Time Mag's Top 10 Famous Recluse Artists

[Joe Allonby]

If only for the snowmen.

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On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 8:49 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

> Watching "Dear Mr. Watterson" on Netflix, and learn the the creator of
> Calvin & Hobbes shuns a celebrity existence. He is #7 on the list. TRP is
> #8.
>
>
> http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1902376_1902378_1902435,00.html
>
> As author of *Calvin and Hobbes*, the beloved comic strip about a
> mischievous 6-year-old and his stuffed tiger, Bill Watterson's work
> appeared in more than 2,400 newspapers worldwide. He was the youngest
> person to receive the National Cartoonists Society's highest honor, the
> Reuben Award — a prize he would win a total of three times. Throughout his
> career, Watterson consistently resisted pressure from publishers to
> merchandise his comic, believing that it would devalue the characters.
>
> Despite a large and passionate fan following, Watterson retired the strip
> in 1995, citing frustration with the constraints of daily deadlines and
> small panels. He has since retreated from the public eye, declining
> interviews and public appearances and refusing to sign autographs or
> license his characters. For a time, Watterson stashed autographed copies of
> his books on the shelves of a local family-owned bookstore — until fans
> started selling them for higher prices. It remains to be seen if the world
> will hear from Watterson again.
>
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