This first one comes from the recent Superman/Batman #75 and is by Brian Azzerello and Lee Bermejo.  This comic strip is all over the internet, but I first found it on Forbidden Planet International.  Click the image below to enlarge.

This next one is called “Hobbes vs Pooh”!  The artist did a nice job depicting both Hobbes and Winnie-the-Pooh in a realistic setting.  I found this on KallAngo’s Place.

Awesome.  Just awesome.

This is part of the U.S. Postal Service’s “Sunday Funnies” commemorative stamps released in July.  Other stamps in the collection include: Archie, Dennis the Menace, Beetle Bailey, and Garfield.  You can order your own by clicking here.

So sad.  Don’t ever let go of your inner-child.  I wear mine on the outside.

Bill Watterson gave an interview this week to Plain Dealer reporter John Campanelli.  This was Watterson’s first interview since 1989.  Below is an excerpt:

JC: Because your work touched so many people, fans feel a connection to you, like they know you. They want more of your work, more Calvin, another strip, anything. It really is a sort of rock star/fan relationship. Because of your aversion to attention, how do you deal with that even today? And how do you deal with knowing that it’s going to follow you for the rest of your days?

BW: Ah, the life of a newspaper cartoonist — how I miss the groupies, drugs and trashed hotel rooms!

But since my “rock star” days, the public attention has faded a lot. In Pop Culture Time, the 1990s were eons ago. There are occasional flare-ups of weirdness, but mostly I just go about my quiet life and do my best to ignore the rest. I’m proud of the strip, enormously grateful for its success, and truly flattered that people still read it, but I wrote “Calvin and Hobbes” in my 30s, and I’m many miles from there.

An artwork can stay frozen in time, but I stumble through the years like everyone else. I think the deeper fans understand that, and are willing to give me some room to go on with my life.

To read the entire interview, click here.  My thanks to Joel Schroeder, OnThink, and my wonderful wife for sending me information about this interview.

Happy New Year!  Today is the final day of CALVIN AND HOBBES SNOW DAYS!  I hope you’ve enjoyed these snowmen strips all week.  Also, have you made a pledge yet to Dear Mr. Watterson, a film that will look to the readers and fans of Calvin & Hobbes to tell the story of the strip and its creator?  If not, then click here for information on how you can help.

One last time, bring on the snowmen!

Today is day four of CALVIN AND HOBBES SNOW DAYS!  Enjoy these snowmen strips.  Also, please consider making a pledge to Dear Mr. Watterson, a film that will look to the readers and fans of Calvin & Hobbes to tell the story of the strip and its creator.  For more information on the fund raising for Dear Mr. Watterson, please click here.

And now, bring on the snowmen!

Today is day three of CALVIN AND HOBBES SNOW DAYS!  Enjoy these snowmen strips.  Also, please consider making a pledge to Dear Mr. Watterson, a film that will look to the readers and fans of Calvin & Hobbes to tell the story of the strip and its creator.  For more information on the fund raising for Dear Mr. Watterson, please click here.

And now, bring on the snowmen!

Today is day two of CALVIN AND HOBBES SNOW DAYS!  Enjoy these snowmen strips.  Also, please consider making a pledge to Dear Mr. Watterson, a film that will look to the readers and fans of Calvin & Hobbes to tell the story of the strip and its creator.  For more information on the fund raising for Dear Mr. Watterson, please click here.

And now, bring on the snowmen!

I’m officially declaring this week CALVIN AND HOBBES SNOW DAYS!  Each day this week will spotlight a handful of Calvin & Hobbes comic strips featuring snowmen.  This collection won’t cover all of the snowman related strips, but will tackle many of them.

You may recall I’ve posted before about the upcoming film, Dear Mr. Watterson.  Well they’ve just started a funding campaign at www.kickstarter.com to raise $12,000 to help pay for the costs of production for the movie. So far, over $5,000 has already been pledged. Kickstarter.com is a website that allows them to gather pledges for the film (you can pledge easily, especially if you already have Facebook and Amazon.com accounts).  If they don’t hit their goal of $12,000 then they won’t get any of the funding.

Please consider making a pledge if you are able. The minimum pledge is only $3, and there are incentives, including the opportunity to be in the film, or to get a finished copy on DVD when it is released. I believe this is a worthwhile project and encourage everyone to consider pledging.  If you are interested, please visit Kickstarter.com by clicking here.

And now, bring on the snowmen!