"pissing calvin" stickers came up in conversation recently. where in the world did the trend originate? why hasn't calvin and hobbes creator bill watterson ever sued to stop their production? this awesome article from 2003 about the reculsive comic artist answers a few questions.

The pressure on Watterson must have been enormous, but he steadfastly refused to sell out, even a little bit. "I look at cartoons as an art, as a form of personal expression. That's why I don't hire assistants . . . and why I refuse to dilute or corrupt the strip's message with merchandising," he said in his Festival of Cartoon Art speech. "Characters lose their believability as they start endorsing major companies and lend their faces to bedsheets and boxer shorts."