Comics Books Reviews: Watterson

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Bill Watterson illustrates Mark Twain

Unlike the painting that Bill Watterson just did for the Team Cul de Sac project, these drawings are not new work; in fact, they were done early in his career, before Calvin and Hobbes became such a success. Artist Thom Buchanan posted them at his blog My Delineated Life, which is a treasure trove of interesting illustrations from times gone by.

Watterson did these as a freelance job for the Mark Twain Journal, and it’s kind of interesting to see how consistent the public discourse is: These cartoons, done in 1983 and based on material that’s about 100 years older, are about the same things that cartoons are about now: Cats and corruption in Congress.

At The Daily Cartoonist, where I first spotted this item, Nevin Martell contributed a few more Mark Twain cartoons, including one on another timeless topic, the irritations of modern technology—in this case, the telephone.

May 6, 2011 @ 09:00 AM by Brigid AlversonTagged: Bill Watterson, cartoons, Mark Twain

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Thursday, March 24, 2011

Grab a pawful of early and rare Bill Watterson art

Posted on December 7, 2010 - 02:30 PM by Sean T. Collins

Bill Watterson: The College Years

Face it, tiger-lovers — you just hit the jackpot: Check out this terrific gallery of early and rare art by Calvin & Hobbes cartoonist Bill Watterson. Included are pieces from the Kenyon College yearbook and student newspaper, covers from the political-cartooning journal Target, Watterson’s own editorial cartoons from the Cincinnatti Post, illustrations for an essay in The Comics Journal, self-portraits, a collection of Calvin & Hobbes sketches, and much more. The site design indicates that this is about a million Internet years old and thus many of you may have seen it before, but I sure haven’t, and it’s great way to see whole new side of Watterson — and a demonstration that his chops were ample even at a tender age.

(via Andrew Sullivan and Gavon Laessig)

Tagged: Bill Watterson · Calvin & Hobbes · comic strips · editorial cartoons · newspaper comics · political cartoons · sketchbooks
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One CommentChris JonesDecember 8, 2010 at 1:01 pm

These old comics have a real George Booth vibe to them. Not in terms of tone or subject but in style, the way he draws facial expressions and body language and clutter. The “ripping squirrels limb from limb” one in particular is EXACTLY like a Mrs. Ritterhouse cartoon.

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