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The Calvin & Hobbes Bibliography

from 1987 to 1996

(Text by Chris Anderson)

Dates are from comparison of strips clipped from newspapers since 1986 as well as checking newspaper microfilm for 1985/86 strips. The first date is publication date of the book itself. Sunday strips in the compilation volumes are in color. In the regular books from 1987 to 1992, they are in black and white. Beginning in 1993 books are in a larger format to accommodate the full Sunday strips, which are printed in color.

1987 Calvin and Hobbes

(Foreword by Garry Trudeau)
11/18/85 through 8/17/86
Daily strip for 11/28/85 is a replacement strip (see note below)

1988 Something Under the Bed is Drooling

(Foreword by Pat Oliphant)
8/18/86 through 5/22/87

1988 The Essential Calvin and Hobbes: A Calvin and Hobbes Treasury

(Foreword by Charles Schulz)
Only book with 'ice tea' strip, 5/23/87
Compiles first two books, also includes 12 page 'A Nauseous Nocturne'

1989 Yukon Ho!

(Includes The Yukon Song)
5/24/87 through 2/21/88

1989 The Calvin and Hobbes lazy Sunday Book: A Collection of Sunday Calvin and Hobbes Cartoons

All in color
I have no dates for this Collection.
Includes 10 page story 'Spaceman Spiff: Interplanetary Explorer Exraordinaire!'

1990 Weirdos From Another Planet!

2/22/88 through 11/26/88
12/1/88 through 12/4/88

1990 The Authoritative Calvin and Hobbes: A Calvin and Hobbes Treasury

Compiles Yukon Ho. and Weirdos...!
Includes 7 page story where Calvin becomes an elephant.

1991 The Revenge of the Baby-Sat

1/27/88 through 11/30/88
12/5/88 through 9/10/89
10/16/89 through 10/18/89

1991 Scientific Progress Goes "Boink"

9/11/89 through 10/15/89
10/19/89 through 6/10/90
6/17/90
6/24/90 through 6/30/90
7/2/90 through 7/7/90
7/15/90

1992 Attack of the Deranged Mutant Killer Monster Snow Goons

This collection's Sunday strips are not elsewhere reprinted in color.
6/11/90 through 6/16/90
6/18/90 through 6/23/90
7/1/90
7/8/90 through 7/14/90
7/16/90 through 4/10/91

1992 The Indispensable Calvin and Hobbes

Compiles Revenge of the Baby-Sat and Scientific Progress goes "Boink"
Includes several illustrated poems.

1993 The Days are Just Packed

Larger format, to accommodate Sunday strips, which are now in color
4/11/91 through 5/4/91
(From 5/5/91 through 2/1/92, Watterson took a leave of absence)
2/2/92 through 11/1/92
11/8/92

1994 Homicidal Psycho Jungle Cat

Large format, color Sundays.
11/2/92 through 11/7/9
11/9/92 through 8/29/93

1995 The Calvin and Hobbes Tenth Anniversary Book

Large format
Contains selected strips from 11/18/85 to 1995, with essays by Watterson on all aspects
of the strip and commentary on individual strips.

1996 There's Treasure Everywhere

Large format, color Sundays.
8/30/93 through 4/2/94
(From 4/3/94 through 12/31/94, Watterson took a leave of absence)
1/1/95 through 3/19/95
4/3/95 through 4/8/95
6/3/95

This set of books collects ALL of Calvin and Hobbes for 11/18/85, the date of the first strip, through 3/19/95, as well as seven additional strips from April and June of 1995, with the exception of the strip which appeared in some papers on 11/28/85. The strip that appears in the books (and in _Comic Relief_ a book reprinting the strips from the Thanksgiving Hunger Project) did not run in all newspapers. Some newspapers ran a strip in which Hobbes gets a bath in the washing machine. In the books, the replacement strip has Calvin ordering pizza alter being sent to his room. Calvin and Hobbes ended with the Sunday strip for 12/31/95. There will be one more collection, which will cover the remaining strips.

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