# Calvin and Hobbes... complete archives? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 20, 2010, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calvin-and-hobbes-complete-archives/525664 "2010-01-20T05:35:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![NRichards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@NRichards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NRichards)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2010, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calvin-and-hobbes-complete-archives/525664/1 "2010-01-20T05:35:18Z")
Does anybody know where I can find the complete Calvin and Hobbes collection online? I just _love_ Calvin and Hobbes. Makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside šŸ™‚ \*\*Calvin: What is 7 plus 3? Hobbes: 73\*\* What are your favorites? ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2010, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calvin-and-hobbes-complete-archives/525664/2 "2010-01-20T05:40:39Z")
The part Iā€™ll enjoy most is crushing people who get in my way. ---
**Author:** ![Anamorphic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/anamorphic/32/3057_2.png) [@Anamorphic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anamorphic)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2010, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calvin-and-hobbes-complete-archives/525664/3 "2010-01-20T05:55:15Z")
> **[The Complete Calvin and Hobbes: Bill Watterson, Bill Watterson: 0050837310001:...](https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Calvin-Hobbes-Bill-Watterson/dp/1449433251)** > > The Complete Calvin and Hobbes \[Bill Watterson, Bill Watterson\] on Amazon.com. \*FREE\* shipping on qualifying offers. The Complete Calvin and Hobbes Well worth the money! ---
**Author:** ![Snite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Snite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snite)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2010, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calvin-and-hobbes-complete-archives/525664/4 "2010-01-20T06:08:57Z")
It was a bit more expensive when I bought it, but yes, I love my complete collection being in leatherbound hardback. I shoulda done Calvinā€™s Dad proud by buying it with cash so it could never be traced šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![Lantern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d26b3c/32.png) [@Lantern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lantern)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2010, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calvin-and-hobbes-complete-archives/525664/5 "2010-01-20T06:15:07Z")
There used to be a free Calvin and Hobbes site with the strips, then it went pay, now it seems to have disappeared altogether. ---
**Author:** ![tim314](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim314/32/3468_2.png) [@tim314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim314)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2010, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calvin-and-hobbes-complete-archives/525664/6 "2010-01-20T08:47:37Z")
Thereā€™s a Calvin and Hobbes archive [here](http://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/) that I assume is complete, but you have to sign up with their site (which Iā€™m guessing costs money) to go back more than 14 days. Actually, you can read as many as you want for free if you use some basic JavaScript to remove the black box it puts in front of the comic . . . but I donā€™t really feel comfortable handing out instructions on how to undermine their business model, no matter how stupidly they implemented it. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2010, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calvin-and-hobbes-complete-archives/525664/7 "2010-01-20T13:19:23Z")
I got mine for free from using bonus points from QPBC! I think they then changed their bonus points system as a response! ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2010, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calvin-and-hobbes-complete-archives/525664/8 "2010-01-20T14:11:30Z")
Calvin stands at the bus stop talking to himself. \*Panel 1: \*ā€œIā€™m sick of everyone telling me what to do all the time! I hate my life! I hate everything! I wish I was DEAD!ā€ \*Panel 2: \*[He thinks about what heā€™s just said] ā€œWell, no I donā€™t. Not really.ā€ \*Panel 3: \*[With an angry sneer] ā€œI wish everyone ELSE was dead.ā€ ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2010, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calvin-and-hobbes-complete-archives/525664/9 "2010-01-20T14:11:44Z")
> [@NRichards](#): > > What are your favorites? I still have a soft spot for ā€œTHE LIVING DEAD DONā€™T **NEED** TO DO WORD PROBLEMS!ā€ ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2010, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calvin-and-hobbes-complete-archives/525664/10 "2010-01-20T16:39:42Z")
