(Did you know that Calvin gets his name from a sixteenth century theologian and Hobbes gets his from a seventeenth century philosopher?) His revelations about Calvin and Hobbes are so heartfelt. The rest of the book focuses on the characters and how/why each of them came into being. This content gives a fascinating insight into how much actually goes into the making of a comic strip and then ensuring its success. About a fifth of it is dedicated to the technicalities around a strip: what chance would a comic strip have in a world where even newspapers aren't sure of a future, the change in comic strips over time, how Sunday comics needs to fit into the predefined fixed story panels, licensing, merchandise (which Watterson is famously and resolutely against!), the travails of thinking up ideas for a daily strip well before submission deadlines. The book can be roughly divided into two types of content, though Watterson hasn't structured it that way. Don't most of us simplistically assume that a comic strip involves three steps: think, draw and colour? But with this book, Bill Watterson reveals the intricacies of each of these processes and takes us behind the 'Calvin and Hobbes' scenes. All I knew about the process was what I had seen in the show. But have you ever thought about how each strip came into being? I remember seeing a short-lived show long back named 'Caroline in the City', where the lead character was a cartoonist.

You've read Calvin and Hobbes, possibly even loved the comic strip. The person who introduced this work to me, you are a blessing.

When he cares for the nature and tries to question the education system, his growing up in it, his dad's polls, his mother's annoyance, the bedtime stories - his awesomeness is evident. When he thinks of people around him being monsters, dinosaurs, earthworms, he looks like a genius who he is, by the way. He is scared of the monsters under his bed and, drum roll please, Rosalyn! No matter how mischievous and dangerously funny Calvin is, his heart is pure. Susie, ah, the nice little studious and perfect girl, has to go on tolerating Calvin all the time. Rosalyn, his babysitter gets so pissed off with him that she always demands some advance. The tenth anniversary book is a collection of all the comic strips in Calvin and Hobbes series with some introduction to each one of them.Ĭalvin is the kind of kid who gets on his parents' nerves every time. The wonderful and creative cartoonist does it with ease, as always.

Comic strips are not only for fun but they have to tell the whole world in a nutshell about pretty much everything. Reading a Calvin and Hobbes book can make one's day.

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