# Bill Watterson

Bill Watterson (né le 5 juillet 1958), est un scénariste et dessinateur de bande dessinée américain. Il est le père de la série humoristique Calvin & Hobbes.

## Calvin et Hobbes

    Voir le recueil de citations : Calvin et Hobbes

## Propos publics

* (en) Most often I’d begin with the words. Generally, the writing underwent so many revisions that there was no point in drawing anything until the dialog was fully set. I could always visualize the pictures anyway. It was the writing that gave me fits.
* Sur son processus créatif pour Calvin et Hobbes.
* (en) « New Interview! Calvin & Hobbes creator Bill Watterson and Cul de Sac creator Richard Thompson talk libraries, comics, and the creative process with Ohio State », Bill Watterson (propos recueillis par Richard Samuel West) (trad. Wikiquote), Site de l'Ohio State University, 20 mars 2014 (lire en ligne)
* (en) I can’t really picture the average person going to the trouble of curating his own little comic section, much less reading a new and unfamiliar strip for months to build up a relationship with it. There’s so much other content available—instantly and all for free—that there’s no reason to stick around if you’re not immediately enthralled. We consume everything like potato chips now. In this environment, I suspect the cartoonist’s connection with readers is likely to be superficial and fleeting, unless he taps into some fervent special interest niche. And that audience, almost by definition, will be tiny. It’s a very different world from the days when everyone in America knew who Popeye, Dick Tracy or Charlie Brown was.
* (en) « New Interview! Calvin & Hobbes creator Bill Watterson and Cul de Sac creator Richard Thompson talk libraries, comics, and the creative process with Ohio State », Bill Watterson (propos recueillis par Richard Samuel West) (trad. Wikiquote), Site de l'Ohio State University, 20 mars 2014 (lire en ligne)
* (en) The appeal of that is that, you know, the cartoonist is an adult and, presumably, he has adult comments to make. It’s not natural to speak through the mind of a child.
* Sur les réflexions très adultes qu'il prête parfois à Calvin.
* (en) « The Bill Watterson Interview », Bill Watterson (propos recueillis par Richard Samuel West) (trad. Wikiquote), The Comics Journal, nº 127, mars 1989 (republié en ligne le 6 décembre 2013) (lire en ligne)
* (en) Each kind of story has its own problems in writing, but my main concern really is to keep the reader on his toes, or to keep the strip unpredictable. I try to achieve some sort of balance between the two that keeps the reader wondering what’s going to happen next and be surprised.
* (en) « The Bill Watterson Interview », Bill Watterson (propos recueillis par Richard Samuel West) (trad. Wikiquote), The Comics Journal, nº 127, mars 1989 (republié en ligne le 6 décembre 2013) (lire en ligne)
* (en) Really, what I’m trying to do is to juggle as many balls as I can at once so that I’ll have a slapstick joke one day, a fantasy another day, a friendship, a sadness. I try to explore as diverse a world as I’m capable of.
* (en) « The Bill Watterson Interview », Bill Watterson (propos recueillis par Richard Samuel West) (trad. Wikiquote), The Comics Journal, nº 127, mars 1989 (republié en ligne le 6 décembre 2013) (lire en ligne)
* (en) I would hope that the friendship between Calvin and Hobbes is so complex that it would transcend a normal fantasy. The resolution of the question of whether Hobbes is real or not doesn’t concern me or interest me, but, hopefully, there’s some element of complexity there that will make the relationship interesting on a couple of levels.
* (en) « The Bill Watterson Interview », Bill Watterson (propos recueillis par Richard Samuel West) (trad. Wikiquote), The Comics Journal, nº 127, mars 1989 (republié en ligne le 6 décembre 2013) (lire en ligne)
* (en) I enjoy the drawing more than the writing, so I try to think of ideas that will allow me to develop the visual side of the strip as fully as possible.
* (en) « The Bill Watterson Interview », Bill Watterson (propos recueillis par Richard Samuel West) (trad. Wikiquote), The Comics Journal, nº 127, mars 1989 (republié en ligne le 6 décembre 2013) (lire en ligne)
* (en) The fun of a Sunday is that I have more space.
* Au sujet de Calvin et Hobbes conçu pour paraître dans les journaux, qui lui laissaient un plus grand espace sur la page le dimanche.
* (en) « The Bill Watterson Interview », Bill Watterson (propos recueillis par Richard Samuel West) (trad. Wikiquote), The Comics Journal, nº 127, mars 1989 (republié en ligne le 6 décembre 2013) (lire en ligne)
* (en) The original Pooh stories are very subtle and sophisticated. They went right over my head as a kid, which is why they never were a real influence on me, but I reread them recently, and they’re hilarious.
* (en) « The Bill Watterson Interview », Bill Watterson (propos recueillis par Richard Samuel West) (trad. Wikiquote), The Comics Journal, nº 127, mars 1989 (republié en ligne le 6 décembre 2013) (lire en ligne)
* (en) Many strips have, you know, the funny character, the straight man, the foil — those characters are stereotypes and fairly flat. The role of these characters in the strip is entirely defined by their function as a member of a social group or age group, or whatever, and I’m trying to avoid that as much as I possibly can. I try to make each character, even the ones that aren’t that important, a unique personality that, over time, will develop.
* (en) « The Bill Watterson Interview », Bill Watterson (propos recueillis par Richard Samuel West) (trad. Wikiquote), The Comics Journal, nº 127, mars 1989 (republié en ligne le 6 décembre 2013) (lire en ligne)
* (en) The visual aspect of comics is what got me into the profession in the first place.
* (en) « The Bill Watterson Interview », Bill Watterson (propos recueillis par Richard Samuel West) (trad. Wikiquote), The Comics Journal, nº 127, mars 1989 (republié en ligne le 6 décembre 2013) (lire en ligne)
* (en) I’m not interested in removing all the subtlety from my work to condense it for a product. The strip is about more than jokes. I think the syndicate would admit this if they would start looking at my strip instead of just the royalty checks.
* Sur ses refus d'autoriser des produits dérivés Calvin et Hobbes.
* (en) « The Bill Watterson Interview », Bill Watterson (propos recueillis par Richard Samuel West) (trad. Wikiquote), The Comics Journal, nº 127, mars 1989 (republié en ligne le 6 décembre 2013) (lire en ligne)
* (en) The idea of a Hobbes doll is especially noxious, because the whole intrigue of Hobbes is that he may or may not be a real tiger. The strip deliberately sets up two versions of reality without committing itself to either one.
* Sur ses refus d'autoriser des produits dérivés Calvin et Hobbes.
* (en) « The Bill Watterson Interview », Bill Watterson (propos recueillis par Richard Samuel West) (trad. Wikiquote), The Comics Journal, nº 127, mars 1989 (republié en ligne le 6 décembre 2013) (lire en ligne)
* (en) The size issue is crucial to anyone who cares about quality in cartoons. To save space, newsprint, and money, newspapers have been reducing the size of comics for years. It has gotten to the point now, where cartoons can no longer do what they do best. Comic strips are words and pictures, but there is little room for either any more.
* Sur la place de plus en plus restreinte accordée aux BD par les journaux.
* (en) « The Bill Watterson Interview », Bill Watterson (propos recueillis par Richard Samuel West) (trad. Wikiquote), The Comics Journal, nº 127, mars 1989 (republié en ligne le 6 décembre 2013) (lire en ligne)

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