Person · Open Library
- Born
- 5 July 1958
- Works
- 159
Top works
- Calvin and Hobbes Portable Compendium Set 4
- The Calvin And Hobbes Tenth Anniversary Book
- The Complete Calvin And Hobbes Book Two
- Calvin and Hobbes Portable Compendium Set 2
- Calvin and Hobbes Vol. 2
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Writing · Washington, D.C., USA
William Boyd Watterson II (born July 5, 1958) is an American former cartoonist and the author of the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes, which was syndicated 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…
Known for
- Stripped — Self2014
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 50
- Total plays
- 83
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- The ERA5 global reanalysis
· 2020 · cited 22,451x
- The diagnosis of dementia due to Alzheimer's disease: Recommendations from the National Institute on Aging‐Alzheimer's Association workgroups on diagnostic guidelines for Alzheimer's disease
· 2011 · cited 13,210x
- The diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment due to Alzheimer's disease: Recommendations from the National Institute on Aging‐Alzheimer's Association workgroups on diagnostic guidelines for Alzheimer's disease
· 2011 · cited 8,972x
- Toward defining the preclinical stages of Alzheimer's disease: Recommendations from the National Institute on Aging‐Alzheimer's Association workgroups on diagnostic guidelines for Alzheimer's disease
· 2011 · cited 6,003x
- Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and adults
· 2017 · cited 5,459x
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Key facts
- Born
- William Boyd Watterson II , ( 1958-07-05 ) July 5, 1958 (age 67) , Washington, D.C. , U.S.
- Education
- Kenyon College ( BA )
- Occupation
- Cartoonist
- Spouse
- Melissa Richmond ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1983 )
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Key dates
- Born
- 5 July 1958
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Bill
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Washington, D.C.
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Notable work
- Calvin and Hobbes
- Image
- Bill Watterson at Kenyon.jpg
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- P737
- Walt Kelly
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Article
William Boyd Watterson II (born July 5, 1958) is an American cartoonist who authored the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes. The strip was syndicated from 1985 to 1995. Watterson concluded Calvin and Hobbes with a short statement to newspaper readers that he felt he had achieved all he could in the medium. Watterson is known for his negative views on comic syndication and licensing, his efforts to expand and elevate the newspaper comic as an art form, and his move back into private life after Calvin and Hobbes ended.
Watterson was born in Washington, D.C., and grew up in Chagrin Falls, Ohio. The suburban Midwestern United States setting of Ohio was part of the inspiration for the setting of Calvin and Hobbes. Watterson currently lives in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. He cited works from Richard Thompson, Winsor McCay, George Herriman, Walt Kelly, Jim Borgman, Paul Coker, Chuck Jones and Tex Avery as his main influences.
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