Re:Bill Watterson’s refusal to license Calvin and Hobbes (2016)
by ghaff on Saturday July 16, 2022 @08:49AM
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There are a fair number of examples in cartooning (to greater or lesser degrees) where creators have partially or wholly walked away. Being engaging and funny day in and day out must be incredibly difficult and I imagine that many at the top of their field who aren't doing formulaic creations just burn out and--once out--don't really have the motivation to get back in again.
Re:Bill Watterson’s refusal to license Calvin and Hobbes (2016)
by nabla9 on Saturday July 16, 2022 @08:56AM
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Walking away when there is diminishing return from the effort is common.
Walking away from opportunity to earn 1000X with little effort is not that common.
Re:Bill Watterson’s refusal to license Calvin and Hobbes (2016)
by swayvil on Saturday July 16, 2022 @09:19AM
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Can't tell truth and lies at the same time.
Or can you? I haven't actually given the idea serious thought.
Re:Bill Watterson’s refusal to license Calvin and Hobbes (2016)
by ConceptJunkie on Monday July 18, 2022 @11:11AM
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You can, but everyone starts assuming that it's all lies.
I think it's more honest. Art's and creative jobs have had the aura of being form of uncompromising self-expression, vehicle of social and political change and beauty. Pretending adds layer of deceit.
That can't coexist with the goal of maximizing mass market popularity and income. I think this is the logical conclusion when something turns into pure commerce. Only thing valuable is visibility, recognizably, hype.
What makes Bill Watterson look like mystical figure is that "having enough" and "shutting up after you have said what you wanted" is alien concept in business.