watterson, bill

Born on the day the last Calvin and Hobbes comic strip was published, seventeen-year-old Calvin, a schizophrenic, sees and has conversations with the tiger, Hobbes, and believes that if he can persuade the strip's creator, Bill Watterson, to do one more strip, he will make Calvin well.

Explores the career of comic artist Bill Watterson, the creator of the popular strip "Calvin and Hobbes," focusing on his extensively private life and his unexpected retirement in 1995, after which he completely withdrew from public life.

Presents a collection of Calvin and Hobbes comic strips which appeared in Sunday newspapers from 1985 to 1995, reproduced as original line drawings and in color, with an introduction and comments from cartoonist Bill Watterson.