Calvin & Jesus
Bill Watterson drew the amazing comic strip Calvin & Hobbes
from 1985
to 1995. He resisted all efforts to merchandise the characters. There were
no official Hobbes plush tiger toys, no Calvin-ball game sets and no Calvin
stickers to affix to the back of your Pontiac Fiero.
Right about the time asinine the “baby on board” stickers moved off our
cultural rear window, unofficial Calvin & Hobbes stickers affixed themselves
instead. First it was just the happy kid and his tiger. But that quickly
changed
to a picture of Calvin urinating.
Calvin peed on everything – NASCAR numbers, Raiders logos, Chevy
emblems, you name it. There was even a sticker with Calvin in a sombrero
whizzing on “La Migra.” I doubt it occurred to anyone who thought a picture
of Calvin peeing was a neat thing to have on their car, but they were ripping
off Bill Watterson.
Mr. Watterson owned the copyright, and he didn’t make a dime for those
stickers. And (to stick with the urine-theme) those stickers pissed him
off.
As if defacing the mighty Calvin by making him a NASCAR fan wasn’t
enough, now there is a new trend in these rip-off Calvin stickers –
Calvin & Jesus. I see these things all over the backs of expensive
SUVs and
minivans: Calvin praying, Calvin kneeling at the cross, Calvin crying
in front a
crucifix, Calvin with a Bible…
Listen, people - just because you are Christians, doesn’t mean you get
to
steal. These unofficial stickers rip off Bill Watterson and pervert his
creation
just as badly as the stickers with Calvin peeing on a 49ers logo. The only
difference is that you are using your stolen sticker to promote a religion
which
tells you not to steal in the first place.
Wouldn’t it be simpler to spray paint “Hypocrite” on your tailgate? Shall
I do it for you?
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Here is
the GREAT article on the connection between Fight Club & Calvin &
Hobbes.
Whoa! It all males sense now.
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