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By Bill Watterson The fifth set of books collecting Bill Watterson's timeless Calvin and Hobbes comics in a new portable format designed to introduce the timeless adventures of a boy and his stuffed tiger to a new generation of readers. This compact, portable collection of Calvin and Hobbes comics will fit easily into backpacks or on bookshelves—and make for a perfect stocking stuffer for Calvin and Hobbes fans, collectors, and anyone who wants great comics close at hand. Featuring an archival slipcase and cover art selected by Bill Watterson, The Calvin and Hobbes Portable Compendium pays tribute to the strip's origin in newspapers while appealing to both new and existing fans of Calvin and Hobbes. This is the fifth set in a series of seven. Calvin and Hobbes ’s imaginative world of a boy and his real-only-to-him tiger first appeared in 1985 and could be read in more than 2,400 newspapers when Bill Watterson retired on January 1, 1996. Pick up The Portable Compendium Set 5, slip it in your bag, and let Calvin and Hobbes accompany you wherever you go.