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
I hate to subject it to too much analysis, but one thing I have fun with is the rarity of things being shown from an adult's perspective. When Hobbes is a stuffed toy in one panel and alive in the next, I'm juxtaposing the ""grown-up"" version of reality with Calvin's version, and inviting the reader to decide which is truer. Most of the time, the strip is drawn simply from Calvin's perspective, and Hobbes is as real as anyone.
I let my mind wander and it didn't come back.
Hobbes: What are you doing? Calvin: Being "cool." Hobbes: You look more like you're being bored. Calvin: The world bores you when you're cool. Hobbes: Look, I brought a sombrero! Now we can both be "cool." Calvin: A sombrero?! Are you crazy?! Cool people don't wear sombreros! Hobbes: What fun is it being cool if you can't wear a sombrero?
Buttons ... check. Dials ... check. Switches ... check. Little colored lights ... check.
Calvin: Life's a lot more fun when you aren't responsible for your actions.
Form follows function, as the architects say. With words and pictures, you can do just about anything.
We don't devote enough scientific research to finding a cure for jerks.
Often it takes some calamity to make us live in the present. Then suddenly we wake up and see all the mistakes we have made.
I find my life is a lot easier the lower I keep everyone's expectations.
If you can't control your peanut butter, you can't expect to control your life.
Leave it to a girl to take the fun out of sex discrimination.
Leader, bandits at 2 o'clock! Roger; it's only 1:30 now-what'll I do 'til then?
A playful mind is inquisitive, and learning is fun. If you indulge your natural curiosity and retain a sense of fun in new experience, I think you'll find it functions as a sort of shock absorber for the bumpy road ahead.
You know, sometimes kids get bad grades in school because the class moves too slow for them. Einstein got D's in school. Well guess what, I get F's!!!