[Flux Capacitor]

Watterson's characters are most CERTAINLY not in the public domain. The artist himself owns them, a result of his long-ago wrangling with Universal. The pissing-Calvin stickers are not legal by any means.

Besides, Watterson's stance wasn't anti-capitalist.... it was in deference to the idea that a comic strip can be a work of ART, and that art should not be commercially prostituted. If anything, CALVIN AND HOBBES is loved and revered not in spite of its relative commercial scarceness, but BECAUSE its creator fought to keep just anything from being done with it.

-Dan

[JLS]

Fair enough then the story I have heard is incorrect, but if he is not doing enough to protect his copyrights in the characters they may well become public domain if they are not now.

[Chickensoup]

http://www.daybydaycartoon.com/


I think DAY By DAY is hilarious. Welldrawn and funny.

[MarkL]

Besides, Watterson's stance wasn't anti-capitalist.... it was in deference to the idea that a comic strip can be a work of ART, and that art should not be commercially prostituted. If anything, CALVIN AND HOBBES is loved and revered not in spite of its relative commercial scarceness, but BECAUSE its creator fought to keep just anything from being done with it.

My "Grampa" used to work for King Features, as both a colorist and inker. He thought that Waterson was something of a genius, as he had seen both his C&H work, as well as some of his "real" art. The man's got great talent. I wish him well.

Mark