Watterson gives first interview in 15 years
Posted on : 02-01-2010 | By : Og | In : Art, Artists
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One of the main reasons I draw comics today is Calvin and Hobbes. In fact, I believe if it weren’t for Bill Watterson, I would have gone into animation, or even music. Comics were about the furthest thing from my mind, but C&H struck something with me, lingered in the back of my mind, and like a siren’s song has lured me back time and time again to comics.
To say Watterson is media-shy is to say Michael Phelps does OK in the water, or that Lady Gaga is a little different. I wonder if part of my fascination with Bill is that he has been so rarely interviewed? Maybe I value every nugget of information he gives out simply because he gives out so few. Well, in today’s Cleveland.com, there’s a nice little interview with Watterson, commemorating 15 years since Calvin and Hobbes left the newspapers.
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