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Shame. From what I understand, this guy is incredibly hard to get an interview with. So they manage to score one, and perform the mother of all rookie intervi

Shame. From what I understand, this guy is incredibly hard to get an interview with. So they manage to score one, and perform the mother of all rookie interviews. Rather than ask followup questions on any of the interesting things the subject has to say, the interviewer seems to almost want to cut him short to ask the next unrelated question from his list. Terrible. Watterson: ..It was a grim, sad time. Desperation makes a person do crazy things... <pregnant pause> Interviewer: Great. So what kind of car do you drive? I really wish we could get a do over on this one.

metermaid 13y ago
In all fairness, this is only an excerpt, so theoretically he could've asked followup questions in the full version from the magazine. On the other hand, the thoughtfulness of the questions excerpted do not bode well for the full version.
sanoli 13y ago
Maybe it was conducted by email? Could be, so no follow ups were available.
- jccalhoun 13y ago
  from the article: "Since we’re guessing there are a few Calvin and Hobbes enthusiasts in the audience, we thought we’d provide a glimpse of the e-mail exchange."
TheCraiggers 13y ago
TFA says it is a "glimpse of the e-mail exchange". I, too, would have liked to see him elaborate on what he said, but since the interview was conducted over email, I can't blame the interviewer for cutting him off. Also, judging from the 'glimpse' part, that is just an excerpt. There is the possibility that he elaborates in the dead-tree version.
cpsempek 13y ago
I agree. I felt it was a terrible (excerpt of an) interview, in so far as the word and analogy choices made the questions seem like they were plucked from a professor's profile in comp lit journal. Whether or not Mr. Watterson found it hard or work-intensive to comprehend and answer these questions is beside the point. The questions should have been more simply phrased. I feel like their content challenged the precedence of the answers, instead supporting or motivating them.

metermaid 13y ago

In all fairness, this is only an excerpt, so theoretically he could've asked followup questions in the full version from the magazine. On the other hand, the thoughtfulness of the questions excerpted do not bode well for the full version.

sanoli 13y ago

Maybe it was conducted by email? Could be, so no follow ups were available.

jccalhoun 13y ago
from the article: "Since we’re guessing there are a few Calvin and Hobbes enthusiasts in the audience, we thought we’d provide a glimpse of the e-mail exchange."

TheCraiggers 13y ago

TFA says it is a "glimpse of the e-mail exchange". I, too, would have liked to see him elaborate on what he said, but since the interview was conducted over email, I can't blame the interviewer for cutting him off. Also, judging from the 'glimpse' part, that is just an excerpt. There is the possibility that he elaborates in the dead-tree version.

cpsempek 13y ago

I agree. I felt it was a terrible (excerpt of an) interview, in so far as the word and analogy choices made the questions seem like they were plucked from a professor's profile in comp lit journal. Whether or not Mr. Watterson found it hard or work-intensive to comprehend and answer these questions is beside the point. The questions should have been more simply phrased. I feel like their content challenged the precedence of the answers, instead supporting or motivating them.