[nkrisc]

In the case of Calvin and Hobbes, I think a lot of the meaning would be lost if you saw Calvin selling sugary cereal on TV.

The philosophy of the strip is fundamentally incompatible with commercialization.

[greedo]

I do see a lot of car decals with Calvin pissing on [insert name of hated automaker]. Now obviously these are unlicensed, but a lot of people obviously have no problem with it.

[blululu]

Bill Watterson once remarked: “I figure that, long after the strip is forgotten, those decals are my ticket to immortality.”

[nkrisc]

And you can probably find unlicensed porn of every IP out there, but I wouldn’t draw any conclusions from that.