CALVIN & HOBBES by Evan Shaner

I was really busy the week this theme came up but I really wanted to make sure I did one. Coincidentally, I had a Calvin & Hobbes commission that needed to be done, so here's me killing two birds with one stone.

These characters mean an awful lot to me. Like Nathan (and I'm sure a lot of people at the time) I spent my childhood filling notebooks with drawings of Calvin and Hobbes, and they're a huge part of the reason I'm drawing at all today. My Grandpa would give me the collections to read and when the strip ended in 1995 I was heartbroken. So thanks, Mr. Watterson, for teaching me how to draw trees, dinosaurs, explosions, monsters, space, snowmen, and kids and tigers.

CALVIN & HOBBES by Francesco Francavilla

Click on the image for the larger BIG REVEAL POSTER!!! ;)


I am drawing too many books... and the result is that I am late with my twarts :P

Thanks Nathan for the awesome pick and Bill Watterson for the HUGE inspiration.
Click on the above image for viewing my humble offering (and yes, there will be more about C&H INVESTIGATIONS on Pulp Sunday :))

Cheers,
Francesco

"C&H INVESTIGATIONS" & Artwork © 2011 Francesco Francavilla

Calvin and Hobbes by Nathan Fairbairn

Calvin and Hobbes means the world to me. I started reading it as a 9-year-old and followed it religiously until it ended ten years later. I used to actually cut out strips as they appeared in the paper and paste them into photo albums -- many photo albums -- until my mom got tired of me stealing all her albums and started buying me the collections. My most prized books today are my three-volume collection of the entire run of strips. I must read through the whole set once a year. So much of who I am today has been informed by the wit, imagination, wonder, art, and, yes, the values of Mr. Bill Watterson.

The irony of choosing Calvin and Hobbes for this week's Twart is that I probably could have done a better job of it when I was 12. Back then I used to fill sheafs of looseleaf with Calvin doodles. Now, though, it's probably been 15 years since I last drew these characters, and it shows. In places, I think I'm within a cannonshot of being on model, but only in places. I'd like to sound cool and say this is because I just didn't have time to do it right, but, honestly, I spent all damn day on this thing!

But whatever. The point is not to show that I'm awesome (I'm clearly not). The point is to remind you how awesome these characters and their stories are, and to maybe inspire you to go back and spend a little more time with them.

Thanks for looking!

-N

CALVIN & HOBBES by tom fowler

dear mr. watterson,



thank you.

CALVIN & HOBBES by Chris Samnee

I'm a HUGE fan of Bill Waterson's Calvin & Hobbes strip. HUGE!!

That said, trying to draw them without just aping Watterson's style to keep them on model is a whole 'nother story. : P

Just the same, great pick Fairbairn.

CALVIN & HOBBES by Andy Kuhn

I LOVE - LOVE - LOVE Calvin & Hobbes!!!!

What a great pick this week, Nathan.

I can't say enough good things about Bill Watterson's cartooning.

He is a genius of the highest order, and I'm sad

that I can't still get my daily C & H fix.

This drawing won't make any sense to people not familiar with

the comic strip Krazy Kat. Watterson was clearly a fan of that strip.

This piece is my homage to both Krazy Kat and Calvin & Hobbes.

Two great tastes that taste great together! :)