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I hate that guy (lemmy.ohaa.xyz)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 7 months ago (23 children)

Shouldn’t use Watterson’s work. He fought long and hard against stuff like this…

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago (9 children)

Could you link to more information about this?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

Here is a wiki source (insert error bars here) discussion of his stance on his work being officially licensed. He thought that use of his work outside of a comic strip would cheapen the value of the strip itself. This was frusterating as a child (who wouldn't want a fucking Hobbes plushy) but now later I can see that it was at the very least a very defensible choice. Compare how people feel about C&H vs something that was commercialized to death like Garfield. Anyway, hope it's useful.

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