No, it’s not like Calvin has grown-up and decided to attend The Ohio State University in the fall but cartoon strip creator Bill Watterson has given over 3,000 original strips from his personal stash to the OSU Cartoon Research Library for an extended period of time. Here’s the press release:

Bill Watterson has placed more than 3,000 original Calvin and Hobbes comic strips from his personal collection on long term deposit at The Ohio State University Cartoon Research Library. According to the library’s curator Lucy Shelton Caswell, “Bill Watterson is unusual among cartoonists since he kept virtually all of his original comic strips. The collection he has placed here is unusually complete. We are delighted to have this archive.” The original Calvin and Hobbes comic strips are available at the Cartoon Research Library under its “special collections” use regulations. For further information, contact the library by e-mail at or by telephone at (614) 292-0538.

So, if you been jonesing for a private viewing of some classic Calvin and Hobbes funnies, get your butt to Columbus, OH and sign up.

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