The only thing Bill ever asked of me was that I not reveal he had worked on Pearls until all three of his strips had run. (And if you haven’t yet seen those three strips, they can be found HE RE [1], HE RE [2], and HE RE [3].)
Via Hacker News [4], “Pearls Before Swine—The Blog O' Stephan Pastis [5]”
“Bill,” eh? Let's see this “Bill's” work …
[The drawing style in the middle panel looks familiar somehow …] [6] [7] [… can't quite place my finger on it …] [8] [9] [… it's not … it can't be …] [10] [11]
Oh. Yeah. That Bill [12]! No need to hit you over the head with it.
[Then maybe Bill will continue with the strip!] [13] [14]
Then again …
[And please, follow the link to Hacker News [15], there are a lot more links to Bill Watterson goodness and it would save me the time to link to every single one of them.]
[1] http://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2014/06/04#.U5KCEV7irwI
[2] http://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2014/06/05#.U5KCMF7irwI
[3] http://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2014/06/06#.U5KCZl7irwI
[4] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7861295
[5] http://stephanpastis.wordpress.com/2014/06/07/ever-
[6] /boston/2014/06/07/pbsch1.gif
[7] http://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2014/06/04#.U5KCEV7irwI
[8] /boston/2014/06/07/pbsch2.gif
[9] http://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2014/06/05#.U5KCMF7irwI
[10] /boston/2014/06/07/pbsch3.gif
[11] http://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2014/06/06#.U5KCZl7irwI
[12] http://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/
[13] /boston/2014/06/07/pb140607.gif
[14] http://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2014/06/07#.U5LDF4XvmkI
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