Bill Watterson took two sabbaticals from writing Calvin and Hobbes. The first lasted from May 6, 1991 to February 1, 1992, and the second from April 4 through December 31, 1994. At the end of the first sabbatical, Watterson changed the rearrangeable Sunday strip format to the unbreakable 1/2 page design.
Art from Bill Watterson for the first sabbatical, indicating that the strip on hold.
The concept of nine-month sabbaticals was novel at the time, and began to be recognized by other comic strip artists afterwards. As such, Watterson effectively popularized the concept of sabbaticals.[1]
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Watterson's decision to take the sabbaticals drew some mild criticism from his fellow comic creators at the time.
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