![]() He said he knew that in my strip, I frequently make fun of my own art skills. I will do whatever you want, including setting my hair on fire.” ![]() Now if you had asked me the odds of Bill Watterson ever saying that line to me, I’d say it had about the same likelihood as Jimi Hendrix telling me he had a new guitar riff. Even fewer have ever met him. In fact, legend has it that when Steven Spielberg called to see if he wanted to make a movie, Bill wouldn’t even take the call.” So, needless to say, Pastis was surprised just to get a response to an email he sent, and even more so when Watterson said he had an idea for a comic strip to run by him: Pastis wrote about his surprising encounter for his blog over the weekend, describing the elusive Watterson as “the Bigfoot of cartooning,” continuing, “Few in the cartooning world have ever spoken to him. Last week, though, he made a secret, cameo return, collaborating with artist Stephan Pastis on his daily strip, Pearls Before Swine-all in secret. ![]() ©Bill Watterson / via Wikipediaīill Watterson, the prolific comic strip author of Calvin and Hobbes, has remained notoriously reclusive since ending his popular comic strip in 1995. Calvin & Hobbes creator Bill Watterson made a secret return to comics last week. ![]()
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