After over two decades of reclusive behavior (the sort of behavior the late J.D. Salinger would have admired) comic genius Bill Waterson has finally responded to an interviewer’s questions.
The creator of the ubiquitous 6 year-old, Calvin, and his jungle cat friend answered John Campanelli’s inquiries via email, humorously admitting to his own Luddite tendencies and acknowledging the pop cultural life his characters have gone on to lead without him.
“You mix a bunch of ingredients, and once in a great while, chemistry happens. I can’t explain why the strip caught on the way it did, and I don’t think I could ever duplicate it. A lot of things have to go right all at once.”
