Calvin & Hobbes dominated the Sunday comics in thousands of newspapers for over 10 years, having a profound effect on millions of readers across the globe. When the strip’s creator, Bill Watterson, retired the strip on New Year’s Eve in 1995, devoted readers everywhere felt the void left by the ...

Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum Curator Jenny Robb takes on the somewhat difficult task of trying to define a comic strip.

How do you define or describe Calvin & Hobbes in just a few sentences?

Bill Watterson's editor, Lee Salem, talks about his first reactions to the strip and the expectations surrounding it.

Cartoonist Tony Cochran recalls his initial impression after seeing Calvin & Hobbes.

Cartoonist Bill Amend recalls seeing a misprint in his local newspaper.

Cartoonist Berkeley Breathed recalls his reactions to Calvin & Hobbes.

Cartoonist Jan Eliot recalls her initial reaction to Calvin & Hobbes and how she eventually got her strip Stone Soup in newspapers.

Animation critic and historian Charles Solomon talks about Bill Watterson and animation.

Cartoonist Wiley Miller talks about the common theme among comic strips that were successful and acclaimed.

Cartoonist Jef Mallett talks about how a mistake he made turned into an opportunity.

A fan shares one of his favorite strips.

A fan shares one of his favorite strips.

Tony Cochran talks about reaching out to Bill Watterson.

A former teacher talks about students learning to read with Calvin & Hobbes

An introduction to the Fireside Book Shop in Chagrin Falls, Ohio.

A resident of Watterson's hometown of Chagrin Falls, Ohio, shares a Watterson editorial cartoon.

Cartoonist Stephan Pastis talks about a commonality among comic strip characters.

Bill Amend recounts his first interaction with Bill Watterson.

Cartoonist Stephan Pastis (Pearls Before Swine) walks us through his creative process.

Bill Amend (FoxTrot) shares a story about the tools that Watterson used to draw Calvin & Hobbes.

Cartoonist Stephan Pastis (Pearls Before Swine) discusses Watterson's decision to not license his characters. This clip is the un-edited piece of Pastis' interview about the subject.

Charles Solomon recalls a couple early phone interviews with Bill Watterson.

Berke Breathed (Bloom County, Outland, Opus) talks about Watterson and merchandising.

This scene, which was deleted before being refined any further, focuses on the strip Cul de Sac, by Richard Thompson.

Robot Chicken co-creator Seth Green talks about the process of creating their Calvin & Hobbes parody.

This recording comes from the morning after I (Director Joel Schroeder) had a dream about Bill Watterson.

A fan talks about having his own Hobbes plush doll created.

Calvin & Hobbes: perfect for reading...everywhere.

Berke Breathed shares another one of his letters from Bill Watterson, complete with another drawing, of course.

Wiley Miller (Non-Sequitur) talks Bill Watterson's "Cheapening of the Comics" speech, specifically about how comic strips used to be inherited after the original creator has passed.

Jef Mallett (Frazz) talks about not being able to read Calvin & Hobbes all the time because of the comparisons between it and his strip.

A fan talks about the process of making Calvin & Hobbes plush dolls for her boyfriend.

Cartoonist Dan Piraro talks about the technological changes in the comics industry.

In a video from one of our Kickstarter updates, director Joel Schroeder gives a brief tour of where much of our insert photography was filmed.

Cartoonist Dan Piraro gives another perspective on Watterson's demands for a 1/2 page in client newspapers.

Bill Amend (FoxTrot) talks about some of the pros and cons of being a daily cartoonist.

Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum curator Jenny Robb talks about Calvin & Hobbes exhibitions.

Jan Eliot (Stone Soup) talks about the possibility of another Calvin & Hobbes.

Watterson's editor, Lee Salem, offers up some final thoughts about the legacy of Calvin & Hobbes and Watterson himself.

The teaser trailer for Dear Mr. Watterson

The theatrical trailer for Dear Mr. Watterson