# My daughter just bought me Calvin and Hobbes "The Revenge of the Baby-Sat" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 9, 2006, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-just-bought-me-calvin-and-hobbes-the-revenge-of-the-baby-sat/343622 "2006-02-09T00:09:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2006, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-just-bought-me-calvin-and-hobbes-the-revenge-of-the-baby-sat/343622/1 "2006-02-09T00:09:48Z")
128 pages of goodness. I will probably devour it tonight. She got it through a scholastic book club. Probably my favorite comic. Bloom County is the other choice. I think I will try to get my daughter reading this when I am done. She is 8 now, I think she’ll enjoy it. Jim ---
**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:** [February 9, 2006, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-just-bought-me-calvin-and-hobbes-the-revenge-of-the-baby-sat/343622/2 "2006-02-09T00:35:45Z")
I think you should forbid her from reading it. It might give her Ideas. Then hide it in a place where she can find it. ---
**Author:** ![shelbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@shelbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shelbo)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2006, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-just-bought-me-calvin-and-hobbes-the-revenge-of-the-baby-sat/343622/3 "2006-02-09T00:37:35Z")
Buy some colored pencils and the two of you can have fun coloring the b&w strips. You may need an extra red and orange though! (My daughter and I did that - it is easy, fun, and actually looks great.) ---
**Author:** ![Silentgoldfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2006, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-just-bought-me-calvin-and-hobbes-the-revenge-of-the-baby-sat/343622/4 "2006-02-09T00:51:31Z")
I’ve been enjoying Calvin and Hobbes since I was 7. It’s one of those things that can be enjoyed on many levels and there’s only a few of the cartoons that I remember not getting until I was older. It’s the one reason I still have stuffed animals around even though I’m a manly man :). ---
**Author:** ![SkeptiJess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@SkeptiJess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkeptiJess)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2006, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-just-bought-me-calvin-and-hobbes-the-revenge-of-the-baby-sat/343622/5 "2006-02-09T01:06:03Z")
She’ll love it. My son (now 19) was about 8 or so when he started reading C&H. It was when _Homicidal Psycho Jungle Cat_ came out. He read that, then went back and read all the previous collections. Then he moved on to all my other comic strip collections, including Pogo… He still loves comics. ---
**Author:** ![Susie\_Derkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Susie\_Derkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Susie_Derkins)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2006, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-just-bought-me-calvin-and-hobbes-the-revenge-of-the-baby-sat/343622/6 "2006-02-09T01:06:12Z")
I bought them all for my dad. He turned around and bought them for me, too. My daughter is six, and she already loves them. Don’t think there was a point in there. Have fun reading tonight! ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2006, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-just-bought-me-calvin-and-hobbes-the-revenge-of-the-baby-sat/343622/7 "2006-02-09T03:24:42Z")
My son and I share a love for them. It’s about time to share them with #2 son, as well… ---
**Author:** ![nevermore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a587f6/32.png) [@nevermore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nevermore)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2006, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-just-bought-me-calvin-and-hobbes-the-revenge-of-the-baby-sat/343622/8 "2006-02-09T04:01:33Z")
oh, man, I LOVED Calvin & Hobbes as a kid. still do. I think it’s a great idea to get her into it now. that’s about the time I started reading it, maybe a little before, and I think I actually got smarter reading that strip-- about every other word Calvin or Hobbes said I’d have to ask my dad what it meant, which must have at least somewhat contributed to the richness of my vocabulary. ---
**Author:** ![JustAnotherGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/58f4c7/32.png) [@JustAnotherGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustAnotherGeek)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2006, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-just-bought-me-calvin-and-hobbes-the-revenge-of-the-baby-sat/343622/9 "2006-02-09T04:25:37Z")
My all time favorite (might actually hunt it down and get a print…) is the Sunday where Calvin and Hobbes are sledding, but Hobbes steps off just as Calvin goes down the hill by himself. There are only words in the last frame. Every frame between is just watching Hobbes’s reactions. The man is an absolute genius. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2006, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-just-bought-me-calvin-and-hobbes-the-revenge-of-the-baby-sat/343622/10 "2006-02-09T05:58:27Z")
