Exploring Calvin and Hobbes: An Exhibition Catalogue

Exploring Calvin and Hobbes: An Exhibition Catalogue

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.<br><br><I>Exploring Calvin and Hobbes</I> 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 <I>Calvin and Hobbes</I> came to be. It includes original art of<I> Calvin and Hobbes</I>, 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 <I>Peanuts, Pogo, Krazy Kat, Doonesbury</I>, Pat Oliphant, Jim Borgman, <I>Flash Gordon, Bloom County</I>, and Steadman. The book also includes an extensive, original interview with Watterson by Jenny Robb, the exhibition's curator.<br><br> The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum is the repository of the Bill Watterson Deposit Collection (including the entirety of Watterson's <I>Calvin and Hobbes</I> artwork).