Dear Mr. Watterson (2013)

Directed by

Joel Allen Schroeder

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 29m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 42 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary explores the life and work of Bill Watterson, who created the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes. It looks at how the strip and its creator have influenced readers and other artists.

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What happens

Dear Mr. Watterson is a 2013 American documentary film directed by Joel Allen Schroeder, produced by Christopher Browne and Matt McUsic, with Andrew P. Waruszewski as the cinematographer. The film follows the career of Bill Watterson, the author of the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes, and the influence of both the author and the comic strip on the world. Watterson ended the strip on December 31, 1995, and since then has avoided the public eye. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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