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Man who refused to merchandise his comic is still refusing to merchandise. Who would have guessed 😂

This is almost Bill Watterson by Lemon Demon

Interesting that he has bootleg knockoff lego kits (the yellow ferrari)

Well, shit, do we need to head to Ohio and protect Bill Watterson?

Twenty years ago? Is this guy the reason he's such a recluse, basically being stalked?

Holy crap. Just zero understanding of the author whatsoever.

I would pay $100 to read Watterson telling this guy to eat his ass.

tell me you don’t understand the point of calvin & hobbes without telling me you don’t understand the point of calvin & hobbes

These tales do nothing for me. All the inside nonsense. Why?

Tell me you never read Calvin and Hobbes without telling me you've never read Calvin and Hobbes. This dude is chasing content and has nothing to say. Bill Waterson has turned down millions to avoid ruining the magic of Calvin and Hobbes.

Instant rage. He doesn't understand the heart of that story, or even that it has a heart.

Motherfucker I will stake out every bookstore in Cleveland Heights specifically to yell at you

So what I'm hearing is that he regularly pesters a man who goes about with something sharp. Hey Watterson, tell him you've got something to discuss with him in the deep woods.

Do not fuck with Calvin and Hobbes! It doesn't need anything done to it. Some things are just perfect the way they are.

I must befriend an employee of said Best Western for... reasons 👀

Take a hint. Step away from Calvin & Hobbes. It is perfect and enduring and does not need you or anyone else messing with it.

Also: Road blockades

The latter. Watterson doesn’t need anymore pestering even from people that live him, and house arrest would stop Mr Minecraft from making more movies. Win/win.

Sounds like Watterson needs to file a pre-emptive restraining order.

I wish nothing less than relentless explosive diarrhea on him until he lets this go.

No. Just No.

Bill Watterson is an icon.

Yeah. If/when Watterson decides the time is right, he'll find the people he wants/needs for such a project. On his terms, or not at all, and that's alright.

Literally got my kids the first anthology today. Doesn’t need to be a movie. It’s beautiful.

Yes, the creator famous for never, not once, licensing out his creation, going to war with his syndicate, etc. is gonna make an exception for you. Just give the fuck up and leave him alone, Jesus Christ!

*and wrong

Inhope Watterson asks for the rights to be burned in a pyre at his viking funeral and invites this guy

This is that hello HR meme

And harassing the movie-going public with his garbage ass movies. Leave us all alone, Lee. Maybe take up a hobby like competitive solo ice hockey with chainsaws or something…just please. Stop. Stop irritating a beloved living legend…and our eyes and ears.

Oh, so he doesn't actually *like* Calvin and Hobbes, he just wants to make more money he doesn't need. Don't we have a volcano he can jump in?

When Watterson eventually dies and if his estate ever allows a movie to happen I know I’ll never watch it, and I bet a lot of C&H lifelong fans feel the same way.

Ok but, what's up with the wood carvings for poetry readings, and can we get a looksee at those?

“I haven’t gotten anywhere with Calvin and Hobbes” and you ain’t gonna, my dude. Better than him has tried.

I think it's pretty clear from the massive history of Bill Watterson telling people trying to cash in on Calvin and Hobbes to fuck off that he would rather people trying to cash in on Calvin and Hobbes fucked off.

Everyone who knows anything about him knows Watterson would never agree to such a thing, but I can't really fault the guy for wanting to do it. It's misguided but it's not inherently evil.

Go away, pushy exploitive man.

Guy has literally zero awareness he's describing a supervillain origin story.

Cold.

I hadn’t considered that.

Can we take out a restraining order on Bill Watterson's behalf?

This single-panel cartoon Watterson once drew perfectly illustrates exactly why he will never choose to do this.

I'm thinking about Lemon Demon's track called Bill Watterson, I feel like that kinda applies here

He can get out of the way all the way to Hell, where I will see him.

they will never come close to grasping his guiding principles. Alien to them.

Bill's hatred of licensing his creation is incredibly well documented and nothing has happened to suggest he would soften his stance on that. Roy might be the least able to take a hint person alive

(random) A close relative of mine works with Watterson's nephew

If this dude knew anything about Watterson he would know this is futile. Thankfully.

Mr. Lee seems to have a knack for not getting the point of art. Years ago, he tried to sell Toby Fox on the idea of making a movie adaptation of Undertale, and I think there’s very few games that would be worse to adapt to any other medium then that one. www.polygon.com/2016/2/19/11...

The best part about this is that Bill Watterson hasn’t lived in Chagrin Falls for over 20 years.

Just leave the guy alone. He did his thing, he's done with it. He didn't license a lot of merch beyond maybe a calendar with the strips, and wants to be left alone. Stop it. Respect him. He doesn't care about you or your bullshit.

Why can't these creepy dudes just be happy sitting at home with their money and toys? Leave people alone.

Tell me you've read Calvin and Hobbes but never got it.

He knows Waterson moved out there so he wouldn't be bothered... he knows that... right? Dude just doxxed him!

But there is no other "boy with hyperactive imagination that causes him to ignore the real world" fantasy to adapt so he has to get C&H or cinema will never know a story like that /Big sarcasm

Stalker behavior

I would like this guy to go out there and do his little stakeout and then Bill Watterson just stabs him

Camping on the roof across from the bookstore waiting to defend Bill Watterson

If this were to happen, the book store owner would call Watterson and tell him to stay away.

He’s made himself pretty damn clear about this!

At this point it’s like expecting JD Salinger to have agreed to a movie adaptation of The Catcher in the Rye.

Guy who has heroically refused licensing of his art for 40 years says no.

me, to Bill Watterson: "hey is this guy bothering you?"

Only guy who’s gotten anywhere with Bill Watterson was another cartoonist, and that was because they’d made a little joke about him in their own strip with no expectation of even hearing from him at all

you leave Bill Watterson alone, Roy Lee

I just hope his estate when he passes is going to respect this

we need to kill this guy and figure out a way to make bill waterson immortal