C&H is basically the '90s in a nutshell. Coincidentally, Watterson himself was very punk: he started drawing for his own sake, got famous, refused to accept th

C&H is basically the '90s in a nutshell. Coincidentally, Watterson himself was very punk: he started drawing for his own sake, got famous, refused to accept the capitalist growth imperative, and dropped out. He never sported a mohawk or pierced his tongue, but was more punk than several generations of punk-rock wannabes.