Review: Looking For Calvin and Hobbes by Nevin Martell
Like many of us, journalist Nevin Martell is a diehard fan of the utterly brilliant daily comic strip, Calvin and Hobbes. Looking For Calvin and Hobbes is equal parts a study of the comic and the story of how Martell sought to find out more about the comic's reclusive author Bill Watterson, who turned his back on multiple deals for merchandising, an animated series and who does not seek fame or notoriety in any way, shape or form. Martell never gets to interview Watterson, but what we go get is a solid story on how a was never spoiled by over-exposure or merchandising and remains beloved by fans, interviews with all kinds of people including Lynn Johnson who created the wonderful For Better of For Worse daily comic, and an outline of Watterson's career. This was an interesting read. I knew close to nothing about Watterson but for the fact that he never allowed his comic to be monetised, and the story of how Calvin and Hobbes came into being was an interesting one, along with t...