It’s that time of year again. Every year I marvel at how fast calendar time creeps up on me. It happens every year and yet I still treat it as something unexpected.
In keeping with Bob calendar tradition, the cover pays homage to cartoonist Bill Watterson’s masterpiece of a comic strip Calvin and Hobbes.
Here is the cover as a work-in-progress. It’s ink on bristol. Bill Watterson was/is a very traditional cartoonist so I keep the coloring non-digital. I start with markers and do accents with gouache and colored pencil. I like all the covers that I’ve done… but I think this one is already special.
Here are the covers from previous years…
I’m hoping to complete the inside calendar art soon. I’ll keep everyone posted when the calendar will be available for purchase.
