The Mysteries by Bill Watterson

Amazon has a few more sample pages of text and art: https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1524884944?tag=sscan...

Edit: Even easier:

- https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61Bf9EMGwsL.jpg

- https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/710rEGCuE-L.jpg

- https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71OtBBkSGAL.jpg

- https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71vW6lumrpL.jpg

I am a reasonably successful person by any measure. I honestly credit Bill Watterson for a huge part of my brain development while growing up. It sounds a little silly but I would not be the person I am today without Calvin and Hobbes.

Note that the book credits Illustrations by John Kascht

"‘For the book's illustrations, Watterson and caricaturist John Kascht worked together for several years in unusually close collaboration. Both artists abandoned their past ways of working, inventing images together that neither could anticipate—a mysterious process in its own right.’"

I am utterly excited for this and shocked that it is a thing that exists. Watterson seemed content to avoid the world and let C&H stand alone as his singular stamp on our culture. Now he's made something new and my enthusiasm is boundless. Holy crap.

Never have I so reflexively pre-ordered a book I just heard about on the internet.

I read Calvin and Hobbes to my daughter tonight. Calvin is so naughty. ...It's a special break from all my (sometimes-obnoxious) messaging around being kind and respectful.

> a fable for grown-ups

It's a hell of a pitch. Looking forward to the first non-spoiler reviews.

Is this the first non-Calvin book by Waterson?

If you're a fan of Calvin, would definitely recommend the 10th Anniversary Book [1], as it has its fair share of commentary by Watterson.

[1]: https://archive.org/details/calvinhobbestent00watt

damn doesn't look like it ships to Washington state