![]() 'New York Times' best-seller 'From 1985 until Watterson abandoned it at the height of its popularity 10 years later, 'Calvin and Hobbes 'echoed the classic strips the artist most admired. The Calvin and Hobbes Tenth Anniversary BookĪttack of the Deranged Mutant Killer Monster Snow Goonsīook Description Paperback. It’s a rare gift to find such fulfilling work and I tried to show my appreciation by giving the strip everything I had to offer." ![]() ![]() I wrote every word, drew every line, and painted every color. This approach kept the strip very honest and personal-everything having to do with Calvin and Hobbes expressed my own ideas, my own values, my own way. I also liked the responsibility of knowing that, succeed or fail, it was all my own doing. There is great personal satisfaction in attending to detail and quality, and I remain very proud of the standards the strip met day after day. I kept my options open until seventh grade, but when I stopped understanding math and science, my choice was made. The latter was never much of a possibility, as I don’t even like riding in elevators. As a kid, I knew I wanted to be either a cartoonist or an astronaut. "I’ve loved comic strips as long as I can remember. An Excerpt from Bill Watterson's Introduction: ![]()
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