Let's Go Exploring: Calvin and Hobbes (10) (Pop Classics)

ISBN: 1770414134

Author: Hingston, Michael

Condition: New

A fascinating investigation of a beloved comic stripThe internet is home to impassioned debates on just about everything, but theres one thing thats universally beloved: Bill Wattersons 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 Lets Go Exploring, Michael Hingston mines the strip and traces the story of Calvins reclusive creator to demonstrate how imagination - its possibilities, its opportunities, and ultimately its limitations - helped make Calvin and Hobbes North Americas last great comic strip.About the Pop Classics SeriesShort books that pack a big punch, Pop Classics offer intelligent, fun, and accessible arguments about why a particular pop phenomenon matters.