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Bill Watterson to Release New Book with John Kascht

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  1. Melody Bot Feb 15, 2023
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    Bill Watterson is returning to comics for “a fable for grown-ups:”

    Iconic cartoonist Bill Watterson famously retired at the height of Calvin & Hobbes’ success in 1995. Now, 28 years later, he is coming back – but not for a kids comic strip (not that Calvin & Hobbes was ever just for kids).

    The Mysteries is a new 72-page book by Watterson and fellow artist John Kascht are creating what is described as “a fable for grown-ups.” Scheduled to be published by Andrews McMeel Publishing in late 2023, The Mysteries has reportedly been in the works for years in what’s described as an “unusually close collaboration.”

    ”[In The Mysteries,] a long-ago kingdom is afflicted with unexplainable calamities,” reads the publisher’s description of the book. “Hoping to end the torment, the king dispatches his knights to discover the source of the mysterious events. Years later, a single battered knight returns.”

    Pre-orders are now up.

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  2. aoftbsten Feb 15, 2023
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    Oh man, I am so in for this.
     
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  3. Ska Senanake Feb 15, 2023
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    My 1 tattoo is a cross between Calvin and Hobbes and In the Aeroplane Over the Sea. Funny NMH just celebrated their 25th anniversary of ITAOTS and now we're getting the first new Bill Watterson illustrations (exlcuding the Pearls Before Swine cameo) in 28 years. My ink is tingling.
     
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  4. Yourbiggestflan Feb 15, 2023
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    Pre-Ordered this faster than anything else. Very excited and interested.
     
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  6. Fox83 Feb 16, 2023
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    I'm cautiously optimistic. I wish Watterson was also doing the illustrations. His writing is always appealing to me, of course, but his illustrations have always been a huge part of his "voice" to me. With this being "collaboration" being emphasized here, I'm sure he had some input with the visuals, but I don't know...
     
  7. Jason Tate Feb 16, 2023
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    “For the book's illustrations, Watterson and caricaturist John Kascht worked together for several years in unusually close collaboration. Both artists abandoned their past ways of working, inventing images together that neither could anticipate—a mysterious process in its own right.”
     
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  8. Fox83 Feb 17, 2023
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    Right. This is the collaboration I was referencing. I'm curious to see what comes out of it. It's interesting that Watterson is credited as Author and Kascht as Illustrator though - on the publisher's listing too: The Mysteries
    I imagine Watterson at least having influence on the vision of the illustrations, based on this description. Knowing Watterson though, we may never know much about what went into this book lol