![]() ![]() I'd never know what to say, and so, in a way, that unwritten letter sort of transmogrified into this film. The inspiration for the film came out of the idea of writing a letter to Bill Watterson, but that letter never happened. ![]() ![]() Why did you choose to title the film Dear Mr. It's the one place where everything works the way I intend it to." Watterson wrote the strip in such a way that it is timeless, and as long as people continue to read it and pass it along, I think it only stands out more as a work of excellence. ![]() Watterson has said it before, and stated the same idea again more recently: " Calvin and Hobbes was designed to be a comic strip and that's all I want it to be. It isn't watered down, longtime fans still crave it, and new readers will always be introduced to the characters in their original, intended medium. We're not saturated with Calvin and Hobbes in commercials or on toy shelves or at theme parks and that helps to keep the strip intact. Since Calvin and Hobbes ceased publication in 1995, how do you think the perception and impact of the strip has changed?īecause of Watterson's decision to avoid endless merchandising of his characters, we can only get our Calvin and Hobbes fix by digging out our books. ![]()
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