Facebook. Calvin and Hobbes' reclusive creator gives rare interview. The American magazine Mental Floss warmed the hearts of comics fans on Thursday when it announced that it had succeeded where so many others have failed: securing an interview with Bill Watterson, the reclusive creator of the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes.
It was only the second known interview with Watterson since he ended his popular strip in 1995. In the years since, Watterson retreated to a private life in north-east Ohio, where has carefully guarded the rights to his creation, refusing to license them or revisit them creatively. His contact with the outside world has been so rare, the magazine's editors told the Poynter Institute, that they put two fact-checkers on the case to be absolutely sure they were talking to the real Bill Watterson. Where do you think the comic strip fits in today’s culture? Personally, I like paper and ink better than glowing pixels, but to each his own.
Over the years, reporters and fans have tried repeatedly to speak with Watterson. I'M THE JUGGERNAUT BITCH. July 22, 2013 on GoComics. Timeline Photos. July 13, 2013 on GoComics. July 11, 2013 on GoComics. January 11, 2013 on GoComics. January 14, 2010 on GoComics. January 09, 2010 on GoComics. May 02, 2010 on GoComics. November 20, 2009 on GoComics. November 12, 2009 on GoComics. When your house is burning down, you should brush your teeth. November 02, 2009 on GoComics. October 26, 2009 on GoComics. October 18, 2009 on GoComics. October 08, 2009 on GoComics. 829_558679374160295_332663596_n.jpg (720×344) A Very Calvin & Hobbes Christmas. The Devil and Billy Markham. Billy, Scuzzy, and God It's the Nashville Country Corner, all the low are getting high.And Billy tells his tale again to anyone who'll buy.With waving arms and rolling eyes, he screams to the drunken throng,"I've whipped the Devil and lived through Hell, now who's gonna sing my song?
" Then from the shadows comes an oily voice, "Hey, kid, I like your moves. "And out of the back slides a little wizened cat with brown-and -white perforated wing-tip shoes. "Sleezo's the name," the little man says, "but I'm Scuzzy to my friends.And I think I got a little business proposition you just might be interested in.
" "Scuzzy Sleezo hisself," Billy Markham says. "No more games for me," says Scuzzy. "The Champ? " "Why, God Himself," says Scuzzy Sleezo. "Hey, a match with God? " "Why, a place in heaven, of course," says Scuzz, "'stead of livin' this Nashville curse.But I'll drive you like a wagon, son, and I'll sweat you like a Turk,All for fifty percent of the take -- now, shake, and let's get to work. " My dog: the paradox. Image Result. Brad Holland. The Gospel of Supply Side Jesus - A BuzzFlash Guest Contribution. Former Wall Street Goldman Sachs executive Nomi Prins is back with a thoroughly documented historical account of how DC and financial barons are locked at the hip.
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