NP - Looking for Calvin and Hobbes

[Joe Allonby]

If only for the snowmen...

On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 12:27 PM, David Morris<fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
> http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=37446838150&ref=mf
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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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