Bill Watterson is the artist who brought the world the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes. Calvin was one of the most popular comic strips of modern times, running in more than 2,400 papers at one point. It ran for 10 years--from November of 1985 until December of 1995, totalling 3,160 published strips. This month the definitive collection, The Complete Calvin and Hobbes, goes on sale.

I think I'll let Calvin speak for himself. Click to view each strip in a new window.

Calvin the mad scientist, building a Cerebral Enhance-a-tron.

This strip shows some of Watterson's artistic talent.

Calvin comes to terms with death and grief.

The last strip.