Watterson wrote the introduction to the first volume of The Komplete Kolor Krazy Kat.

In October 2007, Watterson wrote a review of Schulz and Peanuts, a biography of Charles Schulz, in The Wall Street Journal.

Lent wrote, " The first half-century of the comics spawned many kid strips, but only one could be elevated to the status of classic ... which innovated a number of sophisticated and refined touches used later by Charles Schulz and Bill Watterson ..." Comics artist Jerry Robinson said,

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.

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.

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

Watterson was born in Washington, D. C., where his father, James G. Watterson ( born 1932 ), worked as a patent examiner while going to George Washington University Law School before becoming a patent attorney in 1960.

In 1964, when Watterson was six years old, the family moved to Chagrin Falls, Ohio, where his mother, Kathryn Watterson, became a city council member.

Watterson, who drew his first cartoon at age eight, spent much time in childhood alone, drawing and cartooning.

From 1976 to 1980, Watterson attended Kenyon College and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science, while developing his art skills and contributing cartoons to the college newspaper.

Many of the cartoons and art Watterson did at Kenyon can be found online.

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.

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.

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

Watterson has said he works for personal fulfillment.

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 spent much of his career trying to change the climate of newspaper comics.

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

Watterson was awarded the National Cartoonists Society's Humor Comic Strip Award in 1988 and the society's Reuben Award in 1986 ; he was the youngest person ever to receive the latter award.

At last he consented to meet her, and following that brief interview Claire wrote him a yet more remarkable proposal:

Coppola wrote a brief draft story idea in one night.

Knowing her death was imminent, May Belle Mitchell wrote her daughter a brief letter and advised her:

There is a brief epilogue sequence in which the fates of the six only known survivors are shown: Sydney underwent surgery on his kneecap injuries and lives as a horticulturist with his son Seymour, Arthur received an OBE for lifelong service to the theatre and retired to the country, Sebastian wrote a book about the film's events and is currently negotiating the film rights.

After his return from a brief move to New York, he wrote " I could have loved New York had I not loved Balti-more.

" Imad ad-Din wrote that after the brief mourning period of Shirkuh, during which " opinions differed ", the Zengid emirs decided upon Saladin and forced the caliph to " invest him as vizier.

After Keynes's death Schumpeter wrote a brief biographical piece called Keynes the Economist – on a personal level he was very positive about Keynes as a man ; praising his pleasant nature, courtesy and kindness.

Widukind wrote as a Saxon, proud of his people and history, beginning his narration not with the Roman Empire but with a brief synopsis derived from the orally-transmitted history of the Saxons and their struggles with the Franks, with a terseness that makes his work difficult to interpret.

After a brief career in law, Buchan simultaneously began writing and his political and diplomatic career, serving as a private secretary to the colonial administrator of various colonies in Southern Africa, and eventually wrote propaganda for the British war effort in First World War.

In a brief review, Vincent Canby wrote that it was " not exactly incoherent, but whatever it originally had on its mind seems to have slipped away ".

Tomcat Holland wrote this brief history for the West Carroll Chamber of Commerce website and posted it here as well.

Possibly the best source, however brief, on Standish's origins and early life is a short passage recorded by Nathaniel Morton, secretary of Plymouth Colony, who wrote in his New England's Memorial, published in 1669, that Standish:

Olson wrote a brief on behalf of one of the journalists involved in the case, saying that journalists should not have to identify confidential sources, even if subpoenaed by a court.

Williams wrote a brief description of the settlement:

Symeon also wrote brief biographies of the archbishops of York and a letter on the errors of Origen.

Henry Miller approved of Gurdjieff's not considering himself holy but, after writing a brief introduction to Fritz Peters ' book Boyhood with Gurdjieff, Miller wrote that man is not meant to lead a " harmonious life ," as Gurdjieff claimed in naming his institute.

During these years he wrote a number of works, most published posthumously, most notably a lengthy commentary on the Aggadot of Tractates Berakhot and Shabbat, titled ' Eyn Ayah ' and a brief but powerful book on morality and spirituality, titled ' Mussar Avikhah '.

Loud wrote a monthly column in the influential Rock Scene magazine, where he reported on his favorite artists and cover unlikely junkets, such as a brief tour with Jim Dandy Mangrum from Black Oak Arkansas.

* In the eighteenth century, Samuel Johnson, who shared Browne's love of the Latinate, wrote a brief Life in which he praised Browne as a faithful Christian, but gave a mixed reception to his prose:

Despite his involvement with Factory was brief, Sharp was an associate for a short while of Martin Hannett and wrote a book called Who Killed Martin Hannett which unfortunately upset Martin's surviving relatives owing to the large amount of untruths and fiction Sharp put into the book.

After their brief liaison during 1970 – 1971 ended amicably, Stevens wrote his song " Sweet Scarlet " about Simon, who also had highly publicized relationships with Warren Beatty, Mick Jagger, Kris Kristofferson and James Taylor during this period.

In 1961, Martin contributed a brief introduction to a brochure for her friend Lenore Tawney's first solo exhibition, the only occasion on which she wrote on the work of a fellow artist.

It has not been issued on CD, but some of the score is reworked from material Nyman wrote for the Sega Saturn video game Enemy Zero, which had a limited CD release, and Nyman performs a brief excerpt, " Odessa Beach " on his album, The Piano Sings.

In addition to his traditional parody masses, he wrote a considerable quantity of missae breves, " brief masses ," syllablic short masses meant for brief services ( for example, on days when Duke Albrecht went hunting: evidently he did not want to be detained by long-winded polyphonic music ).