William Boyd "
Bill"
Watterson II (born July 5, 1958) is an American cartoonist and the author of the
comic strip Calvin and Hobbes, which was
syndicated from 1985 to 1995. Watterson stopped drawing
Calvin and Hobbes at the end of 1995 with a short statement to newspaper editors and his readers that he felt he had achieved all he could in the medium. Watterson is known for his negative views on licensing and comic syndication and his move back into
private life after he was done drawing
Calvin and Hobbes. Watterson was born in
Washington, D.C. and grew up in
Chagrin Falls,
Ohio, whose suburban
Midwestern United States setting was part of the inspiration for
Calvin and Hobbes.