"It's always better to leave the party early."

Says Bill Waterson, creator of Calvin and Hobbs, on why he stopped writing it:

If I had rolled along with the strip's popularity and repeated myself for another five, 10 or 20 years, the people now "grieving" for "Calvin and Hobbes" would be wishing me dead and cursing newspapers for running tedious, ancient strips like mine instead of acquiring fresher, livelier talent. And I'd be agreeing with them.

It's his first interview in years and years. I always appreciated the way that Waterson drew the pictures, which often went well beyond what you'd get just about anywhere:


Via From The Barrel Of A Gun.