Exploring Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson

The show broke all previous attendance records and delighted thousands of Watterson fans, old and new.īut even if you didn’t make it to the show, you are in luck! The show catalogue was released TODAY and includes a new and extensive Watterson interview with BICLM curator Jenny Robb. Many of you joined us between March and July of 2014 for The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum’s (BICLM) exhibit Exploring Calvin and Hobbes, a revisit of the beloved comic strip created by Watterson, which included work from his collection of more than 3,000 originals housed at the BICLM. While providing an opportunity to study Watterson’s mastery of the comic strip art form through engaging characters, thoughtful writing, and creative layouts, this definitive book also gets to the heart of what makes the Calvin and Hobbes creator tick. The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum is the repository of the Bill Watterson Deposit Collection (including the entirety of Watterson's Calvin and Hobbes artwork).Comprised of exclusive chats between cartoonist Bill Watterson and The OSU Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum curator, Jenny Robb, Exploring Calvin and Hobbes is the longest interview with the widely beloved Watterson ever to be published. The book also includes an extensive, original interview with Watterson by Jenny Robb, the exhibition's curator. The show also includes art from cartoons and cartoonists that Watterson has identified as influential in the development of his art, including Peanuts, Pogo, Krazy Kat, Doonesbury, Pat Oliphant, Jim Borgman, Flash Gordon, Bloom County, and Steadman.

It includes original art of Calvin and Hobbes, along with Watterson's original commentary. The exhibit is Bill Watterson's personal exploration of how the wonder of Calvin and Hobbes came to be. Includes an in-depth, original,and lengthy interview with Bill Watterson.Įxploring Calvin and Hobbes is the catalogue for an exhibition by the same name at the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum at Ohio State University that ran in 2014.

Enjoy this beautiful companion book to the extensive Exploring Calvin and Hobbes exhibition at the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library.

Exploring Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson