@TheJayster49: Watterson and his publishers could still claim copyrights, but without merchandising of his own to set precedent, he’d be playing legal whack-a-mole with bootleggers all the live-long day.
Oh yeah I remember a similar strip in the previous continuity where she went off on a bootlegger. She handles things much better here and at least the guy deserves it this time. But, like most said, since Watterson didn’t allow merchandise outside omnibus books and calendars. It was a hole bootleggers were more then happy to fill. Heck I think I had one of these shirts when I was little, a birthday gift if I recall. Def remember the car decals too.
On a side note, I could’ve sworn that an old strip established Michelle as being Singaporean, not Vietnamese? (Of course, that was in the old continuity, so maybe Jesse just changed it in the new one.)
$85 in 1991 money is like $200 today. And kids didn’t regularly carry credit cards back then. So I’m guessing Kendra doesn’t carry that kind of cash around with her.
When I was really young, I was appalled when my mom’s friend got me a Calvin and Hobbes shirt, knowing it was bootlegged. My mom made me say “thank you” for the gift.
Did end up wearing it though.
The irony of the infamous Calvin and Hobbes bootlegs is that Bill Watterson brought it on himself because he refused to have the comic merchandised.
If I am correct based on what I’ve read, Watterson and the syndicates technically have no jurisdiction to do anything about the bootlegs since, with no official merchandise, neither of them would gain anything profit-wise. That said, there have been threats of lawsuits from what I remember reading, so it’s not like they haven’t been making an attempt to crackdown at all.
@TheJayster49: Watterson and his publishers could still claim copyrights, but without merchandising of his own to set precedent, he’d be playing legal whack-a-mole with bootleggers all the live-long day.
Oh yeah I remember a similar strip in the previous continuity where she went off on a bootlegger. She handles things much better here and at least the guy deserves it this time. But, like most said, since Watterson didn’t allow merchandise outside omnibus books and calendars. It was a hole bootleggers were more then happy to fill. Heck I think I had one of these shirts when I was little, a birthday gift if I recall. Def remember the car decals too.
On a side note, I could’ve sworn that an old strip established Michelle as being Singaporean, not Vietnamese? (Of course, that was in the old continuity, so maybe Jesse just changed it in the new one.)
$85 in 1991 money is like $200 today. And kids didn’t regularly carry credit cards back then. So I’m guessing Kendra doesn’t carry that kind of cash around with her.
Her argument would hold more moral value for me if Watterson wasn’t a massive asshole to his fans.
Uphold your principles, Kendra. Buy a blank t-shirt, a Sharpie, and drawn it yourself. Then it qualifies as one-of-a-kind fan art.
Yeah, I remember seeing some of the bootleg Calvin & Hobbes stuff in Mexico.
well its an improvement from the original strip, as Kendra doesn’t come across as crazy, and her giving in at the end is relatable.
When I was really young, I was appalled when my mom’s friend got me a Calvin and Hobbes shirt, knowing it was bootlegged. My mom made me say “thank you” for the gift.
Did end up wearing it though.
The irony of the infamous Calvin and Hobbes bootlegs is that Bill Watterson brought it on himself because he refused to have the comic merchandised.
If I am correct based on what I’ve read, Watterson and the syndicates technically have no jurisdiction to do anything about the bootlegs since, with no official merchandise, neither of them would gain anything profit-wise. That said, there have been threats of lawsuits from what I remember reading, so it’s not like they haven’t been making an attempt to crackdown at all.