Bill Watterson
Bill Watterson
William Boyd "Bill" Watterson IIis an American cartoonist and the author of the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes, which was syndicated from 1985 to 1995. Watterson stopped drawing Calvin and Hobbes at the end of 1995 with a short statement to newspaper editors and his readers that he felt he had achieved all he could in the medium. Watterson is known for his negative views on licensing and comic syndication and his move back into private life after he stopped...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCartoonist
Date of Birth5 July 1958
CountryUnited States of America
Years from now, when I'm successful and happy, ...and he's in prison... I hope I'm not too mature to gloat.
I played in rock bands in college and then right out of college I moved over to Europe and lived in Ireland for about four years playing in indie rock bands. I love and miss being in a band, I still am in a band but pursuing that as a career I definitely missed it but I felt like that ship had sailed.
Did you ever wonder if the person in the puddle is real, and you're just a reflection of him?
Even if lives did hang in the balance, it would depend on whose they were.
Hey Dad, will you buy me a flame thrower? Of course not. Don't be silly. Even if I didn't use it in the house?
Every artist learns through imitation, but I rather doubt the aim of these things is artistic development. I assume they're either homages or satiric riffs, and are not intended to be taken too seriously as works in their own right. Otherwise I should be talking to a copyright lawyer.
That's one of the remarkable things about life. It's never so bad that it can't get worse.
Mom and dad say I should make my life an example of the principles I believe in. But every time I do, they tell me to stop it.
I'm not a vegetarian! I'm a dessertarian!
Form follows function, as the architects say. With words and pictures, you can do just about anything.
You are demoted from First Tiger to bulk rate.
Life's disappointments are harder to take when you don't know any swear words.
We don't devote enough scientific research to finding a cure for jerks.
The more words you have at your disposal, the more precisely you can express yourself.