You have to love this HN crowd. Here's Bill Watterson being lectured on what he - cartoonwise - threw away and which opportunities he missed. More is better. He just never got the memo.
Think of all of the brand value he could have created and the engagement maximimized! Foolish Bill Watterson being a retired watercolor painter when he could have cornered the market on Calvincoin by now if he'd understood the market opportunity.
he did corner the market on those stickers where Calvin was peeing on either a ford or chevy logo..
AFAIK he never authorized any merchandise, so he likely never got a single cent for those.
He authorized one calendar, one year. I've always loved and respected that he was able to stop & let the strip be the amazing thing it was. He declined astonishing money, for enough.
I assume subsubzero knows that and is being sarcastic.