Gocomics - Calvin and Hobbes, Bill Watterson, Secondary Characters in Calvin and Hobbes, Calvin's Alter Egos Boondocks (Paperback)

Chapters: Calvin and Hobbes, Bill Watterson, Secondary Characters in Calvin and Hobbes, Calvin's Alter Egos, the Boondocks, the Pink Panther, Hobbes, Tom the Dancing Bug, Brewster Rockit: Space Guy , Liberty Meadows, Calvin, Li, List of Calvin and Hobbes Books, Calvin and Hobbes in Translation, Bad Reporter, Gil Thorp, Real Life Adventures. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 137. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Bill Watterson William Boyd "Bill" Watterson II (born July 5, 1958) is an American cartoonist and the author of the influential and popular comic strip Calvin and Hobbes . His career as a syndicated cartoonist ran from 1985 to 1995; he retired at the end of 1995 with a short statement to newspaper editors and his fans that he felt he had achieved all he could in the comic strip medium. During the early years of his career he produced several drawings and additional contributions for Target: The Political Cartoon Quarterly . Watterson is known for his views on licensing and comic syndication, as well as for his reclusive nature.Early years and education William Boyd Watterson was born in Washington, D.C. in 1958, where his father, James G. Watterson, worked as a patent examiner while going to George Washington University Law School before becoming a patent attorney in 1960.In 1964, when Bill was 6 years old the family moved to Chagrin Falls, Ohio, where his mother, Kathryn Watterson, became a city council member. James was elected as a council member in 1997, holding that position for 12 years before retiring on August 31, 2009 to pursue some artistic "projects and goals." One report suggests Watterson spent a lot of time in childhood alone, occupying his time with drawing and cartooning. This continued throughout his primary and secondary schooling years when he drew cartoons for the school newspaper and yea...