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		optimalsolver on July 16, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Bill Watterson’s refusal to license Calvin and Hob... He did give permission for someone on Tumblr to make a C & H/Dune mashup. Calvin & Muad'Dib: https://calvinanddune.tumblr.com/

tptacek on July 16, 2022 [–]

Sort of. He got C&D'd for it, had his lawyers make a fair-use argument to the Calvin & Hobbes lawyers, and got his specific use cleared. He never talked to Watterson.

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