The Mysteries

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1. jjuliusDec 2024
   You'd be keen to know that, a year or two back, Watterson published his first piece of work since C&H ended. It's great - short, sweet, but great. :)

   https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Mysteries/Bill-Wa...

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2. fermigierJul 2024
   https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/10/30/the-mysteries-...

   I've read, many times (it's a very short read), M. Watterson's (and his friend's John Kascht) latest work, "The Mysteries", and I very much like it. It's a multifaceted fable that explores, among other things, the tension between curiosity and control, and the allure and danger of technological progress. "The Mysteries" takes a more somber and philosophical approach, and its graphical style is radically different from C&H's, but I think it still shares with C&H a deep appreciation for the mysteries of life and the power of imagination to enrich our understanding of the world.

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3. LeifCarrotsonDec 2024
   Aw nuts, I was hoping this was another new release. Watterson has famously been living quietly out of the public eye for almost 30 years now, but recently released a new short book in collaboration with John Kascht called "The Mysteries". He did appear in an interview on that:

   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHND7L1wUl0

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4. alsetmusicJul 2024
   Stupendous Man is one of my tattoos. Seeing it always makes me happy. What a uniquely great comic. It has been an incredible influence in my life.

   The first time I was reading “Something Under the Bed is Drooling,” when I got to the Mr Bun strip, my brain broke from the art change. I was extremely confused until I got to the end. To be a kid again…

   Watterson has a new book: The Mysteries.

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5. shagieDec 2023
   An excerpt of that speech as a cartoon done by Gavin Aung Than of Zen Pencils - http://www.zenpencils.com/comic/128-bill-watterson-a-cartoon... (published 2013 along with commentary)

   New Yorker's "Life after Calvin and Hobbes" https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/10/30/the-mysteries-...

   The Mysteries - by Bill Watterson, published October 10th, 2023 https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Mysteries/Bill-Wa...

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6. pallas_athenaOct 2023
   Related: "Collaborating on The Mysteries - Bill Watterson and John Kascht ", https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37991049
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