Exploring Bill Watterson’s Calvin and Hobbes with Curator Jenny Robb

From 1985 to 1995, Bill Watterson created one of the most celebrated and beloved newspaper comic strips of all time: Calvin and Hobbes.  The strip featured the adventures (and misadventures) of 6-year-old Calvin and his trusty companion, Hobbes.  Join Jenny Robb in exploring Watterson’s masterful artistry and storytelling, the evolution of the strip, and his place in the history of American newspaper comics.   Robb will also present exclusive recordings of Watterson discussing the strip and his process, accompanied by visuals from the museum’s extensive collection of Calvin and Hobbes materials. Robb is Head Curator of Comics and Cartoon Art at the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum, which houses the Bill Watterson Collection of more than 3,000 original Calvin and Hobbes daily and Sunday comic strips. In collaboration with Watterson, she curated the exhibition “Exploring Calvin and Hobbes”, which was featured at the Billy Ireland Cartoon Museum in 2014.

$12.50 member / $15 non-members.