The Complete Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson
In my opinion, no other comic strip cartoonist has ever come close to touching the genius of Bill Watterson. I remember getting hooked on C&H as a newspaper delivery boy in Quebec in the ‘80s and I practically cried when Watterson walked away from the strip in 1995 after years of fighting against his syndicate for marketing rights. Frankly, I’m glad there aren’t any Hobbes dolls and Calvin beer bottle openers in the world. Just give me my three-volume, leather-bound set of brilliance.