And he’s uncomfortable in the role of a spokesperson for comics – he would prefer that people read and experience the comic strip rather than engaging with it filtered through him talking about it.”Īnd many millions of people have. He wants to let his artwork speak for itself. Though Watterson has been described as reclusive, that might not be the best word he lives a normal life, says Robb, one of the few people to have interviewed him, but “he doesn’t like to be in the spotlight. “From that standpoint, it makes sense that eventually he would find a project that he wanted to share with his audience.” Photograph: Courtesy Andrews McMeelĪfter years avoiding the public eye, what prompted Watterson to come out of retirement? “He’s been working creatively, painting and doing other types of art, since he ended the strip,” says Jenny Robb, head curator of comics at Ohio State University’s Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum, which houses most of Watterson’s original strips.
Bill Watterson and John Kascht’s The Mysteries.
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