WATTERSON

Here's a link to the poster Watterson did (see left) for the 42nd annual Angoulême International Comics Festival. The timing is perfect. Watterson really gets the whole jumpcut voodoo. 

A lot of Watterson's stuff is a throw back to early 20th century comic strips/illustrations; stuff drawn by A.B. Frost, John Tenniel & co. This is especially true here. The way he drew the character in the second panel especially reminds one of Herriman's Krazy Kat (see also and cf. noses). The way terrain plays such a big role in Calvin & Hobbes is also a throw back to Krazy Kat. I could talk about this a while. Fun factoid: Joyce loved Krazy Kat. There's even a reference to it in Finnegan's Wake. Good stuff.

Uh oh. Think it's time for a comic strip binge. Here we go. I'll probs start with Frost's Stuff and Nonsense, which I should've read ages ago. I'll report back shortly.

A.B. Frost = the best