Overview
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.
Full Product Details
Author: Michael Hingston
Publisher: ECW Press,Canada
Imprint: ECW Press,Canada
Edition: No Edition
Volume: 10
ISBN: 9781770414136
ISBN 10: 1770414134
Pages: 120
Publication Date: 01 May 2018
Audience:
General/trade
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Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
PRAISE FOR PREVIOUS WORKS: [Hingston] does it all with a delicious sense of humour, eviscerating his characters' extended adolescence while creating sympathy for their attempt to find a place in the world. -- Quill & Quire (starred review) May well be the Great Canadian Comic Novel. -- Winnipeg Free Press on The Dilettantes The dialogue is funny and spot on, and the satire alternately nips, bites, and rips your head off ... a terrific debut. -- Edmonton Journal on The Dilettantes Depicted with toe-curling immediacy--and hilarity. -- Montreal Gazette on The Dilettantes
This book captures the joy and excitement at first discovering Calvin and Hobbes, and the wistful sadness that it is no more. -- Patton Oswalt PRAISE FOR PREVIOUS WORKS: [Hingston] does it all with a delicious sense of humour, eviscerating his characters' extended adolescence while creating sympathy for their attempt to find a place in the world. -- Quill & Quire (starred review) May well be the Great Canadian Comic Novel. -- Winnipeg Free Press on The Dilettantes The dialogue is funny and spot on, and the satire alternately nips, bites, and rips your head off ... a terrific debut. -- Edmonton Journal on The Dilettantes Depicted with toe-curling immediacy--and hilarity. -- Montreal Gazette on The Dilettantes
Author Information
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.
