William " Bill " Boyd Watterson II ( born July 5, 1958 ) is an American cartoonist and the author of the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes, which was syndicated from 1985 to 1995.

Jim Borgman had graduated from Kenyon before Watterson arrived, but his work as a political cartoonist so impressed Bill that he decided to pursue a career as one himself.

* Rare Bill Watterson Art at Calvin and Hobbes: Magic On Paper

An inspiration for Bill Watterson and other cartoonists, Krazy Kat gained a considerable following among intellectuals during the 1920s and 1930s.

Since then Calvin and Hobbes creator Bill Watterson has written extensively on the issue, arguing that size reduction and dropped panels reduce both the potential and freedom of a cartoonist.

Noteworthy cartoonists of humor strips include Scott Adams, Steve Bell, Charles Schulz, E. C. Segar, Mort Walker and Bill Watterson.

* 1958 – Bill Watterson, American cartoonist

by Bill Watterson, Calvin and Hobbes travel to Mars because the Earth is too polluted.

* 1986: Bill Watterson, Calvin and Hobbes

* 1988: Bill Watterson, Calvin and Hobbes ( Third Repeat Winner )

His comic strip work has influenced generations of artists, including creators such as William Joyce, André LeBlanc, Moebius, Maurice Sendak, Chris Ware and Bill Watterson.

* Bill Watterson, creator of Calvin and Hobbes

The syndicate desired to have a comic strip featuring the character ; they had asked Bill Watterson to incorporate the character into Calvin and Hobbes, but Watterson refused.

Other cartoonists such as Will Eisner, Charles Schulz and Bill Watterson have all cited Krazy Kat as a primary influence.

* Bill Watterson placed fictional children's books in his comic strip Calvin and Hobbes, saying that he could never reveal their contents for they were surely more outrageous in the reader's imagination.

Comic author Bill Watterson uses it ( or, alternatively, a wagon ) as " a simple device to add some physical comedy to the strip, and most often use it when Calvin gets longwinded or philosophical.

The cover of The Essential Calvin and Hobbes: A Calvin and Hobbes Treasury, a collection of Calvin and Hobbes comic strips by cartoonist Bill Watterson.

: Perhaps they finally gave him the award to get him off the ballot after so many consecutive years on it ; the rule ( at least since multiple-winner Bill Watterson ’ s Calvin and Hobbes ) for the Reuben Award is once-only per creator.

by Bill Watterson, Hors Collection

* Bill Watterson, creator of the comic strip: Calvin and Hobbes

The strip's creator, Bill Watterson, fought hard to keep his characters from being merchandised, leading to a large black-market industry of unauthorized reproductions of his work.

Thornhump was not present when Bloom County was " sold " to Donald Trump in Bill the Cat's body, although he was later parodied in an editorial cartoon by Calvin and Hobbes creator Bill Watterson that attacked Breathed's penchant for allowing merchandising rights for his creations.

Other luminaries include Keith Johnstone, the British teacher and writer – author of Impro, who founded the Theatre Machine and whose teachings form the foundation of the popular shortform Theatresports format, Dick Chudnow, founder of ComedySportz which evolved its family-friendly show format from Johnstone's Theatersports, Stan Wells, creator of the " Clap-In " longform style and founder of The Empty Stage Comedy Theatre in Los Angeles, and Bill Johnson, creator / director of The Magic Meathands, who pioneered the concept of " Commun-edy Outreach " by tailoring performances to non-traditional audiences, such as the homeless and foster children.

Shows like The Hardy Boys and Archie's Funhouse featured live-action footage of an audience watching the bands perform and Fat Albert had segments featuring series creator Bill Cosby.

Writer and creator of Bill & Ben the flower pot men, Hilda Wright, was born and lived in Castleford.

* Jean Roba, comics author, creator of Boule et Bill ( 1930 – 2006 )

Flatow was hired by the newly-formed National Public Radio in Washington, DC in 1971 by Bill Siemering who was his former employer at WBFO in Buffalo and the first NPR program director and creator of the NPR flagship program " All Things Considered ...".

Among other notable alumni, Andover has educated two American presidents, George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush, NFL head coach Bill Belichick, Law & Order creator Dick Wolf, Lyman Spitzer, namesake of NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, six Medal of Honor recipients, inventor Samuel Morse, and author Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

* Bill Phillips-New Zealand and Australian economist, creator of the Phillips curve

Members of the cast and crew are encouraged to contribute song suggestions, with many ideas coming from series creator Bill Lawrence, writer Neil Goldman, and actors Zach Braff ( whose college friends Cary Brothers and Joshua Radin appear on the Scrubs soundtrack ) and Christa Miller Lawrence ( who selected Colin Hay and Tammany Hall NYC ).

* Jean Roba, comics author, creator of Boule et Bill ( 1930 – 2006 )

" Zach Braff, who worked with Ritter on Scrubs, called Ritter a " comic hero " of his and said he had approached series creator Bill Lawrence to get Ritter to play his TV dad.

Young sets Debs ’ s character against a constellation of historical figures using the language and imagery of the period to present a most brilliant and unparalleled gallery: the widowed Mary Todd Lincoln, the poet James Whitcomb Riley ( the creator of Little Orphan Annie ), Eugene Field, Bill Nye, Joe Hill, Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt, Sojourner Truth, Susan B. Anthony, and Clarence Darrow, among numerous others.

In November 1999, after 29 years, Hagman agreed to reunite with Jeannie co-stars Barbara Eden and Bill Daily and creator / producer Sidney Sheldon on the The Donny and Marie Show.

Prior founding the Western Design Center in 1978, Bill Mensch held design engineering and management positions at Philco-Ford, Motorola, MOS Technology and Integrated Circuit Engineering. Bill Mensch, creator of the 65C02 and 65C816 microprocessors, and co-inventor of the Motorola 6800 | MC6800 and MOS Technology 6502 | MOS6502 microprocessors.

Popular illustrators of children's books were May Gibbs, Ida Rentoul Outhwaite, Peg Maltby ( 1899-1984 ), and Dorothy Wall ( 1894 – 1942 ) ( the creator of Blinky Bill the Koala ).

" Bill Paley erected two towers of power: one for entertainment and one for news ," 60 Minutes creator Don Hewitt claimed in his autobiography, Tell Me a Story.

* Bill Everett, comic-book artist, creator of the Sub-Mariner

Bil Keane was credited as " guest cartoonist " on these strips, drawing the characters exactly as they appear in their own strip, but in Zippy's world as drawn by Zippy creator Bill Griffith.

* Geoff McQueen: creator of The Bill.

Bob Kane ( born Robert Kahn ; October 24, 1915 – November 3, 1998 ) was an American comic book artist and writer, credited as the creator of the DC Comics superhero Batman, along with Bill Finger.

Prominent members include Sir Tim Berners-Lee, creator of the World Wide Web, the Internet pioneer Vint Cerf, and Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft.