Calvin and Hobbes

I read only one book a year...

... if I'm lucky.

I think I've found the book I want to read for 2010.

Looking for Calvin and Hobbes: The Unconventional Story of Bill Watterson and His Revolutionary Comic Strip by Nevin Martell

It's a fun read. Trying to find out about a man who doesn't seem to want to be found.

My question is this: what is Bill Watterson doing with his time?

Cartooning seemed to be such a big part of his life growing up. School papers, yearbooks, college papers, local papers and national syndication. How do you give that up? And if you don't give it up completely, where is all the new art going for the past 10 years?

Is he doing gallery paintings? Is he illustrating books under a pseudonym?

Maybe when I finish reading the book I'll get answers.

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Grave Sight

I’m reading "Grave Sight" by Charlaine Harris. It's about a woman who can find dead bodies and tell what happened in the last minutes of life.

Good reading.

There's tension on every page. And from the get-go the tension is set up. Will the town pay her for her services or not? And more tensions and complications are added and built up.

I should be reading that instead of writing this!

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