List of Calvin and Hobbes books

Despite the fact that Bill Watterson refused to sell merchandise based on Calvin and Hobbes or its characters, he still allowed one medium to reach the public: books. There have been eighteen books (including one three-volume set) that have collected every calvin and Hobbes strip ever published.

The books labeled "Collections," form a complete archive of the newspaper strips, except for a single daily strip from November 28, 1985. (The collections do contain a strip for this date, but it is not the same strip that appeared in some newspapers. The alternate strip, a joke about Hobbes taking a bath in the washing machine, has circulated around the Internet.) "Treasuries" usually combine the two preceding collections with bonus material and include color reprints of Sunday comics.

A complete collection of Calvin and Hobbes strips, in three hardcover volumes, with a total 1440 pages, was released on October 4, 2005, by Andrews & McMeel Publishing. It also includes color prints of the art used on paperback covers, the Treasuries' extra illustrated stories and poems, and a new introduction by Bill Watterson, who is now happily teaching himself to paint. Unfortunately, the alternate 1985 strip is still omitted, and two other strips (January 7, 1987, and November 25, 1988) have altered dialogue.

To celebrate the release, Calvin and Hobbes reruns were made available to newspapers from Sunday, September 4, 2005, through Saturday, December 31, 2005, and Bill Watterson answered a select dozen questions submitted by readers. ([1] [2]) Like current contemporary strips, weekday Calvin and Hobbes strips now appear in color print when available, instead of black and white as in their first run.

Title	Cover	Date	ISBN	Notes
Calvin and Hobbes		April 1987	ISBN 0836220889	Collection covering strips from first strip on Nov 18, 1985 to Aug 17, 1986. Original content: Foreword by Garry Trudeau.
Something Under the Bed is Drooling	"Something Under the Bed is Drooling."	April 1988	ISBN 0836218256	Collection covering strips from Aug 18, 1986 to May 17, 1987. Original content: Foreword by Pat Oliphant.
The Essential Calvin and Hobbes: A Calvin and Hobbes Treasury		September 1988	ISBN 0836218051	Treasury including cartoons from Calvin and Hobbes & Something Under the Bed is Drooling. Original content: Foreword by Charles M. Schulz and original illustrated poem, "A Nauseous Nocturne."
Yukon Ho!		March 1989	ISBN 0836218353	Collection covering strips from May 24, 1987 to Feb 1988(?). Original content: The Yukon Song.
The Calvin and Hobbes Lazy Sunday Book: A Collection of Sunday Calvin and Hobbes Cartoons		September 1989	ISBN 0836218523	Favorite Sunday comics. Ten-page story "Spaceman Spiff: Interplanetary Explorer Extraordinaire!"
Weirdos From Another Planet!		March 1990	ISBN 0836218620	Collection covering strips from Feb 1988(?) to Dec 4, 1988. Its main story is similar to that of Yukon Ho!, Calvin and Hobbes are tired of the pollution on Earth, and decide to move out. This time, instead of just their family, they try to secede from the planet. In a wagon they leave Earth for Mars. They find out that the Martians are scared of them, because earthlings pollute the environment, so they go back home. The story ends with Dad examining the suitcase which Calvin and Hobbes had carried to Mars.
The Authoritative Calvin and Hobbes: A Calvin and Hobbes Treasury	"The Authoritative Calvin and Hobbes."	October 1990	ISBN 0836218221	Treasury including cartoons from Yukon Ho! & Weirdos From Another Planet!. Original content: Seven-page story in which Calvin becomes an elephant.
The Revenge of the Baby-Sat		April 1991	ISBN 0836218663	Collection covering strips from Dec 5, 1988 to Sept 1989(?).
Scientific Progress Goes "Boink"	Scientific Progress Goes "Boink."	October 1991	ISBN 0836218787	Collection covering strips from Sept 1989(?) to Jul 7, 1990.
Attack of the Deranged Mutant Killer Monster Snow Goons		April 1992	ISBN 0836218833	Collection covering strips from Jul 8, 1990 to Apr 10, 1991.
The Indispensable Calvin and Hobbes		October 1992	ISBN 0836218981	Treasury including cartoons from The Revenge of the Baby-Sat & Scientific Progress Goes "Boink". Original content: Several illustrated poems.
The Days are Just Packed		October 1993	ISBN 0836217357	Collection covering strips from Apr 11, 1991 to Nov 1, 1992.
Homicidal Psycho Jungle Cat	"Homicidal Psycho Jungle Cat."	October 1994	ISBN 0836217691	Collection covering strips from Nov 2, 1992 to Aug 29, 1993.
The Calvin and Hobbes Tenth Anniversary Book	"The Calvin and Hobbes Tenth Anniversary Book."	October 1995	ISBN 0836204387	Original content: Commentary by Watterson and annotations on individual strips.
There's Treasure Everywhere		March 1996	ISBN 0836213122	Collection covering strips from Aug 30, 1993 to Apr 8, 1995. (Some strips from March are in It's A Magical World.)
It's A Magical World		October 1996	ISBN 0836221362	Final collection covering strips from Mar 20, 1995 to the last strip on Dec 31, 1995. (Some strips from April are in There's Treasure Everywhere.)
Calvin and Hobbes: Sunday Pages 1985-1995		September 2001	ISBN 0740721356	Collection of favorite Sundays. Original content: Original sketches and commentary by Watterson.
The Complete Calvin and Hobbes		October 2005	ISBN 0740748475	Three-volume set containing all strips. 22.5 lbs. Includes Spiff feature, the illustrated poems, and color prints of other cover art. Original content: Introduction and commentary.

Early books were printed in smaller format in black and white that were later reproduced in twos in color in the "Treasuries" (Essential, Authoritative, and Indispensable)– except for the contents of Attack of the Deranged Mutant Killer Monster Snow Goons. Those Sunday strips were never reprinted in color until the Complete collection was finally published in 2005. Every book since Snow Goons has been printed in a larger format with Sundays in color and weekday and Saturday strips larger than they appeared in most newspapers.

Remaining books do contain some additional content; for instance, The Calvin and Hobbes Lazy Sunday Book contains a long watercolor Spaceman Spiff epic not seen elsewhere until Complete, and The Calvin and Hobbes Tenth Anniversary Book contains much original commentary from Watterson. Calvin and Hobbes: Sunday Pages 1985-1995 contains 36 Sunday strips in color alongside Watterson's original sketches, prepared for an exhibition at The Ohio State University Cartoon Research Library.

An officially licensed children's textbook entitled Teaching with Calvin and Hobbes (ISBN 1878849158) was published in 1993.

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