Comments on: Bill Watterson Original Calvin & Hobbes sells for $203k http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2012/11/19/bill-watterson-original-calvin-hobbes-sells-for-203k/ The source for industry news for the professional cartoonist Sat, 25 May 2013 21:28:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: dan reynolds http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2012/11/19/bill-watterson-original-calvin-hobbes-sells-for-203k/#comment-137257 dan reynolds Sat, 01 Dec 2012 01:45:08 +0000 http://dailycartoonist.com/?p=13366#comment-137257 and they say there’s no money in cartooning.

Hey, Bill. I’d like to swap originals with you. Mine will be an original color also.

Your pal,
Dan

]]> By: Daniel Boris http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2012/11/19/bill-watterson-original-calvin-hobbes-sells-for-203k/#comment-136996 Daniel Boris Wed, 21 Nov 2012 13:10:36 +0000 http://dailycartoonist.com/?p=13366#comment-136996 Pete: Okay. $100M, but that’s my final offer!

]]> By: Pete McDonnell http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2012/11/19/bill-watterson-original-calvin-hobbes-sells-for-203k/#comment-136930 Pete McDonnell Mon, 19 Nov 2012 22:49:21 +0000 http://dailycartoonist.com/?p=13366#comment-136930 Daniel; Calvin & Hobbes kinda-sorta ran for ten years; if I’m not mistaken he took a couple of nine-month sabbaticals during that period, so it actually ran for 8.5 years. I never realized how tiny Watterson’s work is. Image size for a three-tiered Sunday page is only 13″ wide by 9″ tall! When you include the gutters, panel height is less than 3″. Seems small to me, anyway.

]]> By: Chris Sparks http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2012/11/19/bill-watterson-original-calvin-hobbes-sells-for-203k/#comment-136928 Chris Sparks Mon, 19 Nov 2012 21:24:47 +0000 http://dailycartoonist.com/?p=13366#comment-136928 I was hoping Norm had bought it for me…

]]> By: Jeff Darcy http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2012/11/19/bill-watterson-original-calvin-hobbes-sells-for-203k/#comment-136927 Jeff Darcy Mon, 19 Nov 2012 21:10:55 +0000 http://dailycartoonist.com/?p=13366#comment-136927 Wish the Cleveland Museum of Art was the buyer.
Would have been a nice addition to multi-million renovation
re-opening. And fitting since Cleveland’s two most famous
artists are likely Watterson and Superman’s creators

]]> By: Jeff Darcy http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2012/11/19/bill-watterson-original-calvin-hobbes-sells-for-203k/#comment-136926 Jeff Darcy Mon, 19 Nov 2012 21:01:29 +0000 http://dailycartoonist.com/?p=13366#comment-136926 I think I could live with half of the $203K community property. Something tells me Suzy will demand more than half from Calvin
That has to be a record. I don’t even recall an original peanuts going for that much.

]]> By: Norm Feuti http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2012/11/19/bill-watterson-original-calvin-hobbes-sells-for-203k/#comment-136925 Norm Feuti Mon, 19 Nov 2012 20:50:10 +0000 http://dailycartoonist.com/?p=13366#comment-136925 The buyer owns the original art, not the copyright.

]]> By: Joe Engesser http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2012/11/19/bill-watterson-original-calvin-hobbes-sells-for-203k/#comment-136924 Joe Engesser Mon, 19 Nov 2012 20:32:23 +0000 http://dailycartoonist.com/?p=13366#comment-136924 My ex and I sold our original ‘Pearls’ sketch and each bought a McDouble. Well worth it!

]]> By: Jim Lavery http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2012/11/19/bill-watterson-original-calvin-hobbes-sells-for-203k/#comment-136922 Jim Lavery Mon, 19 Nov 2012 20:11:14 +0000 http://dailycartoonist.com/?p=13366#comment-136922 Worm Can: opened!

]]> By: Mike Lester http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2012/11/19/bill-watterson-original-calvin-hobbes-sells-for-203k/#comment-136921 Mike Lester Mon, 19 Nov 2012 19:27:36 +0000 http://dailycartoonist.com/?p=13366#comment-136921 CartoonNerdNews (guilty) doesn’t get much bigger than $203 XTRA-LARGE -for a CARTOON. Not to open a can o’ worms but the art is signed to Brian and his ex-wife. Logic and (sadly) experience would suggest it is community property.(?)

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