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Looking For Calvin And Hobbes: The Unconventional Story Of Bill Watterson And His Revolutionary Comic Strip (2009)

by Nevin Martell(Favorite Author)

3.28 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

082642984X (ISBN13: 9780826429841)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Bloomsbury Academic

review 1: I liked this book a lot more than most, in large part because of the couple of chapters other folks pointed out liking as well. Yes Martell essentially pulled together a ton of writing and interviews you could find on your own-but for me the few interviews with old friends, his editor of sorts at the syndicate and the dozen of other comics are what I found interesting. I though the chapter solely devoted to other cartoonists opinion of him was worth the price of the book alone.
review 2: A semi-enjoyable account of C&H and Bill Watterson, but it is severely marred by the lack of access to Watterson himself. Martell tries very hard, but it's not that interesting to ready a few hundred pages of 2nd hand accounts from college classmates and old neighbors. If we... more want to get cynical, is this not a merchandised cash-in that Watterson has been fighting against for decades? Definitely can skip it unless you are the biggest C&H fan of all time. Also, Mental Floss's recent exclusive with Watterson pretty much renders this obsolete. Better off reading that or old C&H compendiums. less

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