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The Calvin Stickers

Maybe Bill Watterson is Right

By Atomic HistorianPublished 2 years ago Updated 2 years ago 1 min read
Watterson recently joked, “Long after the strip is forgotten, those decals are my ticket to immortality.”(1) Photo credit: Calvin & Hobbes' Controversial Decal Was Actually Lifted From The Comic (2)

Let the grifters grift. It’s their only gift. You work hard on your craft. You spend hours on your craft. Just for someone to drop a link. Or worse, they drop something unrelated. It stinks. Maybe Bill Watterson was right, when he chose to ignore the sticker grifters. We’ll see.

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1. The tasteless history of the peeing Calvin decal

2. Calvin & Hobbes' Controversial Decal Was Actually Lifted From The Comic

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  • Leslie Writes2 years ago

    I knew there was some hubbub about these bootleg images, but these details you shared were new to me. Love Calvin and Hobbes and so does my kiddo 😊

  • ARC2 years ago

    Love the Watterson quote in the photo caption... "ticket to immortality". Truly. Great angle you're point out here. Wish you weren't so accurate in that regard. Also agree with Randy... and Bill Watterson haha

  • Good points. I hate how the community's become. Its why I really can't interact on the FB communities...

  • Novel Allen2 years ago

    Geez, it is really annoying. Now they are dropping below every comment everywhere. But, still, what Randy said.

  • This was brilliant! Excellent work!

  • JBaz2 years ago

    Well done , straight to the point

  • They do say that imitation is the most sincere form of flattery.

  • Babs Iverson2 years ago

    Eric, this is fabulous!!!❤️❤️💕

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