Calvin and Hobbes had an animators sensibility… One of the things they teach you in acting is that when you come on stage, the moment doesn’t begin when you come on stage; you’re coming from somewhere and you’re coming from a series of experiences that have led to this moment. Not only in terms of your character’s overall life, but on that particular day. What were you doing ten minutes before your entrance? What were you doing an hour before your entrance? It all has an effect on how you enter, so its not a generic thing. The same goes for movement; you’re coming from somewhere and you’re going towards something. Watterson always found a great middle moment that always felt like the whole body was feeling the attitude. You can feel like the whole body was feeling the attitude. You can feel the moment before, and you can feel the moments that are coming after it. It feels like a piece of action rather than a pose.
Brad Bird, Pixar director, as quoted in Looking for Calvin and Hobbes: The Unconventional Story of Bill Watterson and His Revolutionary Comic Strip by Nevin Martell. Continuum Intl Pub Group, 2010 p.215
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