# Calvin and Hobbs help needed **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 11, 2006, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calvin-and-hobbs-help-needed/379971 "2006-11-11T02:44:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/59ef9b/32.png) [@Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_fight_the_hypothetical)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2006, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calvin-and-hobbs-help-needed/379971/1 "2006-11-11T02:44:32Z")
A friend and I got into a good-natured but heated discussion about C & H that ended in a bet. Hoping you guys can help… He has a sticker on his car that shows Calvin holding a sign that says “Hate the sin, lover the sinner”. He says it is from a strip, I say it’s constructed for the sticker. There’s a ten spot riding on it. Anyone? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Octagon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f9b8f/32.png) [@The\_Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Octagon)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2006, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calvin-and-hobbs-help-needed/379971/2 "2006-11-11T02:47:22Z")
It was not made from the strip. It was adapted from a picture of Calvin filling a water balloon in a similar pose, looking devious. He was not peeing. I could swear the SD covered it, but I can’t find the link. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Octagon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f9b8f/32.png) [@The\_Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Octagon)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2006, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calvin-and-hobbs-help-needed/379971/3 "2006-11-11T02:48:37Z")
oh g-d. sorry, I didn’t even read your post. if someone could delete these, that’d be nice. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2006, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calvin-and-hobbs-help-needed/379971/4 "2006-11-11T02:50:10Z")
I do not believe that any Calvin and Hobbes images have ever been licensed for car stickers. Which leads me to believe that any car sticker is not taken from the strip. I also do not remember any such incident during the run of the strip. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Who](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Doctor\_Who](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Who)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2006, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calvin-and-hobbs-help-needed/379971/5 "2006-11-11T02:55:39Z")
Actually, I do remember one. Calvin’s father has come home (presumably from work) and is getting out of his car. Calvin is standing in the driveway holding up a sign that reads “Love the sinner. Hate the sin” with a nervous look on his face. Calvin’s father thinks “Uh oh…” A quick googling leads me to believe that this strip aired on Oct. 8, 1993. Moreover, [this site](http://www.andrewsmcmeel.com/calvinandhobbes/interview.html) has a Q-A session with Watterson where a fan asks him specifically about this strip. Cough up that $10. Also, all that said — of course, this sticker is totally unlicensed, as Bill Watterson has never licensed Calvin / Hobbes for any merchandising and whatnot. ---
**Author:** ![RetroVertigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b38774/32.png) [@RetroVertigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RetroVertigo)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2006, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calvin-and-hobbs-help-needed/379971/6 "2006-11-11T04:34:33Z")
> [@Doctor Who](#): > > Actually, I do remember one. Calvin’s father has come home (presumably from work) and is getting out of his car. Calvin is standing in the driveway holding up a sign that reads “Love the sinner. Hate the sin” with a nervous look on his face. Calvin’s father thinks “Uh oh…” That is one one my all time favorite. If I remember correctly it was a single panel strip. Now I have to flip through all the collections to find it. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2006, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calvin-and-hobbs-help-needed/379971/7 "2006-11-11T05:36:09Z")
> [@](#): > > Bill Watterson has never licensed Calvin / Hobbes for any merchandising and whatnot. Not completely true. He did license two calendars (for general sales) and one shirt (as part of a museum promotion). ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Who](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Doctor\_Who](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Who)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2006, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calvin-and-hobbs-help-needed/379971/8 "2006-11-11T07:37:07Z")
[QUOTE=Little Nemo] Not completely true. He did license two calendars (for general sales) and one shirt (as part of a museum promotion). [/QUOTE] Ah, I bow to your superior knowledge. I didn’t know about the shirt, but I did remember one calendar (once I thought about it). However, I think we can both agree that Watterson never licensed a “Piss on Ford” or “Calvin Praying” sticker. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/59ef9b/32.png) [@Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_fight_the_hypothetical)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2006, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calvin-and-hobbs-help-needed/379971/9 "2006-11-11T17:06:27Z")
