Bugün öğrendim ki: Dördüncü sınıftayken Bill Watterson, “Peanuts”un yaratıcısı Charles Schulz'a profesyonel bir karikatürist olma arzusunu dile getiren bir mektup yazdı. Genç çocuğu çok şaşırtan bir şekilde karikatürist, Watterson'ı “Calvin ve Hobbes”u yaratmaya devam etmeye teşvik ederek yanıt verdi.
American cartoonist **William Boyd Watterson II** (born July 5, 1958) is a retired American [cartoonist](/wiki/Cartoonist "Cartoonist") and the author of the [comic strip](/wiki/Comic_strip "Comic strip ") _[Calvin and Hobbes](/wiki/Calvin_and_Hobbes "Calvin and Hobbes")_ , which was [syndicated](/wiki/Print_syndication "Print syndication") from 1985 to 1995. Watterson stopped drawing _Calvin and Hobbes_ at the end of 1995 with a short statement to newspaper editors and his readers that he felt he had achieved all he could in the medium. Watterson is known for his negative views on [licensing](/wiki/Licensing "Licensing") and comic syndication; his efforts to expand and elevate the newspaper comic as an [art form](/wiki/Art "Art"); and his move back into [private life](/wiki/Private_sphere "Private sphere") after he stopped drawing _Calvin and Hobbes_. Watterson was born in [Washington, DC](/wiki/Washington,_D.C. "Washington, DC"), and grew up in [Chagrin Falls](/wiki/Chagrin_Falls "Chagrin Falls"), [Ohio](/ wiki/Ohio "Ohio"). The [suburban](/wiki/Suburban "Suburban") [Midwestern United States](/wiki/Midwestern_United_States "Midwestern United States") setting of Ohio was part of the inspiration for _Calvin and Hobbes_.