I am a reasonably successful person by any measure. I honestly credit Bill Watterson for a huge part of my brain development while growing up. It sounds a little silly but I would not be the person I am today without Calvin and Hobbes.
yeah it was. It completely borked my app too - I got stuck on .ca for everything. When I opened a link in a google search for the faq of how to change countries it .. changed back?
I read Calvin and Hobbes to my daughter tonight. Calvin is so naughty. ...It's a special break from all my (sometimes-obnoxious) messaging around being kind and respectful.
I am utterly excited for this and shocked that it is a thing that exists. Watterson seemed content to avoid the world and let C&H stand alone as his singular stamp on our culture. Now he's made something new and my enthusiasm is boundless. Holy crap.
Note that the book credits Illustrations by John Kascht
"‘For the book's illustrations, Watterson and caricaturist John Kascht worked together for several years in unusually close collaboration. Both artists abandoned their past ways of working, inventing images together that neither could anticipate—a mysterious process in its own right.’"
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[ 3.1 ms ] story [ 44.3 ms ] threadI don't think there's a single other author I'd do the same for. Calvin and Hobbes means so much to me.
Edit: Even easier:
- https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61Bf9EMGwsL.jpg
- https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/710rEGCuE-L.jpg
- https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71OtBBkSGAL.jpg
- https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71vW6lumrpL.jpg
It's a hell of a pitch. Looking forward to the first non-spoiler reviews.
"‘For the book's illustrations, Watterson and caricaturist John Kascht worked together for several years in unusually close collaboration. Both artists abandoned their past ways of working, inventing images together that neither could anticipate—a mysterious process in its own right.’"
[1]: https://archive.org/details/calvinhobbestent00watt