The Mysteries

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I think there are many people who need to heed this message, but are they the ones picking up a book by Bill Watterson?

Hoping to end the torment, the king dispatches his knights to discover the source of the mysterious events.Reading “The Mysteries” after rereading “Calvin and Hobbes” reminded me of the Brothers Grimm story “The Goblins. Some of the illustrations appear to be photographs of small clay sculptures alongside elements composed in graphite and maybe paint—but the materials aren’t specified.

Except for 3 strips he partly drew for Stephan Pastis’ Pearls Before Swine, Bill Watterson hasn’t done ANYTHING for the public since Calvin and Hobbes rode their toboggan down the hill one final time on December 31, 1995. For Calvin and Hobbes, the years never passed—in “The Mysteries,” time’s arrow can’t be missed for a moment. On the artwork itself: I did not find the artwork to be what I’d hoped either, as there seem to be digital blur effects that make it look less professional, or not at the correct resolution.The first scene of “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight,” which is thought to have been written in the late fourteenth century, takes place in Camelot during New Year’s festivities. Hopefully it won't take him another 30 years to follow this up with a Jazz record, a contemporary art exhibition, or a performance piece at the MoMA. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Condé Nast.