OhaI hate that guy
jwigumShouldn’t use Watterson’s work. He fought long and hard against stuff like this…
CatoblepasCould you link to more information about this?
He’s famously against all commercialization of the strip and I think he’d feel this similarly devalues it.
On Bill Watterson’s Refusal To License Calvin and Hobbes — THE LEGAL ARTIST
When Calvin and Hobbes went out of print twenty years ago, I think most people assumed it would return at some point. I know I certainly did. Calvin and Hobbes was a formative part of my youth - the sly brilliant writing and stark black and white illustrations providing color to my sense of
That seems to be mostly about monetization and commodification, which should already be absent from shitposting.
I get that but I respect Watterson too much to assume his stance.
Well somebody should pop over to Chagrin Falls and ask him
I think he’d feel this similarly devalues it.
I respect Watterson too much to assume his stance.
Well… which is it? Do you respect him too much to assume his stance or are you assuming he’d feel this similarly devalues it?
I mean I don’t want to assume he’d be alright with it therefore I won’t use it. Nothing I said was definitive, just what I think.
samus12345Did you mean “this” stance, maybe?
I suppose that would also have worked, but no.