Bill Watterson
Bill Watterson
William Boyd "Bill" Watterson IIis an American cartoonist and the author of the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes, which was syndicated from 1985 to 1995. Watterson stopped drawing Calvin and Hobbes at the end of 1995 with a short statement to newspaper editors and his readers that he felt he had achieved all he could in the medium. Watterson is known for his negative views on licensing and comic syndication and his move back into private life after he stopped...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCartoonist
Date of Birth5 July 1958
CountryUnited States of America
Bill Watterson quotes about
I thought my life would seem more interesting with a musical score and a laugh track.
That's the whole problem with science. You've got a bunch of empiricists trying to describe things of unimaginable wonder.
I find my life is a lot easier the lower I keep everyone's expectations.
Surprise is the essence of humor, and nothing is more surprising than truth.
Heck, what's a little extortion among friends?
The strips I admire go farther than a gag a day, and take us into a special world.
Amazingly, much of the best cartoon work was done early on in the medium's history. The early cartoonists, with no path before them, produced work of such sophistication, wit, and beauty that it increasingly seems to me that cartoon evolution is working backward. Comic strips are moving toward a primordial goo rather than away from it . . . Not only can comics be more than we're getting today. but the comics already have been more than we're getting today.
As far as I'm concerned, if something is so complicated that you can't explain it in 10 seconds, then it's probably not worth knowing anyway.
I'm a misunderstood genius." "What's misunderstood?" "Nobody thinks I'm a genius.
Buttons ... check. Dials ... check. Switches ... check. Little colored lights ... check.
Leader, bandits at 2 o'clock! Roger; it's only 1:30 now-what'll I do 'til then?
We don't devote enough scientific research to finding a cure for jerks.
Reading goes faster if you don't sweat comprehension.
I don't think I'd have been in such a hurry to reach adulthood if I'd known the whole thing was going to be ad-libbed.