If youâve got a heart beating somewhere in that bruised, battered chest of yours, you probably love Calvin & Hobbes. A couple of weeks ago while perusing a bookstore, I walked past the new complete collection of Bill Wattersonâs famous comics. I saw Calvin on the cover, balancing on a fallen tree alongside his faithful tiger Hobbes, and my heart pretty much stopped beating. I almost fell over.
Watterson himself may be something of a recluse (or at least, he doesnât do interviews and is notoriously protective of his characters and their likenesses), but that hasnât stopped years of love from boiling over into Dear Mr. Watterson, a new documentary thatâs raising money on Kickstarter. (Theyâve already blown past their $50K funding goal, so this documentary seems like itâs gonna get made.)
You can watch the concept video for the film above. Iâm gonna go back and re-read Scientific Progress Goes âBoinkâ, because I thiiiink that might be my favorite of the books. Iâm not sure. That or Attack of the Deranged Mutant Killer Monster Snow Goons. Maybe? Oh hell I canât remember. Guess Iâll have to read âem all.
Whatâs your favorite Calvin & Hobbes book? How about your favorite extended âadventureâ from within a book? (I think mine is The Duplicator.) Do you think that, once they got older, Calvin and Suzie wound up getting together? Feel free to discuss Calvin, Hobbes, or anything else, here or over in the Talk Amongst Yourselves forum. Have good chatting, and watch out for tiger attacks.
