The Mysteries
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Book Overview
A New York Times, USA Today, Publishers Weekly, and Indie Bestseller. From Bill Watterson, bestselling creator of the beloved comic strip Calvin and Hobbes, and John Kascht, one of America's most renowned caricaturists, comes a mysterious and beautifully illustrated fable about what lies beyond human understanding. In a fable for grown-ups by cartoonist Bill Watterson, a long-ago kingdom 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. For the book's illustrations, Watterson and caricaturist John Kascht worked together for several years in unusually close collaboration. Both artists abandoned their past ways of working, inventing images together that neither could anticipate--a mysterious process in its own right. With The Mysteries, Watterson and Kascht share the fascinating genesis of their extraordinary collaboration in a video that can be viewed on Andrews McMeel Publishing's YouTube page.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1524884944
ISBN13:9781524884949
Release Date:October 2023
Publisher:Andrews McMeel Publishing
Length:72 Pages
Weight:1.00 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 8.2" x 8.1"
Customer Reviews
2 ratings
A ponder piece
Published by Eeeee , 1 year ago
I had no idea what to expect from this, but I love Calvin and Hobbes so bought it. This book is marketed as for adults, but it is written like a child’s book. It takes less than five minutes to read.
At first I like it, then I didn’t. I have to mull over what he’s trying to say. Is it that people are grotesque and the cosmos exists whether they under it or not?
Calvin and Hobbes will be Watterson’s legacy, not this ugly book.
Approach this book without expectations
Published by Michael Porterfield , 1 year ago
Suspend your knowledge of Calvin & Hobbes. Approach this book without expectations based on your favorite cartoonist. To do so would be unfair. I almost think Watterson should have published this under a pseudonym so people would see it with fresh eyes and appreciate it for what it is—not what you (perhaps) hoped it would be. Personally I really enjoyed it. I read it several times and spent time with each illustration—I loved it. Did I want it to be longer, like a novel? Perhaps. But, as with C&H, Watterson has never needed that much length to say what he could through the right word choice and superb artwork. To those who said they could have churned this book out in an hour—don't embarrass yourselves. Quantity doesn't equal quality. If you want C&H, go buy the 3-volume treasury. It's definitely worth it. My only hope is that we don't have to wait 25 years for his next offering...
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