Watterson stopped drawing Calvin and Hobbes at the end of 1995 with a short statement to newspaper editors and his readers that he felt he had achieved all he could in the medium.

In the years that followed the end of Calvin and Hobbes, there were many attempts to locate Watterson in his home town of Chagrin Falls.

On December 21, 1999 a short piece, written by Watterson to mark the forthcoming end of the comic strip Peanuts, was published in the Los Angeles Times.

In early 2010, Watterson was interviewed by The Plain Dealer on the 15th anniversary of the end of Calvin and Hobbes.

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.

Later, when Watterson was creating names for the characters in his comic strip, he allegedly decided upon Calvin ( after the Protestant reformer John Calvin ) and Hobbes ( after the social philosopher Thomas Hobbes ) as a " tip of the hat " to the political science department at Kenyon.

In " The Complete Calvin And Hobbes ," Watterson does not name the inspiration for Calvin's character, but he does say Calvin is named for " a 16th-century theologian who believed in predestination ," and Hobbes for " a 17th-century philosopher with a dim view of human nature.

Since the conclusion of Calvin and Hobbes, Watterson has taken up painting, at one point drawing landscapes of the woods with his father.

Watterson has kept away from the public eye and has given no indication of resuming the strip, creating new works based on the characters, or embarking on other projects, though he has published several anthologies of Calvin and Hobbes strips.

His syndicate, which has since become Universal Uclick, has said that the painting was the first new artwork from Watterson that the syndicate has seen since Calvin and Hobbes ended in 1995.

* Bill Watterson, creator of beloved ' Calvin and Hobbes ' comic strip looks back with no regrets 2010 interview by John Campanelli, The Plain Dealer

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

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.

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 )

* 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.

* 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.

Watterson is known for his views on licensing and comic syndication, as well as for his reclusive nature.

James Watterson was elected as a council member in 1997, holding that position for 12 years before retiring on August 31, 2009 to pursue artistic " projects and goals ".

In his 1990 speech to Kenyon College graduates, Watterson revealed that during his last year he had painted Michelangelo's Creation of Adam from the Sistine Chapel on the ceiling of his dorm room:

Like many artists, Watterson incorporated elements of his life, interests, beliefs and values into his work — for example, his hobby as a cyclist, memories of his own father ’ s speeches about ‘ building character ’, and his views on merchandising and corporations.

Watterson opposed the structure publishers imposed on Sunday newspaper cartoons: the standard cartoon starts with a large, wide rectangle featuring the cartoon's logo or a throwaway panel tangential to the main area so that newspapers pressed for space can remove the top third of the cartoon if they wish ; the rest of the strip is presented in a series of rectangles of different widths.

Watterson Towers is not only the largest residence hall on campus, it is also one of the tallest student residence halls in the world, and provides the highest vantage point in Illinois between Chicago and St. Louis.

Popular landmarks in Clintonville include the " Welcome to Clintonville " signs at the main entryways of the community, Immaculate Conception Church and Hagley Field, on lease from the Columbus City Schools for Bishop Watterson High School to use as its home field, previously utilized as such by Columbus North High School that closed as a normal high school and re-opened as a vocational school before becoming the temporary home of Columbus East High School students as their school is remodeled.

: 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.

The liberal Bingham clashed with long-time editor Watterson, who remained on board, but was in the twilight of his career.

Watterson's editorials opposing the League of Nations appeared alongside Bingham's favoring it, and Watterson finally retired on April 2, 1919.

Watterson was called " the last of the great personal journalists ", writing colorful and controversial editorials on many topics under the pen name " Marse Henry ".

The institution was renamed in 1976 to Sullivan Junior College of Business to reflect its authority to grant associate degrees, and moved to its present Louisville campus on Bardstown Road and the Watterson Expressway.

She is also the Japanese voice of Gumball Watterson on The Amazing World of Gumball.

" Congressman Henry Watterson of Kentucky declared that an army of 100, 000 men was prepared to march on Washington if Tilden was denied the presidency.

( June 26, 1853 – January 12, 1944 ): A native of Davenport, Iowa, Bishop Hartley was ordained to the priesthood for the Diocese of Columbus on July 10, 1882, by Bishop John A. Watterson.

WBKI has studios within the Kaden Tower on Dutchmans Lane ( in Louisville's Bowman section ) along I-265 / US 60 / Henry Watterson Expressway.

In 1980, Watterson graduated from Kenyon with a B. A.

He passed this, along with a message, to Watterson's parents and declared he would wait in the hotel for as long as it took Watterson to contact him.

After a lengthy battle with his syndicator, Watterson won the privilege of making half page-sized Sunday strips where he could arrange the panels any way he liked.

The newly-consecrated Bishop Doren then joined with Bishops Chambers and Pagtakhan in consecrating as bishops the Reverend James Mote, the Reverend Robert Morse, and the Reverend Francis Watterson.

* The Taylorsville Road interchange with the Watterson Expressway in Louisville.

* The Shark Watcher's Handbook: A guide to sharks and where to see them, with Ken Watterson ( BBC Books, 2002 ) ISBN 0-563-53794-9

His position put him at odds with Henry Watterson, editor of the powerful Louisville Courier-Journal.

McCreary now allied himself with J. C. S. Blackburn, Henry Watterson, and other Beckham opponents, and sought to defend his seat in the primary.