"I remember hearing how Bill Watterson attended a con and announced beforehand that he would not grant any interview or sign any autographs. I never understood that kind of attitude. Like it or not this is a commercial industry we're in and it carries with it certain obligations to the public. If you want to be a serious artist, then take up painting or something."
>>150720575Still mad you're not getting a plushie?
@150720575>I never understood that kind of attitudesounds like a (You) problem.
Fuck off. You're never ever getting your Susie Derkins dakimakura, OP.
Not going to the con at all would be the more logical option
>>150720616>Not going to the con at all would be the more logical optionNo it's not. He has every right to visit the con for fun just like anybody else. He's not obligated to work while he's there.
they always said there was a generation gap between cartoonists of Schulz's generation who saw it as a living and those like Watterson who thought themselves pretentious hipster artists
>>150720695>ARTIST BAD>INDUSTRY WHORE GOODWhat damage causes a person to think like this? Were you raped by your dad?
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>>150720773>comics and newspaper strips>artanon, you’re only right in the most literal sense. Penny Dreadfuls are also technically art, but who the hell is going to hold them to the same standards as Shakespeare?
>>150720575>carries with it certain obligations to the public.Like fucking what? Autographs? No. Public appearances? No. Those aren't part of the job, there is no "obligation." It certainly can help if you're a beglet whose work needs that kind of support.>>150720793You say that but some of the most influential and beloved writers came out of pulp fiction.
this will be the sixth time we've created this thread and we've become exceedingly efficient at it.gif
>>150720575I would question why he would even go to the con since it sort of represents the whole commercialization aspect run amok that he does not c are for. The whole thing exists solely for fans to buy merch, buy autographs, wear costumes, and adore creators. What was Bill expecting to see there?
>>150720899Popularity =/= quality
>>150720575This shit is just annoying. Because it would be nice to make an attempt to actually have a discussion on Watterson's opinions and actions but the threads are always spammed by people wanting to make triggering replies to everyone and screech about artistic integrity over and over again to just insult their perceived enemies? I guess?
>>150721197I get the impression it's all false flagging to fuck with people and nothing else.The man got himself into a commercial space and sold his work for profit and rubbed elbows with other guys doing the same thing that turned their doodles into any level of merchandise imaginable. The whole comic industry is wrapped around trying to expand and turn their work into theme park attractions and phones shaped like characters. It's happened so much it's baked into the industry. So yeah, no shit there are people that like this new comic and would like to buy a plushie or two of it as well.
>>150721197You sound a little triggered. Still want that plushie 30 years later?
>>150720575Not even trying to be a cunt, but if you are having a con booth and won’t allow people to get drawings/signatures and not even let fans talk to you what is the point in even going?What would you even do at a Watterson booth? Just look at a guy sitting there?
Reminder that OP literally makes up quotes and hopes that people take him seriouslyAlso he uses chatgpt to write his posts for him
>>150720575>Like it or not this is a commercial industry we're in and it carries with it certain obligations to the public.This sounds just like the argument these faggots use when some celeb or whatever doesn't "use their platform to uplift and educate"You aren't owed anything from this guy. He makes funny comics for a living. He's not your employee. What about that don't these cocksuckers get?
>>150721294>This is your brain in late stage capitalism. That's not the fucking point and you know it.He wanted to connect with fans and chat about the process, not be a peddling marketer selling shit. How the fuck can you people not understand this shit? NO he does NOT have any special obligation to sell you plushies or sign t-shirts.
>>150721294It doesn't say he had a booth, it says he attended the con. As in, he was a visitor.
>>150721294Because that wasn't the point. He is there to meet and greet, very likely other peer artists in the industry with him. He has no obligation to sell shit if he does not want to.
>>150720575The man was an artist, not a plushie dealer. Also it has been 31 years, it's time to get the fuck over never having that Hobbes plushie you wanted as a kid.
>this thread again
>>150720695It's partly that and also partly Depression kids vs. Boomer kids. If someone was born in 1922 you can understand them wanting to make all the money they possibly can because you never know what can happen.And it's also workaholics besides someone who wants to do other things. Schulz's entire life revolved around his strip and he barely enjoyed anything outside of it except hockey and maybe his kids. The younger guys like Watterson, Breathed and Larson burned out and went home while Peanuts was still somehow going on (and actually did some surprisingly decent work in the '90s once Rerun took over).So what? These strips are 100% the work of one guy, if they weren't different guys with different interests then they'd be the same strip.
>>150720575This is a fake quote and the fact nobody is calling out is just another sign of how much this entire site went into the drain.
>>150721246This is why no one talks to you
>>150721341>he thinks late stage capitalism is a thingLolLmao
>>150721197Bill is /co/'s god, you can't even imply that his opinions are anything but perfect or you will trigger 100 anons.
Nice quote OP, did ChatGPT generate it for you?
>>150720607You missed >>150720575
I asked my uncle at Nintendo to ask Bill Watterson what he thinks of OP.
>>150720575You're still not getting a Hobbes plush or a Calvin hat. Fuck off already.
>>150720610I can just bootleg it.
>>150720773The greatest artists were all sellouts and industry whores. Charles Dickens, Shakespeare, Milton, Leonardo Da Vinci, Gahan Wilson, Mozart, Beethoven, Vincent Van Gogh, Frank Lloyd Wright, the Beatles, were all sellouts and industry whores. Real art is selling out.
>>150720610tf is a dakimakura?
>>150723285Body pillow.
