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Italian student Donato DeCarlo made this Calvin and Hobbes animation for school, and it's amazing. Watch it and dream about what could have been if Bill Watterson wasn't such a shut-in.
posted May 19, 2007 11:44 PM
Removed for asshattery.
posted May 20, 2007 12:22 AM
Sorry but Bill Watterson had ask to remowe this animation from the web.
So I respect his decision.
posted May 21, 2007 7:42 AM
Do we know that Bill asked to have this removed, or some douchepickle trolling the web? Youtube doesn't seem to check to see who the takedown notices are coming from. Furthermore, would Bill Watterson personally contact Youtube to get this taken down? It seems more likely that it would say Universal Press Syndicate wanted it removed, since they're his arm back into the rest of the world.
posted May 21, 2007 9:13 AM
@peeple
thats a very good point. Also, it's a FAN FILM. It's not like Donato is trying to make money off of it, it's a labor of love. Plus, he's a student! You are SUPPOSED to copy art as a student, that is how you learn. You grow by example so that you can eventually make your own art for students to rip off.
I dont get it, I doubt it was actually Bill.
posted June 13, 2007 7:40 AM
Watterson has a real problem with others touching Calvin & Hobbes, amateur or pro. He has refused every offer to animate or license it for any use what so ever. even though he knows it would have made him a very wealthy man by now. A take down notice from him is entirely in character.
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