Watterson has said he works for personal fulfillment.

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

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.

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.

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.

It has also been host to the local high school football rivalry of parochial schools Bishop Watterson High School and St. Francis DeSales High School.

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

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.

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:

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

Watterson battled against pressure from publishers to merchandise his work, something he felt would cheapen his comic.

In 2005, Watterson and his wife Melissa moved from Chagrin Falls to Cleveland.

In April 2011, a representative for Andrews McMeel received a package from a " William Watterson in Cleveland Heights, Ohio ", which contained a 6 " x 8 " oil-on-board painting of Cul De Sac character Petey Otterloop, done by Watterson for the Team Cul de Sac fundraising project for Parkinson's Disease.

Watterson Towers was named after Arthur W. Watterson, a popular professor and chair of the ISU Geography Department, who taught at the University from 1946-1966.

Watterson Towers is the tallest structure in Bloomington-Normal, and can been seen when entering the twin cities from either direction.

Campus View, from the Informal Level at the top of Watterson Towers

It had strong support from powerful Republican newspaper editors such as Murat Halstead of the Cincinnati Commercial, Horace White of the Chicago Tribune, Henry Watterson of the Louisville Courier-Journal, Samuel Bowles of the Springfield Republican and especially Whitelaw Reid and Horace Greeley of the New York Tribune.

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.

During his tenure as editor, Watterson was a Democratic representative in Congress from 1876 to 1877, and was a five-time delegate to the National Democratic Convention, where, in 1892, he received a smattering of votes for the vice presidential nomination.

The highway was completed in 1974, and in 1952 the road from Dixie Highway east to I-71 was named after the journalist and editor Henry Watterson.

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.

The next year, female students from St. Joseph Academy and Bishop Watterson High School played female parts in a production.

* September 22: Bill Watterson answers fifteen selected questions from fans around the world to publicise the upcoming release of The Complete Calvin and Hobbes.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Because of similarities in calligraphic style, Frazz's physical appearance, his station in life as a brilliant underachiever, and his age relative to Calvin of Calvin and Hobbes, speculation arose that Mallett was actually Bill Watterson, or that Frazz was an unauthorized sequel to Watterson's strip and that Frazz is Calvin as an adult.

Los Angeles Times columnist Charles Solomon said, " The humor and calligraphic drawing in “ Frazz ” reflect Watterson ’ s influence, but the strip doesn ’ t feel like a pallid imitation.

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 ".

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 announced the end of Calvin and Hobbes on November 9, 1995, with the following letter to newspaper editors:

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

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.

: 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.