God I feel old.
Bill Watterson, the famed creator of the beloved comic strip, "Calvin and Hobbes," has been in the news recently for the first time in a long while.
For the first time ever, a Watterson original was put up for auction. Comic historian Rick Marschall received a gift from Watterson - an watercolor originally made for a 1989-1990 calender, but Watterson signed this copy and gave it to Rick. Well Rick turned around and auctioned the gift off. The auction brought in an astounding $107,550. Incredible.
Source: http://www.theatlanticwire.com/enter...-107550/49136/
But wait, there's more! Watterson also released an original work for the first time since ending Calvin and Hobbes, a portrait of a character from the strip "Cul de Sac." The strip reached out to Watterson to help contribute towards a project designed to raise money for Parkinson's research. Any Watterson nut knows that after he finished his work with Calvin and Hobbes, he started painting. But until now (beyond a small landscape in the complete collection), nobody has seen anything he's painted. Well I have to say I'm really impressed with it, and I'm so glad that he's decided to contribute something to the world.
Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...7NQE_blog.html
Some would say I'm obsessed. I'd agree with them.
Bill Watterson, the famed creator of the beloved comic strip, "Calvin and Hobbes," has been in the news recently for the first time in a long while.
For the first time ever, a Watterson original was put up for auction. Comic historian Rick Marschall received a gift from Watterson - an watercolor originally made for a 1989-1990 calender, but Watterson signed this copy and gave it to Rick. Well Rick turned around and auctioned the gift off. The auction brought in an astounding $107,550. Incredible.
Source: http://www.theatlanticwire.com/enter...-107550/49136/
But wait, there's more! Watterson also released an original work for the first time since ending Calvin and Hobbes, a portrait of a character from the strip "Cul de Sac." The strip reached out to Watterson to help contribute towards a project designed to raise money for Parkinson's research. Any Watterson nut knows that after he finished his work with Calvin and Hobbes, he started painting. But until now (beyond a small landscape in the complete collection), nobody has seen anything he's painted. Well I have to say I'm really impressed with it, and I'm so glad that he's decided to contribute something to the world.
Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...7NQE_blog.html
Some would say I'm obsessed. I'd agree with them.
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