If you can't control your peanut butter, you can't expect to control your life.

William "Bill" Boyd Watterson II (born July 5 1958) is an American artist 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 views on licensing and comic syndication as well as for his reclusive nature.