COMIC ARTIST

Bill Watterson

1958 - Today

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William Boyd Watterson II (born July 5, 1958) is an American cartoonist who authored the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes. The strip was syndicated from 1985 to 1995. Watterson concluded Calvin and Hobbes with a short statement to newspaper editors and his readers that he felt he had achieved all he could in the medium. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bill Watterson has received more than 2,838,834 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia. Bill Watterson is the 172nd most popular comic artist (down from 160th in 2019), the 11,254th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,371st in 2019) and the 42nd most popular American Comic Artist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.04

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.72

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.76

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Bill Wattersons by language

Over the past year Bill Watterson has had the most page views in the with 400,255 views, followed by French (11,458), and German (8,852). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Tamil (75.14%), Simple English (74.39%), and Armenian (44.12%)

Among COMIC ARTISTS

Among comic artists, Bill Watterson ranks 172 out of 226. Before him are Oh! great, Marv Wolfman, Alison Bechdel, Hiroyuki Takei, John Byrne, and Harvey Pekar. After him are Scott Adams, Kōsuke Fujishima, One, Peter Laird, Kōhei Horikoshi, and Katsura Hoshino.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Bill Watterson ranks 513. Before him are Smbat Lputian, Ulrike Tauber, Linnea Quigley, Lea DeLaria, Mile Isaković, and Maciej Płażyński. After him are Juninho Fonseca, Drew Carey, Masakuni Yamamoto, Etienne De Wilde, Roddy Doyle, and Victor Shenderovich.

Others Born in 1958

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bill Watterson ranks 11,254 out of 20,380. Before him are Brenda Joyce (1917), Gertrude Abercrombie (1909), Amy Jo Johnson (1970), Lilyan Tashman (1896), Olivia Munn (1980), and Khary Payton (1972). After him are Steny Hoyer (1939), Burton Downing (1885), Lynne Cox (1957), Howell Cobb (1815), Maria Schneider (1960), and June Haver (1926).

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Among COMIC ARTISTS In United States

Among comic artists born in United States, Bill Watterson ranks 42. Before him are Harvey Kurtzman (1924), Len Wein (1948), Jim Starlin (1949), Marv Wolfman (1946), Alison Bechdel (1960), and Harvey Pekar (1939). After him are Scott Adams (1957), Peter Laird (1954), Robert Kirkman (1978), Scott McCloud (1960), Daniel Clowes (1961), and Gary Larson (1950).

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