Well here ’s an unexpected surprisal : Bill Watterson , long - retired creator of Calvin of Hobbes , was so impressed withStripped – a new lineament infotainment that invites some of the cock-a-hoop names in cartoon strip “ to utter about the graphics form they love , and what happens to it as newspaper publisher die ” – that he agreed to provide the fine art for the film ’s poster .
Stripped – the trailer for which appears above – is a “ love - letter ” to the art shape of cartooning , the brainchild of co - directors Dave Kellett ( ofSheldonandDrive ) and Fred Schroeder . The duo comport over 90 interviews with some of the industry ’s braggy names to understand the once , current , and next landscape of comics , and how that landscape painting stands to transform as more people turn to the web for content . The list of interviewee includes more than 70 big - name print- and web - free-base cartoonists , including Zach Weiner ( SMBC ) , Bill Amend ( Foxtrot ) , Jim Davis ( Garfield ) , Kate Beaton ( Hark ! A Vagrant ) and , in his first - ever audio frequency interview , Bill Watterson ( check out the intact list of intervieweeshere ) . The full version of Watterson ’s poster art appears below :
“ In the right hand , ” Watterson say , in a sound byte that Kellett and Schroeder use to start the documentary ’s new put out trailer , “ a laughable airstrip attains a beauty and an elegance that really I would put against any other art . ”
That Watterson would lend his voice to the movie had us pretty unrestrained for its release . That he was so take with the end production that he leant it his pen has us pretty much out of our minds with anticipation . Stripped will be available for onward motion ordering on iTunes at midnight tonight . DVD goes on sale April 2nd .
[ StrippedviaThe New York Times ]
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