Why does Calvin pee on stuff?
Why does Calvin pee on stuff?
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#1Why does Calvin pee on stuff?
Posted: 10/12/11 at 6:02pmIt's usually Ford logos, but twice this week I saw Calvin peeing on President Obama. Why does he do that?
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#2Why does Calvin pee on stuff?
Posted: 10/12/11 at 6:04pm
At least it seems like the President is enjoying it.
#2Why does Calvin pee on stuff?
Posted: 10/12/11 at 6:12pmIs Obama saying "Ahhhhhhhhhh?"
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#3Why does Calvin pee on stuff?
Posted: 10/12/11 at 11:00pmI think compared to what Eric Cantor does this feels like spring rain.
#4Why does Calvin pee on stuff?
Posted: 10/13/11 at 10:29amIt actually looks to me like he's peeing on Gilbert Gottfried.
#5Why does Calvin pee on stuff?
Posted: 10/13/11 at 10:44amWhich makes a lot more sense.
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#6Why does Calvin pee on stuff?
Posted: 10/13/11 at 10:54amMy curiosity led me to do some research- There is no such thing as a legally licensed Calvin and Hobbes product. Apart from the actual strips, a handful of books and a couple calenders, the artist Bill Waterson has never approved anything- no T-shirts, no stickers, and certainly no images of Calvin peeing on anything. I just don't get how a character that has been out of production for close to two decades is still the "go-to" guy when you want to show contempt for something.
#7Why does Calvin pee on stuff?
Posted: 10/13/11 at 10:58am
Because I can't afford any of those Whoopi Goldberg pads, if you must ask. Thanks for pointing it out to everybody. 
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#8Why does Calvin pee on stuff?
Posted: 10/13/11 at 12:56pmSorry Calvin! My original curiosity stemmed from my instinctive feeling that Calvin WOULDN'T do that. I wondered if the original (I think) peeing-on-the-Ford logo stemmed from an ad or something- or a strip where Calvin peed on something but, no. he never peed in the strip. And as i said above, never licensed anything.
#9Why does Calvin pee on stuff?
Posted: 10/13/11 at 1:09pm
More recently, I've seen them not as Calvins but as more a generic looking boy in a baseball cap peeing, so maybe they've finally gotten them under control.
I'll bet other comic artists would have jumped at the marketing chance. Public urination is probably a daily part of life for such alcoholic characters as Snuffy Smith, Hagar the Horrible, that neighbor to Hi and Lois and Rex Morgan, MD.
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#10Why does Calvin pee on stuff?
Posted: 10/13/11 at 3:02pmI once saw Bart Simpson but I don't recall what he was tinkling on. He'd totally do it.
#11Why does Calvin pee on stuff?
Posted: 10/13/11 at 3:25pm
I wanna see Brenda Star Peeing on a Ford logo...or Mary Worth!
I had a friend who build a Calvin and Hobbes puppet set to pitch a live action show. Bill Waterson was NOT happy at all!
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#12Why does Calvin pee on stuff?
Posted: 10/13/11 at 3:48pmWatterson. Bill Watterson. Who, btw, had it with the cartoon syndicates trying to dictate his art. His response: he retired. That's why we no longer have Calvin & Hobbes. One of the best comics ever.
#13Why does Calvin pee on stuff?
Posted: 10/13/11 at 4:53pm
Watterson was also not afraid to go meta on the whole situation about the pressures to merchandise:
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