This is my favorite book in my collection

Calvin and Hobbes was a huge part of my upbringing! Had everything all wrapped up in one strip..adventure, fantasy, amazing humor, and heartfelt moments. To me as a kid it inspired me to use my imagination even more than I already did. Some of my favorite strips were of all the snowmen and different scenarios Calvin would put them in. I definitely need this collection on my bookshelf!! Great vid btw!

That's insane! I literally pulled down my collection off the shelf this morning & started reading mine. This was the only thing that interested me enough to read as a kid. Good times!

@astonishingmelanie

3 жыл бұрын

Okay, that is a huge coincidence. It must have been... DESTINY!!!

i used to own these in paperback when i was 10 years old and enjoyed them so much. That boxed set looks great and this video is even better cuz we have Melanie to do the overview.

@astonishingmelanie

3 жыл бұрын

Well thank you sir!

I have the paperback version of this box set! Love it.

@AndrewBuckleBookReviews

3 жыл бұрын

that was the one I just bought ... hopefully as good as the hardback one !

That’s cute never these read before It was nice how you read some of the panels Thank you for that!

Calvin and Hobbes is so awesome. It was my grandpa's favorite strip. That book set looks beautiful, too.

Wow! Awesome! Thank you for sharing, Melanie! I always knew of this strip, but never read it. It is clear now that I have been missing out. There was more than just Peanuts... :)

@astonishingmelanie

3 жыл бұрын

You’re welcome, and I’m glad to share the fandom.

Complete Calvin & Hobbes. Complete Peanuts. Can't go wrong with either. :)

Just got this for my friends newborn twins. I hope they enjoy them as much as I did growing up.

Wow great video. Thanks for your personal view as a young reader. I was in my late 20s when my local paper picked up the strip a few years after it’s debut. I was instantly drawn to the imaginary view of Calvin. My favorites were the ones that had Calvin in fear of and being attacked by Hobbes savagely.

Yes!!!!! I want one!!!!!!!!!!

Reminds me I had wanted to pick up either the paperback version or this version.

This has brought back so many memories

Calvin and Hobbes always put a smile on my face. Thank You.

Nice review, you gave it a really personal touch! Also liked the little effects you used like 03:05

@astonishingmelanie

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I’m learning how to edit!

I was on the fence about this one but you've convinced me to take the plunge, Melanie. It would be a nice addition to my small but growing box set collection.

@AlejandroGonzalez-pf4uc

3 жыл бұрын

its a greeeeeeat adition... get the big box and be really happy.

@astonishingmelanie

3 жыл бұрын

Congrats!🎈🎊🎉

I came across this set in softcover at Costco for $35CAD. This should be on the required readings list for elementary school.

@astonishingmelanie

3 жыл бұрын

Great deal!

That was an awesome video Melanie! Your overview was so exciting, I just loved it!!

Nice overview, Melanie! You're doing a great job.

@astonishingmelanie

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the support! 🤙

Hey, Melanie! Just got around to this video and I wanted to say a few things: 1) The editing was so cool! I really enjoyed it! 2) I really liked the little details you gave us like how some of it looks like strips glued on. But you putting the box set on the scale made me laugh pretty good! lol 3) I adored how much these books reminded you of your family. :) 4) You actually reading some strips was the best!! It made me feel nostalgic yet I have never read any Calvin and Hobbes. Maybe it made me miss just being read stories as a kid, but regardless it gave me some warm fuzzy feelings and much needed smile on my face. :) You absolutely killed it! Can’t wait for your next vid!

7:51 brought back some good memories from reading that strip

Awesome Review Melanie, I'm glad I asked y'all about this book a few Q&As ago. I used to have some of these as a kid but don't know what happened to them. I think I'm gonna grab the paperback to save some weight,lol.

@astonishingmelanie

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the suggestion and the paperbacks are definitely more manageable! 🤪

I remember reading the 1st strip and thinking something new and great was starting. I was right. Even growing up with and loving Peanuts strips and books 15 years before Calvin and Hobbes started, THIS is my favorite strip of all time. ... I have the trades and later got this set when it was published. This box will never leave me. ... You did an Astonishing job presenting this book. For anyone not familiar with it, your choice of the strips and your enthusiasm and love for them conveyed all they need to know about how great this collection is. Thank you.

@astonishingmelanie

3 жыл бұрын

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Great review Melanie. I remember reading Calvin and Hobbes too. Thinking I may just have to grab this collection soon.

I have this original one too! It's a real treasure! Had to buy this and The Complete Far Side. These were the kind of comic strips that made me really laugh out loud! Love these collections!

@astonishingmelanie

3 жыл бұрын

Omar and I were reading his Far Side box set years ago, but then we forgot to keep going!

Read this as a youngster, bought it last year and its wonderful 👍👍 great video

Finally broke down and bought a copy today. Still an excellent review, Mellanie!

I need this and I didn’t know i did. I’ve read some Calvin and Hobbs sparingly over the years and I love all the little insights in it. The past year is a perfect reason to read some Calvin and Hobbs.

"Exploring Calvin an Hobbes" and "C&H Sunday Pages 1985-1995" are two great additions to any Calvin and Hobbes collections. Both of the books are respective catalogues for C&H exhibitions that were at the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum.

@astonishingmelanie

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the info! 🤙

This looks awesome.

Yes! I've asked about this set been looking forward to this review since Omar answered! Edit: Wait what?! 195$?? I just saw it on Amazon for 60, it is now back up to 85 (€, so maybe 110$)

@astonishingmelanie

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked the review! It looks like both the hardcover and the softcover boxsets are on sale. The one in the video is the hardcover, so the cheaper one is probably the paperback version.

@GreifvogelSGE

3 жыл бұрын

@@astonishingmelanie That could well be, I didn't know there were two versions.

Thanks for the review! Looks like a wonderful book!

Thanks for bringing me down memory lane, Melanie! I bought this HC volume when it first came out as I remember reading this strip in the papers during Watterson's ten year run. It was both my dad's and mine favorite strip next to Peanuts and Far Side. Always loved Calvin's philosophical musings and cynical whit. Always related to his sense of fantasy and adventure even when he wasn't around friends. My daughter had the pic up in her bedroom growing up where Calvin was a young man waving goodbye to Hobbes as he goes off with a little six year old girl. Reminds me of Toy Story 3. :-(

@astonishingmelanie

3 жыл бұрын

That picture would make me tear up every time I’d look at it! Wouldn’t be able to handle it. 😹

You still have plenty of destiny ahead of you!

@astonishingmelanie

3 жыл бұрын

You know, I regretted saying that. It was a joke, but I do think I have plenty of destiny left as well! 😎🎉🍾🎈

I had most of the paperbacks of Calvin and Hobbes as a child and a teen. I received an early edition of the hardback complete collection in 2007. Found out that the binding was bad, so then I got both the hardcover and softcover complete collection of this set just last year. I love Calvin and Hobbes and I will never be without it. I am also glad that Bill Watterson never sold the rights to have tv, movie, and toy products made. As such, the comics remain strong and undiluted.

The greatest collection of all time!

@astonishingmelanie

3 жыл бұрын

Awesome statue collection in your banner picture!

@MyFacepalm

3 жыл бұрын

@@astonishingmelanie thanks! It’s funny, I forgot I had that there. The collection has vastly changed

Calvin and Hobbes is a modern classic. I am specially fond of all his bizarre snowmen, and as a child i did try to copy some of them (didn't go that well) A swedish publisher is making a swedish-translated version of this box for the moment. And i have made my pre-order of it. Hopefully it will arrive during the first quarter of next year.

@astonishingmelanie

3 жыл бұрын

That sounds awesome!

One of my better purhase. Still re-read the collection it is still fresh, funny and endearing.

This is one of the most prized things in my collection. And this is an excellent review that really does this set (and comic strip) justice :)

@astonishingmelanie

3 жыл бұрын

Oh good and thank you. 😺

Never read this stuff as a kid.... Might need to give it a go as an adult. Thanks Melanie!

Love some Calvin and Hobbes. Read these every year or every other year at New Years just a great way to start the year. So wholesome. Making me wanna double dip and get this despite already owning them all in individual trades. Great review Melanie.

