Bill Watterson
American comic artist · United States · On the map · Writers · Born 1958 · age 68
William Boyd Watterson II is an American cartoonist who authored the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes. The strip was syndicated from 1985 to 1995. Watterson concluded Calvin and Hobbes with a short statement to newspaper readers that he felt he had achieved all he could in the medium.
Bill Watterson is read about 698 times a day, in 33 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 6 November 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 400 days, one point a day.
Something wrong?A life in dates
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Charles M. Schulz Influenced Bill
Winsor McCay Influenced Bill
George Herriman Influenced Bill- Walt Kelly Influenced Bill
- Jim Borgman Influenced Bill
Kirsten Vangsness Bill directed Dave Made a Maze (2017)
Adam Busch Bill directed Dave Made a Maze (2017)
Frank Caeti Bill directed Dave Made a Maze (2017)
Scott Krinsky Bill directed Dave Made a Maze (2017)
James Urbaniak Bill directed Dave Made a Maze (2017)
Rick Overton Bill directed Dave Made a Maze (2017)
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Watterson is known for his negative views on comic syndication and licensing, his efforts to expand and elevate the newspaper comic as an art form, and his move back into private life after Calvin and Hobbes ended.
