CALVIN AND HOBBES Creator Bill Watterson is Developing an Illustrated "Fable For Grown-Ups" THE MYSTERIES
We've got some exciting news for all of you Calvin and Hobbes fans! Bill Watterson, the genius behind the beloved comic strip, is back in the publishing world after years of staying low and he's teaming up with caricature artist John Kascht to bring us a "fable for grown-ups" called The Mysteries.
Publisher Simon & Schuster describes the book as a "mysterious and beautifully illustrated fable about what lies beyond human understanding." The story is set long-ago in a kingdom that is “afflicted with unexplainable calamities. Hoping to end the torment, the king dispatches his knights to discover the source of the mysterious events. Years later, a single battered knight returns.”
Some preview images have been shared for the book and it looks like a storybook with a two-page spread featuring a short narration on one side and an illustration on the other. The publisher says that for these illustrations, Watterson and Kascht "worked together for several years in unusually close collaboration," and "abandoned their past ways of working" in order to create something new.
As you’ll see, they’ve created some beautiful yet haunting fantasy-style art. Kascht's caricature work is renowned, appearing on billboards and magazine covers, but its Watterson's Calvin and Hobbes work that most people are familiar with, this book is very different from that. I’ve been a fan of Calvin and Hobbes since I was a kid, but I’m excited to see Watterson create something new and very different!
It looks like Watterson and Kascht are going to deliver something magical and I can’t wait to read it!
