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dieworkwear.bsky.social
Bill Watterson is my favorite cartoonist. I adored the relationship btw Calvin and Hobbes as a child. But as I've gotten older, these strips feel even more tender and insightful. My respect for him grew when I learned of his stance against merchandising. Such principles are almost unheard of today.
Excerpt from Wikipedia reads: "Fight against merchandising his characters For years, Watterson battled against pressure from publishers to merchandise his work, something that he felt would cheapen his comic through compromising the act of creation or reading.[21][22] He refused to merchandise his creations on the grounds that displaying Calvin and Hobbes images on commercially sold mugs, stickers, and T-shirts would devalue the characters and their personalities. Watterson said that Universal kept putting pressure on him and that he had signed his contract without fully perusing it because, as a new artist, he was happy just to find a syndicate willing to give him a chance (two other syndicates had previously turned him down). He added that the contract was so one-sided that, if Universal really wanted to, they could license his characters against his will, and could even fire him and continue Calvin and Hobbes with a new artist. Watterson's position eventually won out, and he was able to renegotiate his contract so that he would receive all rights to his work. Later he said that the licensing fight exhausted him and contributed to the need for a nine-month sabbatical in 1991.[23]"
January 14, 2026 at 6:18 AM
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gralefrit.bsky.social
Happy 40th birthday to Bill Waterson’s ‘Calvin and Hobbes’. A work of consummate, stubborn, human, and more-than-human art.
November 18, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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oscarkocken.bsky.social
Als de woorden worst en burger al zo verwarrend zijn voor de mensen, waarom maakt de Europese Unie zich dan niet druk over partijen die vrijheid of democratie ten onrechte in hun naam hebben staan?
October 8, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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overlistener.bsky.social
Oh @sylvanasimons.bsky.social, the woman you are.
September 18, 2025 at 8:38 AM
bramwithaar.bsky.social
We zoeken 2 devopsers met specialisatie #integratie in #nijmegen.
Zeer interessant werk in een superteam.
Zegt het voort!

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Als DevOps ontwikkelaar heb jij hart voor slimme en toekomstbestendige integraties tussen informatiesystemen en zorg jij ervoor dat technische oplossingen naadloos aansluiten op de informatiekundige v...
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August 11, 2025 at 3:53 PM
bramwithaar.bsky.social
Boehoe. Het moest er een keer van komen. Opgelicht op #marktplaats. Een profiel dat al 17 jaar actief was, met goede reviews. Dat profielnaam en rekeningnummer niet overeenkwamen was een teken dat ik niet had moeten negeren. #egodeukje
November 29, 2024 at 7:00 AM
bramwithaar.bsky.social
@gjwolfswinkel.bsky.social tada!... :-) Lijkt verdacht veel op de software die eerder Twitter was :-)
October 16, 2023 at 8:50 AM