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

Hingston, Michael

ISBN 10: 1770414134 / ISBN 13: 9781770414136

Published by ECW Press, 2018

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Let's Go Exploring: Calvin and Hobbes (10) (Pop Classics)
• Publisher: ECW Press
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1770414134
• ISBN 13: 9781770414136
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: good

About this title

Synopsis

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.

About the Pop Classics Series

Short books that pack a big punch, Pop Classics offer intelligent, fun, and accessible arguments about why a particular pop phenomenon matters.

About the Author

Michael Hingston’s writing has appeared in Wired magazine, the Washington Post, and the Guardian. His novel The Dilettantes was a #1 regional bestseller. He is also co-creator of the Short Story Advent Calendar. Hingston lives in Edmonton.