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But not resurrecting Calvin and Hobbes.
"Bill Watterson to publish a sombre 'fable for grown-ups' after disappearing from public eye in 1995"
"...As for the next chapter in Watterson's career, Andrews McMeel describes The Mysteries as "a compelling, provocative story that invites readers to examine their place in the universe and their responsibility to others and the planet we all share", calling it "a fable that dares to intimate the big questions about our place in the universe".
The book is a collaboration between Watterson and the celebrated caricaturist John Kascht, and it appears far bleaker than either illustrator's earlier work. The few published panels are sombre and foreboding, presented in shades of gray. "The style of the writing, the style of the art is intensely different from Calvin and Hobbes. And I think that's a very conscious decision on [Watterson's] part. He would not ever want to be pigeonholed as just the Calvin and Hobbes guy," Martell says...."
But not resurrecting Calvin and Hobbes.
"Bill Watterson to publish a sombre 'fable for grown-ups' after disappearing from public eye in 1995"
"...As for the next chapter in Watterson's career, Andrews McMeel describes The Mysteries as "a compelling, provocative story that invites readers to examine their place in the universe and their responsibility to others and the planet we all share", calling it "a fable that dares to intimate the big questions about our place in the universe".
The book is a collaboration between Watterson and the celebrated caricaturist John Kascht, and it appears far bleaker than either illustrator's earlier work. The few published panels are sombre and foreboding, presented in shades of gray. "The style of the writing, the style of the art is intensely different from Calvin and Hobbes. And I think that's a very conscious decision on [Watterson's] part. He would not ever want to be pigeonholed as just the Calvin and Hobbes guy," Martell says...."
