Calvin and Hobbes：Sunday Pages 1985-1995

图书标准信息

• 作者 Bill Watterson 著
• 出版社 Simon & Schuster
• 出版时间 2001-09
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780740721359
• 定价 134.40元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 8开
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 96页
• 正文语种 英语
• 丛书 Calvin & Hobbes

【内容简介】

NewYorkTimesbest-seller!
EveryonemissesCalvinandHobbes.
Itreinventedthenewspapercomicstripatatimewhenmanyhadallbutburiedthefunniesasavehicleforfresh,creativework.ThenBillWattersoncamealongandremindedanewgenerationofwhatolderreadersandcomicstripaficionadosknew:Awell-writtenandbeautifullydrawnstripisanintricate,powerfulformofcommunication.AndwithCalvinandHobbes,wehadfun—justlikereadersofKrazyKatandPogodid.Openingthenewspapereachdaywasanadventure.TheheightsofWatterson'screativeimaginationtookusplaceswehadneverbeen.Wemissthat.
ThisbookwaspublishedinconjunctionwiththefirstexhibitionoforiginalCalvinandHobbesSundaypagesatTheOhioStateUniversityCartoonResearchLibrary.Althoughtheworkwascreatedforreproduction,notforgallerydisplay,wasapleasuretoseethecartoonist'scarefullyplacedlinesandexquisitebrushstrokes.Inanattempttosharethisexperiencewiththosewhowereunabletovisittheexhibition,alloftheoriginalSundaypagesdisplayedarereproducedincolorinthisbooksothateverydetail,suchassketchlines,corrections,andregistrationmarks,arevisible.Ontheoppositepagethesamecomicstripisprintedinfullcolor.BecauseWattersonwasunusuallyintentionalandcreativeinhisuseofcolor,thisjuxtapositionprovidesCalvinandHobbesreaderstheopportunitytoconsidertheimpactofcoloronitsnarrativeandcontent.
WhenIfirstcontactedBillWattersonaboutthepossibilityofexhibitinghisoriginalwork,Iusedtheterm"retrospective."Herepliedthatwemightbeabletodoanexhibit,butthatcallingitaretrospectivemadehimuncomfortable.HefeltthatalongertimewasneededtoputCalvinandHobbesinthehistoricalperspectiveimpliedbythatterm.Nonetheless,thisshowisa"lookback"atthecomicstripaswerevisitfavoritesthatweremember.CalvinandHobbes:SundayPages1985-1995isparticularlyinterestingbecauseeachworkthatisincludedwasselectedbyBillWatterson.Hiscommentsaboutthethirty-sixSundaypageshechosearepartofthisvolume.Inaddition,hereflectsonCalvinandHobbesfromtheperspectiveofsixyears,andhisessayprovidesinsightsintohislifeasasyndicatedcartoonist.
ReprintbooksofCalvinandHobbesarenicetohave,buttheopportunitytoseetheoriginalworkandreadBillWatterson'sthoughtsaboutitisaprivilege.Hegenerouslysharednotonlytheart,butalsohistimeandhisthoughts.WhenIfirstreviewedtheworksincludedintheexhibit,Iknewthateveryonewhovisiteditwouldbeginwithlaughterandendwithtears.
OnbehalfofallwhoenjoyedCalvinandHobbes,thankyou,BillWatterson.

【作者简介】

BillWattersonisthecreatorofCalvinandHobbes,oneofthemostpopularandwell-regardedcartoonstripsofthetwentiethcentury.CalvinandHobbesappearedinnewspapersfromNovember1985untilWatterson'sretirementin1996.