@astonishingmelanie

3 жыл бұрын

What a cool tradition! Omar and I used to watch the Twilight Zone on New Years.

@bertfechner417

3 жыл бұрын

@@astonishingmelanie nice. Walking Distance= best twilight zone episode ever.

Enjoy your transitions.

@astonishingmelanie

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I explored the different transition options in Final Cut Pro, and I thought that one was perfect. Learning how to edit! Thanks for noticing.

I had a Hobbes stuffed animal as a kid. To the world, it was a stuffed tiger toy, but to me, it Hobbes. Funny how imagination works differently to different people.

Love Calvin and Hobbes, Far-Side, Peanuts and Bloom County. Have complete sets thus far.

I just purchased this for $40 brand new!!! I am so excited to relive my childhood stories that made me fall in love with reading.

The best comic strip ever. I loved it when they became paperbacks. Went and ordered this collection right away for $73. Another chunk of my childhood secured!

@astonishingmelanie

3 жыл бұрын

Congrats!🎈🍾🎉

You just made me want to buy this real bad. I was actually doubting if I should really go for it as it is a pretty heavy box set.

now I want this book

I bought this yesterday.

💰 💰 sold

This is cool

Awesome! I loved it even more than ...... no , wait , yknowwhat I liked it.

@astonishingmelanie

3 жыл бұрын

You’re leaving me in suspense.!

Good job by you, Melanie.

@astonishingmelanie

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 😁

Thanks for such a thorough review of this set. I came from Amazon to look for a thorough review of the books and that's exactly what I got. Quick question if you could answer, how far superior is the Hardcover Box Set to the paperback set? I saw the paperback set has 4 books instead of 3 but is substantially cheaper.

I have the big box with the four paper cover books, its the same content. Definitly a must have for any collector. I'll be waiting for uncanny Omar's review of the great Mafalda.

@astonishingmelanie

3 жыл бұрын

The paperbacks are definitely more manageable.

I loves these books growing up! It seems like there's a lot of wasted paper and space on margins in this collection though

OH MY GOSH ANOTHER MELANIE REVIEW! :))) I liked and I’m commenting for algorithm, but I actually haven’t watched this yet. :( Buuuuuut I’m really looking forward to this because your vids are my favorite.

@astonishingmelanie

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks dude for the support!!😸

Cowabunga minties 🤙

@astonishingmelanie

3 жыл бұрын

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16:17 What's that one the other page with Calvin meets an alien? I don't think I remember that one!

I recommend paperback version. It has 4 books instead of 3. They are lighter, are easier to flip and its cheaper. Also heard hardcover has bad binding and pages start to fall out eventualy. Maybe someone can confirm this.

@sergionagir2435

2 жыл бұрын

I think they corrected this issue. I can’t confirm it because i don’t own the box set but i read some reviews saying it’s not glued anymore.

I mentioned Calvin and Hobbes on threads and crickets ☹️

Your so cool

What's the difference between this and the 60$ one?

@astonishingmelanie

3 жыл бұрын

I’ve seen on Amazon how the boxsets are in sale, so I’m going to assume the $60 you’re referring to is the soft cover version of the collection in a box set as opposed to the hardcover version in the video.

I already own this, why am I watching?

Do you think these hardcover volumes are too unwieldy for younger kids?

@NearMintCondition

Жыл бұрын

Not at all.

Arrgh, should stop watching your videos. Just gone off and bought the complete collection though I went for the paperback version. Love C&H (bought many of the separate volumes over the years) but not enough to spend out on the HB especially as I have spent too much on Conan omnis, french graphic novels and just generally too many DC / Marvel epics / omnis. Thanks as ever for doing these video reviews

@astonishingmelanie

3 жыл бұрын

The paperbacks are definitely more manageable. 😎🤓🧐

@AndrewBuckleBookReviews

3 жыл бұрын

@@astonishingmelanie Yes, I think that will be the case - not sure the house could support the weight of the hardback set either

Nmc Patreon $1.

get proper fucking bookmarks. great video

@NearMintCondition

6 ай бұрын

Thank you.

Too much salt in the pee.