He attempted six concepts for a cartoon strip, all of which were rejected. He thus returned once again to designing advertisements for a while. He decided not to work said character into the strip of what would become Calvin and Hobbes, as he was offended working on a character that wasn't his own and creating a strip just for advertising. He was once approached with a offer to create a strip featuring the character of a robot with a propeller on his head, which had a huge licensing program planned with plush toys. At some point, he picked up a job designing advertisements, which he supposedly "detested".ĭuring this time, he turned his attention to being a self-employed cartoonist. Watterson was however denied further employment beyond the trial period. Immediately, the Cincinnati Post offered him a job drawing political cartoons for a six-month trial period. In 1980, Watterson graduated from Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio with a degree in political science. He has a younger brother, Tom, who is a high school teacher in Austin, Texas. The family moved to Chagrin Falls, Ohio when Bill was six years old his mother, Kathryn, became a city council member. Watterson (1932-2016), worked as a patent examiner while going to law school, until becoming a patent attorney in 1960. Watterson was born in Washington, D.C., where his father, James G.
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