The arrogance of power

Opening the mail

I came across this on the naked capitalism web log and, like Lambert Strether, I’m not completely sure this is a genuine Bill Watterson cartoon.   But it sure captures how I feel when I open my afternoon mail.

Bill Watterson: a cartoonist’s advice

Click on BILL WATTERSON: A cartoonist’s advice for background on this tribute to the creator of Calvin and Hobbes by Gavin Aung Than of ZEN PENCILS.

Click on Calvin and Hobbes at Martijns for Bill Watterson’s 1990 commencement speech at Kenyon College.  The words in the cartoon above are taken from that speech.

Hat tip to Tim Carmody of kottke.org.