 Watterson longed for the artistic freedom allotted to classic strips such as "Little Nemo" and "Krazy Kat", and in 1989 he gave a sample of what could be accomplished with such liberty in the opening pages of the Sunday strip compilation, "The Calvin and Hobbes Lazy Sunday Book—"an 8-page previously unpublished Calvin story fully illustrated in watercolor.The same book contained an afterword from the artist himself, reflecting on a time when comic strips were allocated a whole page of the newspaper and every comic was like a "color poster".Within two years, Watterson was ultimately successful in negotiating a deal that provided him more space and creative freedom.