I’ve updated my Calvin and Hobbes index to cover strips through June 1990. I'm manually transcribing the comics into a searchable text database to help fans locate specific strips by their dialogue and themes.
I spent years hand-transcribing every Calvin and Hobbes strip to build a searchable text index. After a massive traffic spike from Reddit and MetaFilter, I received a copyright takedown notice and had to remove the archive.
I updated my Calvin and Hobbes index to include strips through June 1993. I have two-and-a-half years of the comic strip's history left to catalog to complete this comprehensive search resource.
I shared links to complete online archives of Calvin and Hobbes comic strips and compiled my own collection of typed quotes from the series. I also included a resource for humorous advice from Calvin's dad.
I transcribed a collection of Calvin and Hobbes quotations to create a searchable resource. I am building this custom text database after being unable to access existing archives to preserve the comic strip's wit.
I’ve shared my transcribed collection of Calvin and Hobbes quotes ahead of the release of the complete book series. I'm also looking for a searchable web archive containing every strip ever published.
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Sathya28 Dec 2005 3:23 am:
Are you manually typing all these stuff ? Ammadiyov … why dont u outsource such stuff :-)
S Anand28 Dec 2005 8:04 am:
Whom to? :-)
ritzkini28 Dec 2005 8:32 am:
!!! :O all by yourself !!?? crazy about C&H,eh ?
S Anand28 Dec 2005 10:55 am:
Completely. And I’m not the only one I know either!
vikram29 Dec 2005 12:03 am:
wow awesome man! i’m crazy about C&H too. great work man. :)
Sathya30 Dec 2005 3:25 am:
Now you know whom to outsource to ;-P
S Anand30 Dec 2005 10:43 am:
Hey, my index vanished!
S Anand30 Dec 2005 10:24 pm:
It’s back.
Madhu5 Jan 2006 7:57 am:
Did you try the Calvin Hobbes entire collection for their 20th Anniversary. Its about 5k in India.
S Anand5 Jan 2006 6:00 pm:
Very tempting!
Anonymous9 Jan 2006 8:07 am:
i have an internet link to the complete c&h, let me know if you would like iy
S Anand10 Jan 2006 9:08 am:
Is it in text? I’d really like the complete Calvin in TEXT.
Madhu18 Jan 2006 9:53 am:
Let me help you with this. I will work on Calvin and Hobbes backwards from 31-12-95 and see where I can reach
S Anand18 Jan 2006 10:52 am:
Thanks, Madhu! That’ll be wonderful. Someone else I know in Germany working backwards from 31-12-95. How about if you take it forward from 01-01-93?
JustSomebody3 Apr 2010 5:17 am:
Excuse me, but I think this strip search is broken. For some reason, it only has comics up to July 31, 1988. All the other comics aren’t showing and the text is replaced with jibberish.
S Anand3 Apr 2010 8:02 am:
Yes – thanks for pointing this out. Fixed it now.
The Calvin and Hobbes search Takedown | s-anand.net21 May 2010 12:02 pm(pingback):
[…] bit puzzled, but just added it to my list of eccentricities and carried on. I was halfway there in 2005, pushed further in 2006, and with some help, I managed to finally complete […]
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