Let's Go Exploring: Calvin and Hobbes

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.

Author: Michael Hingston
Publisher: ECW Press
Published: 05/01/2018
Pages: 144
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 6.90h x 4.70w x 0.50d
ISBN13: 9781770414136
ISBN10: 1770414134
BISAC Categories:
- Comics & Graphic Novels | General
- Biography & Autobiography | Artists, Architects, Photographers
- Social Science | Popular Culture

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.