Looking for Calvin and Hobbes

On Thursday, October 22, I'll be at the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art in New York City, interviewing Nevin Martell, the author of the new book Looking for Calvin and Hobbes, about the life and art of "Calvin and Hobbes" creator Bill Watterson.

Bill Watterson is not only one of the greatest cartoonists who ever lived, he is one of the most popular and successful creators of popular art of the 20th century.  Yet because he is extremely private, and he has refused all merchandising/licensing exploitations of the strip, he is almost totally out of the public eye (except for his obsessively updated tweets — Okay, Bill, you don't like the new, "improved" Frosted Shredded Wheat!  We get it!).  So this is a great and rare opportunity to hear from someone who has studied the man and his art.

And Bill, if you're reading this, and you'd like to come by and join the conversation, please know you'll be welcome.  I can promise you a free donut, and rest assured that MoCCA has and always will be a bootleg-Calvin-peeing-merchandise-free facility.