Oh, Lord. I stopped by our local Sam's Club this evening to pick up some tape runners for my wife's annual Christmas-card avalanche, and there in the middle of the aisle was a display of the new Complete Calvin & Hobbes Boxed Set.
Egads, the temptation was painful. But I resisted.
For now.
Calvin & Hobbes is easily my favorite comic strip of EVER, and I'm not a big comic-strip guy. There were moments when C&H was downright literary, a soul-speaking trip to true kid- and parent-dom that I haven't seen duplicated elsewhere to this day. I came to it late, but immediately knew C&H was Great Stuff, and began plowing through the series, backwards, with all due speed.
What does this have to do with money? I dunno.
Other than I'm soon to be about a hundred bucks poorer, cash-wise. And immensely richer, reading-wise.
Tuesday, December 12, 2006
So Hard Not to Spend $100 on This
— Posted by Michael @ 9:46 PM
8 Comments:
Another Calvin and Hobbes fan here! Check out the Tenth Anniversary book as well for comic-by-comic commentary by Bill Watterson.
Matt,
I have the Tenth Anniversary book already. It's currently nighttime reading for my daughter and I. :)
philleto,
I didn't read comics before C&H, and I haven't read them after. Everything else has been ... oh, subpar, it seems.
I have every single book already, so it was easier for me to say no :) I did see it in Costco last year and flipped through it. Very nicely done.
If you use Half.com or search used book stores, you can get the whole collection for a very fair price!
I saw the boxed set at Costco with a $30 coupon and I was so tempted to buy it. One of these days, I am going to treat myself to this set.
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