'Exploring Calvin and Hobbes' Opens November 14: Watterson's Original Artwork Tours for the First Time
The Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, opens Exploring Calvin and Hobbes on November 14, running through May 31, 2027. The museum says this is the first time Bill Watterson's original drawings have been made available for a touring exhibition, and that it is the first venue to present the exhibition in its entirety.
Calvin and Hobbes, the beloved newspaper comic strip about six-year-old Calvin and his stuffed tiger Hobbes, comes to life through Watterson's original pen-and-ink strips and watercolors. Curated by Jenny E. Robb, head curator of Ohio State University's Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum, which organized the show, the exhibition looks at Watterson's creative process, inventive layouts and expressive drawing, and how he developed the strip's characters and storylines.
The exhibition also traces Watterson's artistic influences, including George Herriman's Krazy Kat and Charles M. Schulz's Peanuts; work by both cartoonists is also on view. A companion Herriman exhibition opened at the museum on November 7 and runs through May 31, 2027.
Also opening November 14 is Norman Rockwell: The Human Touch, on view through May 31, 2027, examining Rockwell's portrayals of everyday relationships, from humor to quiet reflection, and his later turn toward pressing social concerns. The museum's annual holiday exhibition follows on November 20.
Source: Norman Rockwell Museum
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