History Trivia / CalvinAndHobbes

* DoingItForTheArt: Watterson was notorious for resisting every attempt to have his creations merchandised. This has unfortunately deprived fans of many bits of memorabilia that they'd love to have.
** He also got into trouble with newspapers and syndicates for his strips, in particular his new sunday strip layout. Usually, sunday strips are 3 rows of panels. The first row contains the title, and usually a little panel that either contributes nothing or has its own "throwaway gag" that most newspapers remove, leaving the second two rows. He felt very constrained by this, and so he made use of the entire space with wild layouts of panels going all over the place, even having the entire thing be one panel, just so they'll be forced to run the whole strip.
** He said he WAS interested in making an animated series out of Calvin and Hobbes, but found the idea of Calvin having a voice a scary thought, which many people agree with.

* DoingItForTheArt: Watterson was notorious for resisting every attempt to have his creations merchandised. This has had a two-edged effect on fans, depriving them of many bits of memorabilia that they'd love to have.

* DoingItForTheArt: Watterson was notorious for resisting every attempt to have his creations merchandised. This has had a two-edged effect on fans, depriving them of many bits of memorabilia that they'd love to have but at the same time sparing them from any terrible live action film adaptations starring a rapping, computer-generated Hobbes.

* DoingItForTheArt: Watterson was notorious for resisting every attempt to have his creations merchandised as noted above. This has had a two-edged effect on fans, depriving them of many bits of memorabilia that they'd love to have but also sparing them from any terrible live action film adaptations with a rapping, computer-generated Hobbes.

* DoingItForTheArt: Watterson was notorious for resisting every attempt to have his creations merchandised as noted above. This has unfortunately deprived his fans of many bits of memorabilia that they'd love to have.

* DoingItForTheArt: Watterson was notorious for resisting every attempt to have his creations merchandised as noted above. This has unfortunately deprived his fans of many bits of memorabilia that they'd love to have, but at the same time, it's also kept Hollywood from doing the inevitable, horrible movie adaptation featuring a rapping, computer-generated Hobbes - which you just ''know'' they'd do.

** Likewise, the strip in which Calvin provides "Yakka foob mog. Grug pubbawup zink wattoom gazork. Chumble spuzz." as Newton's First Law "[[ExactWords in his own words]]" inspired a [[http://www.slgcomic.com/Chumble-Spuzz-Volume-One-Kill-the-Devil_p_564.html comic book]] called ''Chumble Spuzz''.

* ReclusiveArtist: Not much is known about what he's up to these days.

* ImageSource: AdjacentToThisCompleteBreakfast, AgainstMyReligion, AnachronismStew, AttackHello, BedsheetGhost, BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor, ButtBiter, {{Calvinball}}, ContrivedCoincidence, CriticalResearchFailure, DeclarativeFinger, ADogAteMyHomework, EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs, FamilyUnfriendlyAesop, MiseryBuildsCharacter, OuijaBoard, SilenceIsGolden, and AVillainNamedZrg. *whew!*

* ImageSource: AdjacentToThisCompleteBreakfast, AgainstMyReligion, AnachronismStew, AttackHello, BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor, ButtBiter, {{Calvinball}}, ContrivedCoincidence, CriticalResearchFailure, DeclarativeFinger, ADogAteMyHomework, EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs, FamilyUnfriendlyAesop, MiseryBuildsCharacter, OuijaBoard, SilenceIsGolden, and AVillainNamedZrg. *whew!*

** Likewise, the strip in which Calvin provides "Yakka foob mog. Grug pubbawup zink wattoom gazork. Chumble spuzz." as Newton's First Law "[[ExactWords in his own words]]" has led to a [[http://www.slgcomic.com/Chumble-Spuzz-Volume-One-Kill-the-Devil_p_564.html comic book]] called ''Chumble Spuzz''.

** Ugh, I just threw up in my mouth a little.

-> Ugh, I just threw up in my mouth a little.

* ShrugOfGod: Watterson has stated that he's really not sure whether Hobbes is a product of Calvin's imagination or a magic stuffed tiger that only comes alive when Calvin's around. There's evidence in the strips that could validate either viewpoint, so you're pretty much in your own in deciding which is true. To be fair, the ambiguity is vital.

** There is also a fake strip going around that has fooled a lot of people despite the font looking nothing like Watterson's handwriting, involving Calvin going on meds and Hobbes becoming just a stuffed tiger as a result.