Because calling it "Essential, Authoritative, & Indispensable" would just add to the weight.

Now available for pre-order on Amazon, The Complete Calvin & Hobbes. October 5th. At last.
I own The Complete Far Side, and if that is anything to go by, we are in for a treat. I don't think I need to say that this is worth $100. This is the type of book collection you will to your grandchildren. Hell, this should become the first book they look for when they come over your house. It'll show them what a wonderful place the comics section of the newspaper used to be. They'll most likely then ask, "What's a newspaper?" to which you'll chuckle in a kindly old way and say, "I wish I remembered..."

Sorry.

Hopefully, that is a preliminary work-up of the cover, because it'd be ashame to limit Bill Watterson's beautiful watercolors to one small block like that.

Also, the Far Side collection weighed about 20 pounds, so lift with your legs when you get the mail this day.