“If you stick thirty Hobbes dolls on a drugstore shelf,
you’re no longer talking about a character I created. At that point,
you’ve transformed him into just another overpriced knickknack.
I have no interest in turning my characters into commodities.
If I’d wanted to sell plush garbage, I’d have gone to work as a carny.”
– Bill Watterson, creator of Calvin and Hobbes, explaining to Richard Samuel West why he doesn’t allow licensing.