I got the COMPLETE calvin and hobbes. its list is 200 dollars, in three volumes. Sams club had it for 90. Every single C&H Strip, in hardbound books. Even one that was not an offical strip. Anyway. I love having the Complete Series of C&H on DVD… I mean Book. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2006, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-just-bought-me-calvin-and-hobbes-the-revenge-of-the-baby-sat/343622/11 "2006-02-09T06:47:25Z")
She’s a good daughter. Remember her in your will. 😃 StG ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2006, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-just-bought-me-calvin-and-hobbes-the-revenge-of-the-baby-sat/343622/12 "2006-02-09T12:40:31Z")
My niece and nephew are 11 and 7. They love C & H. Nephew quotes whole panels and then just cracks up. He got the complete C&H for his birthday. GT ---
**Author:** ![audiobottle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc8723/32.png) [@audiobottle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/audiobottle)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2006, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-just-bought-me-calvin-and-hobbes-the-revenge-of-the-baby-sat/343622/13 "2006-02-09T13:01:48Z")
> [@Meeko](#): > > I got the COMPLETE calvin and hobbes. its list is 200 dollars, in three volumes. > > Sams club had it for 90. > 🙂 Oh man, I’ve been wanting that ever since I saw it in the local Borders. Do you know if it’s still that price at Sam’s? ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2006, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-just-bought-me-calvin-and-hobbes-the-revenge-of-the-baby-sat/343622/14 "2006-02-09T13:36:50Z")
> [@Meeko](#): > > I got the COMPLETE calvin and hobbes. its list is 200 dollars, in three volumes. > > Sams club had it for 90. > Every single C&H Strip, in hardbound books. > > Even one that was not an offical strip. > > Anyway. I love having the Complete Series of C&H on DVD… I mean Book. 🙂 Someday (soon) I’ll have to pick that up. I was surprised this is only my 4th C&H book. I have a dozen Bloom County’s. I read half of it last night. I wanted it to last 2 days at least. (That and I stopped to watch the Daily Show and go to sleep) The coloring idea sounds like it might be fun. The Book has a lot of Santa musings up front. I am split on her getting more clues about Santa but she’ll be 9 next Christmas, if she doesn’t know the truth she probably should. If she asks I tell her I guess. Jim ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Goob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c77e96/32.png) [@Mr.Goob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Goob)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2006, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-just-bought-me-calvin-and-hobbes-the-revenge-of-the-baby-sat/343622/15 "2006-02-09T15:12:25Z")
> [@Meeko](#): > > I got the COMPLETE calvin and hobbes. its list is 200 dollars, in three volumes. > > Sams club had it for 90. > Every single C&H Strip, in hardbound books. > > Even one that was not an offical strip. > > Anyway. I love having the Complete Series of C&H on DVD… I mean Book. 🙂 I think the list is $150. I bought it 20% off just before Christmas when Media Play went belly up. I paid $120. Last I looked Amazon is sold out, the next printing is this spring. It’s got a great introduction by Wasserman (sp?) about how the strip evolved from his failed brief career as an editorial cartoonist. ---
**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:** [February 9, 2006, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-just-bought-me-calvin-and-hobbes-the-revenge-of-the-baby-sat/343622/16 "2006-02-09T16:25:37Z")
> [@nevermore](#): > > oh, man, I LOVED Calvin & Hobbes as a kid. still do. You and **silentgoldfish** make me feel old! They didn’t have Calvin & Hobbes when I was a kid. ☹ I had to make do with books of Peanuts. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2006, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-just-bought-me-calvin-and-hobbes-the-revenge-of-the-baby-sat/343622/17 "2006-02-09T16:44:20Z")
> [@Thudlow Boink](#): > > You and **silentgoldfish** make me feel old! They didn’t have Calvin & Hobbes when I was a kid. ☹ > > I had to make do with books of Peanuts. I read it as a Teen and Tween, but Peanuts was the best when I was little. Over the years my favorites were: Peanuts Doonsbury C&H and Bloom County (then both ended) sniff sniff Far Side & Dilbert (one ended, other not as funny as it was) **Current** : Fox Trot & [User Friendly](http://www.userfriendly.org/static/) though I still read Dilbert. Jim ---
**Author:** ![dangermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2006, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-just-bought-me-calvin-and-hobbes-the-revenge-of-the-baby-sat/343622/18 "2006-02-09T20:06:03Z")
My 5yo loves to read “Calvin and Hobbes” and “Baby Blues.” She’s working on “FoxTrot” but doesn’t get the jokes.