The Authoritative Calvin and Hobbes

Collecting Bill Watterson's complete run of Calvin and Hobbes in a single, oversized hardcover volume, this 1990 release from Andrews McMeel became the definitive archive of the beloved newspaper strip. Assembled with Watterson's direct involvement, the book presents the strip's entire decade-long history in pristine, full-color reproduction, alongside the artist's own commentary on his creative process. As the first comprehensive collection of one of the most celebrated comic strips of the 20th century, it set the standard for how a newspaper strip could be preserved and celebrated as a work of art.