Calvin and Hobbes has long been a subject of admiration in our house, and my wife and I have been looking on fondly as our son, just a little older than Calvin, has discovered the joy of a boy and his stuffed (or is he?) tiger.
One of the books I'm looking forward to seeing this fall is Looking for Calvin and Hobbes, by Nevin Martell. The book looks at how Bill Watterson created a sensation of a comic strip, and then retired it after only a decade. This recent post on Boing Boing points to what we can expect:
In Looking for Calvin and Hobbes: The Unconventional Story of Bill Watterson and His Revolutionary Comic Strip, writer Nevin Martell traces the life and career of the extraordinary, influential, and intensely private man behind Calvin and Hobbes. With input from a wide range of artists and writers (including Dave Barry, Harvey Pekar, Jonathan Lethem, and Brad Bird) as well as some of Watterson's closest friends and professional colleagues, this is as close as we're ever likely to get to one of America's most ingenious and intriguing figures - and a fascinating detective story, at the same time.
The Boing Boing link includes directions on getting a free download of a chapter of the book.
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