Phoebe and Her Unicorn

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• merrua · Nov 10, 2015 · Recommends

  The Shepherd's Crown by Terry Pratchett. His last work. Phoebe and Her Unicorn by Dana Simpson (I'd recommend this to families with young children) CSS Secrets: Better Solutions to Everyday Web Design Problems by Lea Verou. I'm not really a front in person so this was an interesting…

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• 7thaccount · Oct 25, 2023 · Recommends

  I just wanted to add that Calvin & Hobbes was a huge part of my childhood and something that I've yearned to get more of, but there's none more to be had. I recently discovered "Phoebe and her Unicorn" is pretty amazing as well and although a different comic, has a lot in common and there are many strips to read. https://www.gocomics.com/phoebe-and-her-unicorn/2012/04/25

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• 7thaccount · Dec 5, 2024 · Recommends

  I grew up on Calvin and Hobbes and reread the comics every 5-10 years or so. It is sad that Watterson no longer makes these comics, but I've scratched my itch by reading "Phoebe and her Unicorn". You can read it free online I think, but my daughter and I read the paperbacks. It's not quite the same (the unicorn is real), but shares a lot in common. I just thought I'd add this for any fellow…

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• egypturnash · Jul 8, 2020 · Mentions

  Dana Simpson is not Bill Watterson and Phoebe And Her Unicorn is not Calvin And Hobbes, but when Dana started syndication, Universal gave her a copy of the complete C&H, and she still suspects it may have been a not-so-subtle hint that they expected her to fill…

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• egypturnash · Apr 16, 2022 · Mentions

  …Marvel and the like, who are actually pretty small fish when you compare their output to the massive amount of books moved in kid's-comics channels - I think my friend Dana recently said she sold more Phoebe and her Unicorn over the past year than Marvel sold across their entire line of comics 2: for instance, you can bet I'm gonna be asking Dana to have a look over the YA SF graphic novel I've been working on when it's…

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• Sniffnoy · Jul 8, 2020 · Mentions

  Oh, that makes a lot of sense! Ozy and Millie always reminded me heavily of Calvin and Hobbes. Hadn't heard of Phoebe and Her Unicorn before; may have to check it out.

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• WillAdams · Dec 23, 2025 · Mentions

  …will work out better than _The Black Swan_ which I found annoying) - _Visual Thinking in Mathematics_ - _Hardcore VisualBASIC_ --- still a bit bummed that I managed to miss this and MacBasic.... - _Phoebe and her Unicorn_ --- getting this for my daughter - _Harmony with Lego(R) Bricks_ --- book on music improvisation - Ornamental Origami Note that a number of books weren't actually mentioned, e.g., Isaac Asimov's _Book…

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