Calvin and Hobbes is most engaging and funniest comic strips EVER.  The antics of our boy hero, Calvin, and his real to him tiger Hobbes, are golden.  It ran in more than 2,400 newspapers from 1985 until the horrible day when Bill Watterson retired in 1996.  The entire collection of Calvin and Hobbes has been published in a beautiful boxed set (available in both hard and soft cover). Help us reach our fundraising goals! SI Los Angeles earns a small affiliate commission on books we recommend.