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Approximately one-tenth of the book contains essays about matters great and small--from cartooning to life--and stories about the inspiration behind some of his greatest strips. Not surprisingly, Watterson shines through as a being of considerable integrity, and the cartoons gain in depth thanks to his commentary. And, of course, the cartoons in the other 90% of the book are alternately side-splitting hilarious or touching. Happy Anniversary, Bill, and good luck with whatever it is you are doing now! -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine andere Ausgabe: Taschenbuch .
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Watterson shows us his influences, gives us the inside scoop on his troubles with the syndicate and his take on artistic integrity. We learn about the idiosyncracies of Watterson's mind and how they shaped the growth and development of "Calvin and Hobbes". I learned a great deal about the history of comics as a whole, as well as many of the reasons for their decline and loss of space in recent years. Plus, the book contains many of the best strips and story sequences from the annals of Calvin and Hobbes.
I hoped Watterson would maybe do a Calvin and Hobbes comic book on his own terms after retiring from the daily grind; he could remake comic books in an image more to his liking. Sadly, I think the effort wore him out. C&H is sorely missed, there are only a handful of strips out there worth anything, and of those none (in my opinion) come CLOSE to equalling Calvin and Hobbes, even in it's early stages. I think the Tenth Anniversary Book reveals that Watterson is a very intelligent and competent artist, whose absence from the newspaper leave all of us a little emptier. Now with the loss of Charles Schulz, I fear the comics will slide further into banality and the same jokes done the same way by the same cartoonists, many of whom blatantly (wittingly or not) rip off Watterson, Breathen, Kelly and other giants of the medium.
Here's to originality. Here's to Calvin and Hobbes.
incomprehensibly, rather humorless. Not that his strips aren't hilarious. But his commentary fails to display any lightness of spirit.
For instance, remember the classic strip that ends with calvin saying "verbing weirds language"? Well, Watterson's commentary reveals him to be a language snob. Similarly, his strips that criticize the art world reveals that he thinks of many in the artworld as "blowhards". In every case, he seems to have no sense of humor about his own opinion.
And even when his writing isn't bitter, it isn't terribly enlightening either. His strips speak for him better than his commentary does.
To see what a book like this can be, read Gary Larson's "Prehistory of the Far Side." While I think that Watterson is (arguably) the better cartoonist, Larson's retrospective, is funny, joyous and insightful. Something that Watterson sadly misses out on.
The comics contained herein are, of course, as grand as usual. But there are other Watterson books that are better sources for them.
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