"Cow and Boy" is no "Calvin and Hobbes"

That's a good thing though. I finally finished this book on today's "regularly scheduled reading break," just in time to post about it before I lose internet access again. Apparently Centurytel losing service here is just as regular. Anyway, to change the subject away from regularity back to this week's book, I'd expected it to be so much like Calvin and Hobbes that I almost didn't buy it at the library book sale. (Yet another plug for library book sales: for just over a week now my local library has been selling books for $1 a bag, so it's good time to stock up on things one might not otherwise read.)
Obviously I don't much care for Calvin and Hobbes. I did like this book though because it managed to stay funny even in predictable storylines. For example, it was obvious how the boy's wondering why he always has a cowlick would turn out, yet the ending was still funny because of how he said it explains why he had grass in his hair. All of the storylines are short enough that this type of book is even more ideal than Archie comics for very short reading breaks. Most of the jokes are subtle enough that I doubt many people would laugh out loud at them, but they're entertaining. The drawings are fairly simplistic but not at the expense of expressions or important details. It also should appeal to a large age range because the jokes won't go over most people's heads yet they still sometimes have intellectual or popular culture references hidden among them. There are even characters and conflicts people can relate to, such as when the boy's father tells him to quit playing with the cow and go make some non-bovine friends. All in all, "Cow and Boy" was a good example of why one literally shouldn't judge a book by its cover.