Every snowman strip was my absolute favorite. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2010, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calvin-and-hobbes-complete-archives/525664/11 "2010-01-20T17:07:58Z")
C: ā€œThis is so cool!ā€ H: "This is so stupid! ---
**Author:** ![LateComer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b5ac83/32.png) [@LateComer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LateComer)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2010, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calvin-and-hobbes-complete-archives/525664/12 "2010-01-20T17:44:58Z")
Strangely I ran across [this article this morning about a guy trying to write a Bill Watterson biography](http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10020/1029428-51.stm?cmpid=newspanel0) after reading your thread. My 7 (then 6) year old daughter made her way through all the Calvin and Hobbes books I have. She doesnā€™t quite get the Far Side yet but she loves Calvin and Hobbes. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2010, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calvin-and-hobbes-complete-archives/525664/13 "2010-01-20T18:06:55Z")
[Hijack] What I want is a complete _Wizard of Id_ for my husband. Iā€™ve looked, and there doesnā€™t seem to ever have been one, just a few small paperbacks. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2010, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calvin-and-hobbes-complete-archives/525664/14 "2010-01-20T19:10:59Z")
> [@NRichards](#): > > What are your favorites? The sequence that had me rolling on the floor when I first read it was Clavin getting his school photo taken. ā€œAstro-Boy!ā€ ā€œWhat? Donā€™t take off your shirt, kid!ā€ > [@Sigmagirl](#): > > [Hijack] What I want is a complete _Wizard of Id_ for my husband. Iā€™ve looked, and there doesnā€™t seem to ever have been one, just a few small paperbacks. The Wizard of Id is still running, so thereā€™s no such thing as ā€œcomplete.ā€ Plus, the stripā€™s been going for over 45 years now, so a complete collection would fill many volumes the size of the C&H one! ---
**Author:** ![Rafe\_Hollister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/fbc32d/32.png) [@Rafe\_Hollister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rafe_Hollister)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2010, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calvin-and-hobbes-complete-archives/525664/15 "2010-01-20T19:20:12Z")
[http://http://www.chase3000.com/userpages/calvinhobbes/](http://http://www.chase3000.com/userpages/calvinhobbes/) Snowman editions. Youā€™re welcome. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2010, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calvin-and-hobbes-complete-archives/525664/16 "2010-01-20T19:24:33Z")
Your link isnā€™t working for me **Rafe**. **[This](http://davidguy.brinkster.net/goaste/lasteevercalvinstrip.html)** my favorite strip despite not being real (make sure to click on the image also). ---
**Author:** ![Surly\_Chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Surly\_Chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surly_Chick)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2010, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calvin-and-hobbes-complete-archives/525664/17 "2010-01-20T19:28:51Z")
> [@Covered\_In\_Bees](#): > > **[This](http://davidguy.brinkster.net/goaste/lasteevercalvinstrip.html)** my favorite strip despite not being real (make sure to click on the image also). THANK YOU!!! Iā€™ve been hideously depressed ever since someone posted that fake one in another thread. I **love** the coda. ---
**Author:** ![Rafe\_Hollister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/fbc32d/32.png) [@Rafe\_Hollister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rafe_Hollister)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2010, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calvin-and-hobbes-complete-archives/525664/18 "2010-01-20T19:35:24Z")
[http://www.chase3000.com/userpages/calvinhobbes/](http://www.chase3000.com/userpages/calvinhobbes/) :smack: ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2010, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calvin-and-hobbes-complete-archives/525664/19 "2010-01-20T19:50:39Z")
1: Calvin steps outside on a bitterly cold day. 2: Calvinā€™s face screws up into a painful expression 3: ā€œDonā€™t you hate it when your boogers freeze?ā€ ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2010, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calvin-and-hobbes-complete-archives/525664/20 "2010-01-20T23:56:46Z")
The thing about _Calvin and Hobbes_ was that, like its protagonists, it straddled two worlds. A world-weary cynicism about human nature was married to a childlike appreciation for the absurd ā€“ and a childlike enthusiasm that counterbalanced Wattersonā€™s sardonic view of adult human nature. When Calvin was excited about something, he was _all the way_ excited, pure little kid. _TYRANNOSAURS ā€“ IN F-14s!_ [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calvin-and-hobbes-complete-archives/525664.md?page=2)