Let’s Go Exploring
Calvin and Hobbes
Nonfiction, Entertainment, Humour & Comedy, Cartoons, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Cultural Studies, Popular Culture, General Humour
| Author: | Michael Hingston | ISBN: | 9781773051796 |
| Publisher: | ECW Press | Publication: | May 1, 2018 |
| Imprint: | ECW Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Michael Hingston |
| ISBN: | 9781773051796 |
| Publisher: | ECW Press |
| Publication: | May 1, 2018 |
| Imprint: | ECW Press |
| Language: | English |
A fascinating investigation of a beloved comic strip
The internet is home to impassioned debates on just about everything, but there’s one thing that’s universally beloved: Bill Watterson’s comic strip Calvin and Hobbes. Until its retirement in 1995 after a ten-year run, the strip won numerous awards and drew tens of millions of readers from all around the world. The story of a boy and his best friend — a stuffed tiger — was a pitch-perfect distillation of the joys and horrors of childhood, and a celebration of imagination in its purest form. In Let’s Go Exploring, Michael Hingston mines the strip and traces the story of Calvin’s reclusive creator to demonstrate how imagination — its possibilities, its opportunities, and ultimately its limitations — helped make Calvin and Hobbes North America’s last great comic strip.
A fascinating investigation of a beloved comic strip
The internet is home to impassioned debates on just about everything, but there’s one thing that’s universally beloved: Bill Watterson’s comic strip Calvin and Hobbes. Until its retirement in 1995 after a ten-year run, the strip won numerous awards and drew tens of millions of readers from all around the world. The story of a boy and his best friend — a stuffed tiger — was a pitch-perfect distillation of the joys and horrors of childhood, and a celebration of imagination in its purest form. In Let’s Go Exploring, Michael Hingston mines the strip and traces the story of Calvin’s reclusive creator to demonstrate how imagination — its possibilities, its opportunities, and ultimately its limitations — helped make Calvin and Hobbes North America’s last great comic strip.
