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Recursion

(56,582 posts)
Sat Jun 7, 2014, 04:22 AM Jun 2014

Bill Watterson (Calvin & Hobbes) guest draws 3 "Pearls Before Swine" strips...

Last edited Sat Jun 7, 2014, 07:52 AM - Edit history (2)

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 wouldn’t 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 OP
And the (Pastis-drawn) strip which winds it up: muriel_volestrangler Jun 2014 #1
Nice homage to Watterson and his final Calvin & Hobbes cartoon! pinboy3niner Jun 2014 #6
What a cool blog chervilant Jun 2014 #2
kick. nt msanthrope Jun 2014 #3
Thanks, Recursion! Jim Lane Jun 2014 #4
Watterson also recently did the poster for the documentary about comics, "Stripped." FSogol Jun 2014 #5
 

Jim Lane

(11,175 posts)
4. Thanks, Recursion!
Sat Jun 7, 2014, 09:26 PM
Jun 2014

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.

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