TLDR: Bill Watterson did an interview and you can buy it. It was great. It was great. It was great.
What an empty article. I kept reading hoping to get some information. I guess they were worried the would get in trouble for quoting any of the interview?
No kidding; so far as I can tell, the first ~15 paragraphs are all essentially paraphrases of each other. I like C&H as much as the next guy, but is this much... breathlessness really called for?
FWIW, it's the age we're in. The previous generation's culture is just grist for today's commerical engines. Consider the implications when a publication informs us:
"For any true fan of cartooning, it is a must-read, a must-buy, a must-pick-up."
This is the manufacture of a social standard for fandom, placing the power of identity outside of the individual and replacing it with consumer choices. It's that old mentality Adbusters fought so hard against: "Buy this product to get this identity."
I can't disagree with you, even though I submitted the OP. My reasoning is that linking to Amazon would be seen as a more direct attempt to sell a product...also, the product page can be opaque for most users (if not completely inaccessible, depending on country)...not everyone will notice the March 10, 2015 publish date, for instance.
To give the OP some credit, I googled around for other articles about the book (I would've chosen any other article based on the OP's unnecessary sensationalist headline), and this was the only one of any substance...so perhaps Watterson had some kind of embargo? In any case, if it weren't for the WaPo, I wouldn't have even known this book was out. I went to the Stanford bookstore early this morning and no one there knew about the book either.
Bill Watterson is a Salingeresque figure to many, the reclusive creator of a work that many people call a defining part of their personal development. Just as there were many newspaper articles about failed attempts to contact Salinger, there's plenty of audience for an article about a new piece of output from Watterson.
What an empty article. I kept reading hoping to get some information. I guess they were worried the would get in trouble for quoting any of the interview?