He is also co-creator of the Short Story Advent Calendar. His novel The Dilettantes was a #1 regional bestseller. Michael Hingston's writing has appeared in Wired magazine, the Washington Post, and the Guardian. 'Depicted with toe-curling immediacy-and hilarity.' - Montreal Gazette on The Dilettantes The exhibit is Bill Wattersons personal exploration of how the wonder of Calvin and Hobbes came to be. 'The dialogue is funny and spot on, and the satire alternately nips, bites, and rips your head off … a terrific debut.' - Edmonton Journal on The Dilettantes Exploring Calvin and Hobbes is the catalogue for an exhibition by the same name at the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum at Ohio State University that ran in 2014. 'May well be the Great Canadian Comic Novel.' - Winnipeg Free Press on The Dilettantes

' does it all with a delicious sense of humour, eviscerating his characters' extended adolescence while creating sympathy for their attempt to find a place in the world.' - Quill & Quire (starred review) In Let's Go Exploring, Michael Hingston mines the strip and traces the story of Calvin's reclusive creator to demonstrate how imagination - its possibilities, its opportunities, and ultimately its limitations - helped make Calvin and Hobbes North America's last great comic strip. The story of a boy and his best friend - a stuffed tiger - was a pitch-perfect distillation of the joys and horrors of childhood, and a celebration of imagination in its purest form. Until its retirement in 1995 after a ten-year run, the strip won numerous awards and drew tens of millions of readers from all around the world. The internet is home to impassioned debates on just about everything, but there's one thing that's universally beloved: Bill Watterson's comic strip Calvin and Hobbes. A fascinating investigation of a beloved comic strip

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