Mai he sigut un admirador de Calvin & Hobbes, és més, la majoria de tires còmiques no em fan gràcia, però al meu pare i a la meva germana gran els hi encanta. Sempre els recordo ensenyant-se la darrera tira de Bill Watterson i compartint uns riures simpàtics. Ara llegeixo que el 15 de novembre es publicarà Dear Mr. Watterson, un documental que ens parla de la història de Calvin & Hobbes i de com afectat la seva existència a la resta de tires còmiques. A més, és l’aniversari de la meva germana, així que Bea, ja saps com celebrar-lo!
Calvin & Hobbes dominated the Sunday comics in thousands of newspapers for over 10 years, having a profound effect on millions of readers across the globe. When the strip’s creator, Bill Watterson, retired the strip on New Year’s Eve in 1995, devoted readers everywhere felt the void left by the departure of Calvin, Hobbes, and Watterson’s other cast of characters, and many fans would never find a satisfactory replacement.
It has now been more than a decade since the end of the Calvin & Hobbes era. Bill Watterson has kept an extremely low profile during this time, living a very private life outside of Cleveland, Ohio. Despite his quiet lifestyle, Mr. Watterson is remembered and appreciated daily by fans who still enjoy his amazing collection of work.
Mr. Watterson has inspired and influenced millions of people through Calvin & Hobbes. Newspaper readership and book sales can be tracked and recorded, but the human impact he has had and the value of his art are perhaps impossible to measure.
This film is not a quest to find Bill Watterson, or to invade his privacy. It is an exploration to discover why his ‘simple’ comic strip made such an impact on so many readers in the 80s and 90s, and why it still means so much to us today.
Salut i humor!
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