from no one" calvin keeps getting in the mail. I do say this is one of my favorite books and if your are thinking of getting this one, go ahead! :)
~*TheClownfish*
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This collection has a few of my favorites in it (especially the girls/bugs analogy - priceless!) Great for any age - I read C&H starting around age 7 and I still read it today! I enjoy it just as much, though I see it from a unique perspective now. Every kid should grow up with this.

This book is so hilarious. Sometimes I try to sneak in a few pages before I go to bed. I like everything about this comic strip, the friendship, the fighting, the get rich quick schemes, (Calvin and Hobbes, keep dreaming.), Hobbes when he's ready to pounce, Calvin's naughty behavior, and it's also funny when Calvin and Hobbes both do naughty and bad things. If they were well mannered all the time, (Yawn) Then this comic strip would be boring.
I'm rating this book five stars. It's a great book, and I recommend this to other Calvin and Hobbes fans. Whether your one or ninety one, normal or mentally challenged, you should enjoy Calvin and Hobbes always. This is a kids review, and I'm typing this on my mom's account.

Picked this up again after ten years on my book shelf and still makes me laugh out loud. Buy it, buy it now. Calvin and Hobbes are what comics are supposed to be; more laughs in ten years than snoopy had in fifty.

From getting secrect hate-mail, trying to win a school safety-poster contest, another GROSS attack, and whatever else may come his way; Calvin and stuffed-tiger buddy Hobbes team up to create one of the funniest cartoons created. If you want a whole bunch of good laughs, buy this or any other of Watterson's magical creations!

I will read anything that is Calvin and Hobbes! I highly recommend this book. I really wish Bill Watterson would start this comic back up. Give it to your kids or buy it for yourself. You will not be disappointed!

This is probably the best calvin hobbes book that Bill Watterson wrote.With plenty of funny stories about the duo. I think is a must have for every single calvin and hobbes fan. If you don't already have it, Buy it today

Calvin and his stuffed tiger, Hobbes, take us on another ride into the world of imaginary friendship and fun children at his age seem to create for themselves. With doubting parents such as his, who'd blame him.
Still a very funny creation by Bill Watterson that is still running in sydication throughout the world's newspapers today.

I personally havent read this book in particular but I have read all of the other books that were made. So far, i have collected all of the treasurys and what I have seen is super friken good!! What I have been trying to do is to collect all of the little individual books so when I grow old I can show all of my grandchildren the books an i can start a family heirloom or somthing. Any ways, I think that Calvin and Hobbes rules and all of you who dont think so you can go to hell!! Thank you for your time
Joshua Sebastian

i have had this book along with 10 other calvin and hobbes books and this is my favorite so far i just ordered 3 others from the store. for newcomers get all you can cuz after 18 years it still is great as ever, but homicidal psyco jungle cat is 175 pages of pure fun and laughter. enjoy!!:)

Calvin and Hobbes is the very best. There funny smart. Bill Watterson is a genius, he realy shows the characters there dark sides and there lite sides. This Book I like because of its title. Also the cartoons. I wrap this review up by saying READ IT!

I loved this book. People think it's wierd and immature that I still read comics, but I don't care. This book is really funny almost a work of art. this is just 1 of the many great calvin and hobbes books. I recomend you read all of them

This book was great. Bill Watterson is a genius. There is nothing like reading one of his books, eapecially Homicidal Psycho Jungle Cat, when there is nothing else to do. One last thought, this is definately a " must buy" book.

An only, lonely child. Bullied at school. Clearly a genius level intellect, he's unchallenged and stifled since nobody, not his parents, and not even his teacher, recognizes this. A father who's always too busy to spend any time with his son. A father who's often seen, get this, reading --*reading* -- rather than paying his only son some attention! A mother, who literally, in strip after strip, throws him out the door. Throws, as in "child flying through the air". A child, and a small child at that, allowed repeatedly to wander alone through the woods! A child denied even a pet. His only friend -- a stuffed tiger.

Makes the "Peanuts" look like "The Family Circus".