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A review by rabbithero
Looking for Calvin and Hobbes: The Unconventional Story of Bill Watterson and His Revolutionary Comic Strip by Nevin Martell
5.0
AMAZING. THIS BOOK IS AMAZING.
I was literally brought to tears at a number of places while listening to this. I've been aware of the story of Calvin and Hobbes since the early 90s, when, as a boy, I read an extended interview with Watterson for the comics journal. But this, an almost oral history of the reclusive, brilliant artist, is a stroke of genius. Watterson from those who knew him best, without the input of Watterson himself; as an angle you can't do much better.
And on a personal note, it was an almost emotional experience to find, in Watterson, an artist more like myself: a by-nature withdrawn, introverted creative more driven to create a work of meaning than receive a paycheck or lose control of my work. Not to say I will ever be placed in the same league as Watterson, but it is a relief to find I may not be as off my rocker as some critics like to suggest.
I was literally brought to tears at a number of places while listening to this. I've been aware of the story of Calvin and Hobbes since the early 90s, when, as a boy, I read an extended interview with Watterson for the comics journal. But this, an almost oral history of the reclusive, brilliant artist, is a stroke of genius. Watterson from those who knew him best, without the input of Watterson himself; as an angle you can't do much better.
And on a personal note, it was an almost emotional experience to find, in Watterson, an artist more like myself: a by-nature withdrawn, introverted creative more driven to create a work of meaning than receive a paycheck or lose control of my work. Not to say I will ever be placed in the same league as Watterson, but it is a relief to find I may not be as off my rocker as some critics like to suggest.