Watterson didn’t miscalculate at all. The idea that Calvin and Hobbes could have been licensed to the tune of one third of a billion dollars isn’t unknown to him. But from day one, Watterson's answer was always “No.”
The question is, "Why?"
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My mind always associated the Beach Boys with the shore: sun and sand, heat and sweat, Coppertone and girls in bikinis. They didn't sing about boardwalk pizza, soft-serve ice cream parlors, or arcades full of Pac-Man cabinets, but I'm sure "Surfing U.S.A." was playing in those places!
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Many women have played a role in my life, but I cannot understate how transformative this one was. Meet Medusa, the snake-haired Gorgon from the 1981 film Clash of the Titans.
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Roy Scheider came off as quite generous and not the least bit self-important. It could've all been an act. That is, after all, what actors do.
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Picture, if you will, a young boy in a meadow.
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