Calvin and Hobbes, 3: In the Shadow of the Night Alice Socal Friends with Boys

Friends with Boys

that wait was always excruciating

illustrated in a loosely expressive style that conveys both bombastic catharsis and silent anguish with aplomb

as teenagers taking their own tentative steps into the wider world (Esther working for a woman who runs both a burlesque theater and a whorehouse

inspired by a bedtime story he made up for his daughters

Calvin and Hobbes, 3: In the Shadow of the Night Alice Socal Friends with BoysBy Bill Watterson. Published by Sphere. Softcover, 112 pages, B&W, 1992. The third volume in a series of comic cartoons starring the Calvin and Hobbes pair. Calvin, cheeky, hyperactive and mischievous, and Hobbes, his cuddly toy tiger who, as far as Calvin is concerned is very much alive and kicking, are two of the most loveable and hilarious characters to grace the comic strip in years. Sit back and enjoy . . .