“I clearly miscalculated how popular it would be to show Calvin urinating on a Ford logo.”
I spent the winter holiday at my parents’ house. While there, I rediscovered my collection of beat-up Calvin & Hobbes comics. Man! They are even better than I remembered them! It left me wondering what Bill Watterson is doing now. What does his fine art work look like? Is he drawing comics still… for himself or friends maybe? It’s a mystery that compelled me enough to scour the internet. While I didn’t figure anything out, I did find a lot of great stuff including this collection of rare artwork and relatively recent interview. Not to mention the Calvin & Hobbes collections that I picked up from the library.
Posted: January 22nd, 2008 under comic, the art of living.
Comments: 6
Comments
Comment from Colin
Time: January 23, 2008, 8:34 am
That comic, more than any other single thing, more or less defined my sense of humor growing up.
I’m almost scared to go back and reread the books, but if you say they hold up, I’ll give it a shot.
Comment from rama
Time: January 23, 2008, 8:39 am
face your fears, c!
you’ll get a little bit of your childhood back.
Comment from rama
Time: January 23, 2008, 10:05 am
it surprises me sometimes that NONE of my students know who Calvin & Hobbes are. i always figured that the strip would be come a classic but, without circulation, i guess it will fade away. When my students see the few drawings of Calvin & Hobbes that I have in my curriculum, the invariably say “Who’s the kid?”
Comment from amanda
Time: January 23, 2008, 10:09 am
i looooooved C&H as a child. When you go back as an adult to read them it still reads fantastic. Not like when you re-rent the old transformers cartoon or gremlins movie… those were better left as memories 
Comment from Tom
Time: January 24, 2008, 7:56 pm
Great stuff. Something else to check out: A few months ago, I came across this 1990 commencement speech from Waterson: http://home3.inet.tele.dk/stadil/spe_kc.htm.
Comment from Aaron Blakeley
Time: January 25, 2008, 2:00 pm
I love and still do Calvin and hobbs I can get so lost reading them that hours might go by and I am just like man I should get up and do something. Then I think nah and go back to reading.
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