The first set of books collecting Bill Watterson’s timeless CalvinAandAHobbes comics in a compact, portable format designed to introduce the timeless adventures of a boyAandAhis stuffed tiger to aAnewAgeneration of readers. Featuring nearly 500 comics from the strip’s debut in November 1985 through March 1987, this is the first set in a series of seven. “At some level, all American childhoods are the same, which probably explains our lasting love affair with Calvin and Hobbes.” ?”The Washington PostCalvin and Hobbes is unquestionably 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. This compact, portable new format is designed to introduce the timeless adventures of Calvin and Hobbes to a new generation of readers, and will fit easily into backpacks as well as on the