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Art has to keep moving and discovering to stay alive.

Bill Watterson

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Bill Watterson
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: July 5
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Cartoonist
Comics Artist
Washington
District of Columbia
Moving
Keep
Art
Discovering
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Alive

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I still read newspaper comics, but without much hope for their future.
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Planet Bog - Pools of toxic chemicals bubble under a choking atmosphere of poisonous gases... but aside from that, it's not much like Earth.
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Happiness isn't good enough for me! I demand euphoria!
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Creating a life that reflects your values and satisfies your soul is a rare achievement.
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Girls are like slugs - they probably serve some purpose, but it's hard to imagine what.
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Calvin the zombie searches for food. Horribly, the undead feed upon the living! ...Although, in a pinch, a PBJ will do, if you eat it messily enough.
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There are no restrictions of taste, approach, or subject matter. The gatekeepers are gone, so the prospect for new and different voices is exciting. Or at least it will be if anyone reads them. And it will be even more exciting if anyone pays for them. It's hard to charge admission without a gate.
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You know, sometimes kids get bad grades in school because the class moves too slow for them. Einstein got D's in school. Well guess what, I get F's!!!
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I've got plenty of common sense! I just choose to ignore it.
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You know, maybe we don't need enemies. Yeah, best friends aree about all I can take.
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People always make the mistake of thinking art is created for them. But really, art is a private language for sophisticates to congratulate themselves on their superiority to the rest of the world. As my artist’s statement explains, my work is utterly incomprehensible and is therefore full of deep significance.
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Sleepwalking? Nightmare? Homicidal psycho jungle cat!
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Hey Susie Derkins, is that your face, or is a 'possum stuck in your collar?
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I think we dream so we don't have to be apart so long. If we're in each other's dreams, we can play together all night.
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