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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBill Watterson (Calvin & Hobbes) guest draws 3 "Pearls Before Swine" strips...
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http://stephanpastis.wordpress.com/2014/06/07/ever-wished-that-calvin-and-hobbes-creator-bill-watterson-would-return-to-the-comics-page-well-he-just-did/Bill Watterson is the Bigfoot of cartooning.
He is legendary. He is reclusive. And like Bigfoot, there is really only one photo of him in existence.
Few in the cartooning world have ever spoken to him. Even fewer have ever met him.
In fact, legend has it that when Steven Spielberg called to see if he wanted to make a movie, Bill wouldnt even take the call.
He is legendary. He is reclusive. And like Bigfoot, there is really only one photo of him in existence.
Few in the cartooning world have ever spoken to him. Even fewer have ever met him.
In fact, legend has it that when Steven Spielberg called to see if he wanted to make a movie, Bill wouldnt even take the call.
Here are the strips (you have to click through; Universal doesn't allow embedding images):
http://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2014/06/04#.U5Qb0HWSy01
http://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2014/06/05#.U5Qb0HWSy01
(Kind of cool comic strip in-joke here since Watterson was famous for requiring more and more space from Newspapers on Sundays, until eventually they gave him a half-page with a guarantee of no paneling.)
http://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2014/06/06#.U5Qb0HWSy01
Update (thanks muriel!): here's a fourth strip by Pastis that closes the story line out:
http://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2014/06/07
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Bill Watterson (Calvin & Hobbes) guest draws 3 "Pearls Before Swine" strips... (Original Post)
Recursion
Jun 2014
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muriel_volestrangler
(101,149 posts)1. And the (Pastis-drawn) strip which winds it up:
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)6. Nice homage to Watterson and his final Calvin & Hobbes cartoon!
This was the last one...
chervilant
(8,267 posts)2. What a cool blog
about a cool (and surreal) experience!
(I miss Calvin and Hobbes...)
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)3. kick. nt
Jim Lane
(11,175 posts)4. Thanks, Recursion!
I've seen those strips but I had no idea they were by Watterson. Even the "hint" with the sled could be just one cartoonist's tribute to another.
FSogol
(45,356 posts)5. Watterson also recently did the poster for the documentary about comics, "Stripped."
You can find the movie here:
http://www.strippedfilm.com/