Editing Calvin and Hobbes (section)

===Animation===
Watterson has expressed admiration for animation as an artform. In a 1989 interview in ''[[The Comics Journal]]'' he described the appeal of being able to do things with a moving image that cannot be done by a simple drawing: the distortion, the exaggeration and the control over the length of time an event is viewed.<ref>{{Cite web|last=The Comics Journal|date=2013-12-06|title=The Bill Watterson Interview|url=https://www.tcj.com/the-bill-watterson-interview/|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-18|website=The Comics Journal|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131208121422/http://www.tcj.com:80/the-bill-watterson-interview/ |archive-date=December 8, 2013 }}</ref> However, although the visual possibilities of animation appealed to Watterson, the idea of finding a voice for Calvin made him uncomfortable, as did the idea of working with a team of animators.<ref name="west1989" /> Ultimately, ''Calvin and Hobbes'' was never made into an [[animated cartoon|animated series]]. Watterson later stated in ''The Calvin and Hobbes Tenth Anniversary Book'' that he liked the fact that his strip was a "low-tech, one-man operation," and that he took great pride in the fact that he drew every line and wrote every word on his own.<ref>[[#CITEREFWatterson1995|Watterson (1995)]], p. 11.</ref> Calls from major Hollywood figures interested in an adaptation of his work, including [[Jim Henson]], [[George Lucas]] and [[Steven Spielberg]], were never returned<ref name=":1" /> and in a 2013 interview Watterson stated that he had "zero interest" in an animated adaptation as there was really no upside for him in doing so.<ref name=":2" />