Gotta love the internet! No sooner do I (finally) update my blog than someone (Thanks, Shane!) sends me further info. NYMag.com ran piece that basically said "OMG, how did they get Watterson to write an article?!". The Wall Street Journal fills them in on how surprisingly easy it was to get the JD Salinger of the Funny Papers to write about his idol.
Read it HERE.
The article also links to not just one, but two other times in the past ten years that Mr. Watterson has meddled in human affairs. Of particular interest is a recent Q&A he did with readers in 2005 to promote The Complete Calvin & Hobbes.
Excerpt:
Q: What led you to resist merchandising Calvin and Hobbes?
A: For starters, I clearly miscalculated how popular it would be to show Calvin urinating on a Ford logo. . . . Actually, I wasn't against all merchandising when I started the strip, but each product I considered seemed to violate the spirit of the strip, contradict its message, and take me away from the work I loved. If my syndicate had let it go at that, the decision would have taken maybe 30 seconds of my life.
A: For starters, I clearly miscalculated how popular it would be to show Calvin urinating on a Ford logo. . . . Actually, I wasn't against all merchandising when I started the strip, but each product I considered seemed to violate the spirit of the strip, contradict its message, and take me away from the work I loved. If my syndicate had let it go at that, the decision would have taken maybe 30 seconds of my life.
Q: You have been very persistent in not becoming a public figure, and I respect that a great deal. Is there anything you would wish to tell the fans who do not understand your wishes and why it is important to you not to claim the spotlight?
A: My impression is that those who don't get it, don't care to get it.
A: My impression is that those who don't get it, don't care to get it.
You can read the whole thing HERE.
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