The third set of books collecting Bill Watterson's timeless Calvin and Hobbes comics in a new
portable format designed to introduce the timeless adventures of a boy and his stuffed tiger to
a new generation of readers. Featuring nearly 500 comics presented chronologically from June
1988 to November 1989. This compact portable collection of Calvin and Hobbes comics will fit
easily into backpacks bookshelves--and make for a perfect stocking stuffer. Featuring archival
slipcase and cover art selected by the author The Calvin and Hobbes Portable Compendium pays
tribute to the strip's origin in newspapers while appealing to both new and existing fans of
Calvin and Hobbes. This is the third set in a series of seven. Calvin and Hobbes is one of the
most popular comic strips of all time. The imaginative world of a boy and his real-only-to-him
tiger first appeared in 1985 and could be read in more than 2 400 newspapers when Bill
Watterson retired on January 1 1996.
