Enjoy this beautiful companion book to the extensive Exploring Calvin
and Hobbes exhibition at the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library. Includes an
in-depth, original, and lengthy interview with Bill Watterson.
Exploring 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. The exhibit is Bill Watterson's personal
exploration of how the wonder of Calvin and Hobbes came to be. It
includes original art of Calvin and Hobbes, along with Watterson's
original commentary. 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. The book also includes an extensive, original interview
with Watterson by Jenny Robb, the exhibition's curator.
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).