![]() ![]() ![]() He is reflective and open, discussing everything from his childhood and his beginnings with art to why he left Calvin behind and what he thinks about comics today. But in this new book, Watterson grants a lengthy interview to Jenny Robb, curator of the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum. He’s a private man who is seldom seen and sits for interviews even less frequently. As most people know, Bill Watterson, the strip’s creator, is not fond of public life. However, while there’s no new art, there are still many wonderful and delicious morsels to be found and savored in the pages of Exploring Calvin and Hobbes. In fact, the book is an exhibition catalog meant to accompany an exhibit that was shown last year at the Ohio State University’s Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum. ![]() The new book, out March 10 from Andrews McMeel, doesn’t include any new strips or artwork. When details finally leaked out, it wasn’t exactly the news that fans had hoped to hear. Yet, earlier this month, when rumor about a new Calvin and Hobbes book hit the Web, the intense crush of clicks and reloads caused the site belonging to Watterson’s publisher to crash and be unresponsive for hours. How popular is the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes? Consider this as testament: It’s been almost twenty years since a new Calvin and Hobbes strip was published in a newspaper. ![]()
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