You guys are great. Thanks for the link. I guess I’ll be light ten bucks today. Steven ---
**Author:** ![turnbuckle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3e96dc/32.png) [@turnbuckle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/turnbuckle)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2006, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calvin-and-hobbs-help-needed/379971/10 "2006-11-11T17:29:26Z")
[QUOTE=Doctor Who] Also, all that said — of course, this sticker is totally unlicensed, as Bill Watterson has never licensed Calvin / Hobbes for any merchandising and whatnot. [/QUOTE] Not even Calvin peeing on Ford/Chevy/Dodge logos? ---
**Author:** ![aclubs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e68b1a/32.png) [@aclubs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aclubs)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2006, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calvin-and-hobbs-help-needed/379971/11 "2006-11-11T18:20:29Z")
I thought Calvin was holding up the sign to his father when dad came home one day, thinking “Oh dear” or something. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2006, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calvin-and-hobbs-help-needed/379971/12 "2006-11-12T03:27:18Z")
Thank you. Another example of an old man’s memory failing… ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2006, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calvin-and-hobbs-help-needed/379971/13 "2006-11-12T04:03:14Z")
[QUOTE=turnbuckle] Not even Calvin peeing on Ford/Chevy/Dodge logos? [/QUOTE] “Do you have any t-shirts with Calvin peein’ on Hobbes? No? What _do_ you have him peein’ on?”- Moe Syzlak ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2006, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calvin-and-hobbs-help-needed/379971/14 "2006-11-12T04:25:55Z")
[QUOTE=Doctor Who] Watterson never licensed a “Piss on Ford” or “Calvin Praying” sticker. [/QUOTE] I would never have assumed these stickers were licensed, and have heard many times that they are not licensed, but what I want to know is how is it that whoever created the “pissing Calvin” gets away with it. A “Calvin and Hobbes” search gets me over 400 Threads and I did not see this question addressed in the first four pages, so I ask it here. A link to an old Thread would be appreciated. Surely the image of Calvin is trademarked, here we have unauthorized use resulting in financial gain. What up? ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2006, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calvin-and-hobbs-help-needed/379971/15 "2006-11-12T06:41:26Z")
I’ve always wanted to make a Calvin-pissing sticker, with Calvin pissing onto a Calvin-pissing sticker… Joe ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2006, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calvin-and-hobbs-help-needed/379971/16 "2006-11-12T06:56:48Z")
> [@](#): > > Surely the image of Calvin is trademarked, here we have unauthorized use resulting in financial gain. What up? It’s clearly illegal. But Bill Watterson is a very private person and apparently has decided not to spend his retirement running around malls and flea markets issuing cease and desist orders. ---
**Author:** ![Kilvert\_s\_Pagan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@Kilvert\_s\_Pagan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilvert_s_Pagan)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2006, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calvin-and-hobbs-help-needed/379971/17 "2006-11-12T13:51:24Z")
Bill speaks to this somewhere - I think it’s in the 10th Anniversary book. The problem is that most of these are created by little two-bit operators, and there are loads of them. If, instead, these stickers were being generated in large quantities by a large company, I’m sure he’d go after them. ---
**Author:** ![Dervorin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Dervorin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dervorin)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2006, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calvin-and-hobbs-help-needed/379971/18 "2006-11-12T14:55:37Z")
If you go here: [http://www.transmogrifier.org/ch/comics/search.cgi?options=advanced](http://www.transmogrifier.org/ch/comics/search.cgi?options=advanced) and type in the “sinner sin” and select the AND option, you’ll find the strip. Do I get any of that $10? ---
**Author:** ![caturday](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a87d85/32.png) [@caturday](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caturday)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2006, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calvin-and-hobbs-help-needed/379971/19 "2006-11-12T17:54:43Z")
[http://img426.imageshack.us/img426/8013/calvinandwhowr6.jpg](http://img426.imageshack.us/img426/8013/calvinandwhowr6.jpg) semi-related ---
**Author:** ![SCSimmons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e495f1/32.png) [@SCSimmons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCSimmons)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2006, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calvin-and-hobbs-help-needed/379971/20 "2006-11-12T18:02:04Z")
[QUOTE=Doctor Who] A quick googling leads me to believe that this strip aired on Oct. 8, 1993. [/QUOTE] You are correct, sir! [/Ed McMahon]