Last week I watched a pretty good documentary on Netflix about Bill Watterson called "Dear Mr. Watterson". Warning, it could make you nostalgic for your childhood!
As a "Calvin and Hobbes" fan, I'd just like to recommend the comic strip "Frazz" to people. Its visual style is very much in homage to Watterson's work, and it is in many ways a spiritual successor to it as well.
I'm with @10. People who've been reading Frazz have commented that it's like Calvin as a grown up. If Watterson is lurking anywhere in the comics page these days, that's where I'd put my money.
Something about the pose of the rat in the second panel seems similar to something Watterson would draw, but I can't spot any other similarities. Maybe it's because it looks like it was inked digitally, and I'm used to seeing his beautiful watercolor instead, but I just can't buy that this is one of his. However, I would not be disappointed at all to be proven wrong.
@13: Wait a second, you're telling us that Watterson didn't do those truck-logo-pissing stickers? Next you're going to tell us that he didn't have anything to do with the Grateful Dead dancing t-shirts either!
I miss Calvin and Hobbes. A couple of years ago, a particularly favorite student had never heard of Calvin and Hobbes so I gave him a collection when he graduated.
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And thanks for reminding me how much I miss Calvin and Hobbes.
I know, I know, he never does that, even to assholes ripping off Calvin for truck-logo-pissing stickers.
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I have an RSS feed that gives me a daily Calvin & Hobbes strip. They don't get old.
Watched that documentary last night and it brought back a lot of nostalgia that I'd forgotten about.
It was even better when I read the news this morning and saw that Bill W. did resurface for a guest cameo.
I'm rereading the old Calvin and Hobbes strips now, start to finish... and they're even better than I remember.