Influence of Bill Waterson (Week 3)

Bill Waterson is a personal hero. If it wasn't for my childhood obsession of Calvin and Hobbes I don't think I would have learned to read. I was just so jealous of my older brother laughing historically at words he understood and I didn't. The genius of Calvin and Hobbes is that it works without words, but you can't fully grasp the genius of it without getting inside their heads. This particular comic created a solid bond between my brother and I, and it definitely helped shape the shenanigans we would do for fun.

Here's a little comic about that: