NP - Looking for Calvin and Hobbes

[David Morris]

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For ten years, between 1985 and 1995, Calvin and Hobbes was one the world's
most beloved comic strips. And then, on the last day of 1995, the strip
ended. Its mercurial and reclusive creator, Bill Watterson, not only
finished the strip but withdrew entirely from public life. There is no
merchandising associated with Calvin and Hobbes: no movie franchise; no
plush toys; no coffee mugs; no t-shirts (except a handful of illegal ones).
There is only the strip itself, and the books in which it has been compiled
- including The Complete Calvin and Hobbes: the heaviest book ever to hit
the New York Times bestseller list.

In Looking for Calvin and Hobbes: The Unconventional Story of Bill Watterson
and His Revolutionary Comic Strip, writer Nevin Martell traces the life and
career of the extraordinary, influential, and intensely private man behind
Calvin and Hobbes. With input from a wide range of artists and writers
(including Dave Barry, Harvey Pekar, Jonathan Lethem, and Brad Bird) as well
as some of Watterson's closest friends and professional colleagues, this is
as close as we're ever likely to get to one of America's most ingenious and
intriguing figures - and a fascinating detective story, at the same time
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