Post #1979236
2026-04-20 14:16 UTC
@camertron it is no surprise to me that Bill Watterson not only retired near the top of his game at the "perfect" time to have a good legacy rather than "overstaying in the spotlight"
But then *vanished off the face of the Earth* to some tiny fishing cabin on the ocean and only has e-mail with people he knew from before he was famous with rare exceptions
This is the way
(Source: my memory of when this happened: https://slate.com/culture/2014/06/bill-watterson-does-pearls-before-swine-the-calvin-and-hobbes-creator-emerged-from-retirement-to-work-with-stephan-pastis.html )
Replies (2)
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@camertron@ruby.social 2026-04-21 21:06
@jhwgh1968 it's wild how many times I've thought about leaving tech and driving a bus or something instead.
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@MyLittleMetroid@sfba.social 2026-04-26 06:24
@jhwgh1968 @camertron He's popped around a few times through the years for this and that and been surprisingly normal about all of it.