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Life After “Calvin and Hobbes” October 26, 2023
“Nothing is permanent. Everything changes. That’s the one thing we know for sure in this world,” Calvin says to Hobbes in the first panel of a two-panel strip that ran in more than two thousand newspapers on Monday, July 17, 1995. The two friends are...
The Church of Bill Watterson October 23, 2023
Several months ago, I wrote in these pages a long biographical piece about Bill Watterson and why he quit Calvin and Hobbes. I had originally intended the essay to be a review, more or less, of The Mysteries, Watterson’s first original book since 199...
Why Bill Watterson Vanished August 16, 2023
When Bill Watterson walked away from Calvin and Hobbes in 1995, he was exhausted. The comic strip had consumed ten years of his life, the latter half of which were spent fighting his syndicate for creative control and warring with himself as he fitfu...
Calvin & Hobbes Inspired a Generation October 29, 2013
Since its concluding panel in 1995, Calvin and Hobbes has remained one of the most influential and well-loved comic strips of our time. Calvin and Hobbes follows a six-year-old boy, Calvin, and his stuffed tiger, Hobbes, as they explore the world ar...
Calvin & Hobbes's Bill Watterson Speaks October 19, 2013
For the December issue of mental_floss magazine, Jake Rossen managed to do something we thought was impossible—he snagged an interview with the legendary Bill Watterson! Since we’re guessing there are a few Calvin and Hobbes enthusiasts in the aud...
Continuing Calvin and Hobbes March 15, 2013
This week we got a GJI tip from A.V. Club collective favorite user (and Commenter Of The Year) Cookie Monster, who recommended we check out an online continuation of Bill Watterson’s beloved comic strip Calvin And Hobbes:...
Growing Up With Calvin and Hobbes December 27, 2012
At some level, all American childhoods are the same, which probably explains our lasting love affair with Calvin and Hobbes, created by Washington-born cartoonist Bill Watterson. From 1985 to 1995, his comic strip captured the essence of adolescen...
