Get in here, and read the best indie comic of the year that’s being made into a movie. Let your friends know that you read it before it was a movie!
Spencer and Locke Storytime
Elijah Torres
David Collins
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Grayson Allen
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John Peterson
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Noah Baker
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Anthony Williams
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Bentley Reyes
lol your gay
Nicholas Walker
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Benjamin Ramirez
I’m gay for good comics.
Sebastian Miller
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Cooper Evans
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Joshua Nguyen
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Asher Rivera
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Tyler Lewis
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David Collins
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David Collins
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Anthony Price
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Dominic Edwards
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Carson Russell
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Noah Cooper
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Blake Ramirez
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Christian Stewart
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Dylan Watson
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Jonathan Sanchez
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Lincoln Stewart
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Jace Price
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Charles Williams
Bad touch.
Dominic James
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Oliver Rogers
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Josiah Hall
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Lucas Collins
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Sebastian Wright
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Ethan Price
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Robert Hernandez
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Blake Lewis
>that’s being made into a movie
how the fuck are they doing this without Watterson's permission
Jeremiah Carter
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Angel Edwards
I was stumped to. I guess they didn’t need to though. It’s a done deal from what I’ve read.
Charles Lopez
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Elijah James
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Ian Mitchell
>I guess they didn’t need to though
it's a fantastic mini but it's the literal definition of plagiarism and Watterson's publishing deal was brokered on the guarantee of no merchandising beyond book publication. He's ironically the most humorless fuck in the business even if he's been out of the business for decades.
Caleb Morgan
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Hudson Young
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Levi Foster
I always thought it was a Cuphead situation. It’s something that draws lots of inspiration from another story, but I wouldn’t say it’s straight plagiarism. I’m guessing there is going to be extensive rewrites for a screenplay
Xavier Campbell
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Josiah Bailey
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Mason Myers
It could easily count as parody for the purpose of fair use.
Zachary Clark
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Jason Nelson
HE A D S H O T
I imagine that also could be a important factor that would come into play.
Julian King
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Carter James
For a 4 issue mini sold to the direct market for a handful of overweight nerds, sure. A motion picture likely to gross more than Bill Watterson's earned in a lifetime? That's blood in the water.
Carson Hughes
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Joseph Russell
Is Watterson still alive?
Carson Ward
Suddenly Sci-Fi
Benjamin Smith
extremely
Gavin Ramirez
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Alexander Brooks
Curious. I wonder if they might’ve reached out to him. Who knows.
Adrian Flores
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Cameron Martin
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Daniel Wilson
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Logan Taylor
Wow, this is going to either need extensive reworking to remove all the character "homages" or it's going to be a legal nightmare
Elijah Harris
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Jayden Miller
>I wonder if they might’ve reached out to him
He refused meetings with both Spielberg and Lucas.
Josiah Powell
You have to give the suits something to do I guess.
Jason Hall
i wanna fugg that catman
Juan Hughes
Damn! I’m going to have to read about this guy sometime.
Parker Harris
Eh, the test for fair use remains the same no matter how much money is involved. Watterson’s adamant refusal to license Calvin and Hobbes could actually bite him in the ass here. The movie can’t infringe on a potential Calvin and Hobbes movie because watterson is so open about the fact that there will never, ever be a Calvin and Hobbes movie.
Tyler Wright
I expected to hear that about a few characters, but not Spencer. Nothing like a blue cat-man huh?
Mason Allen
Use it or lose it.
Jacob Rogers
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Luis King
Spaceman Spiff was his original concept because he thought Star Wars was trash but he dialed it back to the fantasies of a child.
>Watterson’s adamant refusal to license Calvin and Hobbes could actually bite him in the ass here
He did license C&H to some very limited opportunities (a few calendars, an appearance on US postage, and a museum shirt). Trademark is where application (no C&H movie) matters, copyright doesn't work that way. Literally every character with a name in this is a 1:1 of one of his own characters, with similar names, relationships and appearances.
And here's the important part to understand: he doesn't have to sue because Anderson/McMeel, his syndicate, can do it for him.
Daniel Bell
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Gavin Smith
> He thought Star Wars was trash
He wasn’t wrong
Grayson Wilson
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Nolan Taylor
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Benjamin White
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Anthony Peterson
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Jaxon Stewart
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Anthony Miller
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Justin Long
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Samuel Davis
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Owen Johnson
Don't get me wrong, this is an excellent comic book and I enjoy rereading it, but ask yourself what the last time was when you saw a full length motion picture satirizing a comic strip, never mind with the creator's blessing. DC not only ruined Fawcett over Captain Marvel but ended up owning the character. The same thing happened to that Supermarionation parody MTV did in the 90s; Gerry and Sylvia Anderson sued, their estate own the rights to the series and it's been buried for 20 years.
Adam Sullivan
Courts determine fair use by weighing 4 factors: 1) the purpose and character of use, 2) the nature of the copyrighted work, 3) the amount and substantiality of taking and 4) the impact on the market for the original.
The only ones that really matter are factors 1 and 4. 2 is a nonissue and courts are much more willing to forgive substantial taking when there’s good purpose and character along with limited market impact.
The purpose and character defense locke and Spencer would use is parody, which means they have to prove that they’re actually commenting on calvin and Hobbes, which shouldn’t really be too difficult because it’s clearly a parody of calvin and Hobbes. The 4th factor is trickier but watterson/his lawyers will have to prove that a Locke and Spencer movie usurps the market for a Calvin and Hobbes movie which is a really tough sell given SaL is a gritty adult noir and CaH is anything but.
Amount and substantiality of taking is the real wildcard here. Did SaL take too much from CaH for the purpose of parody? Maybe, but the movie will no doubt go through rewrites with teams of lawyers looking at these exact issues.
John Flores
>edgy calvin and hobbes based on fanart
>best of any year
Luis Roberts
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Landon Gray
Can I get a download link? A bit too busy to read a story time at the mo'
Jose Moore
Who’s your daddy!
That’s very true. I’ll be fascinated to see what happens in the coming months and years. So many adaptations that get announced barely make any traction. Look at Shazam! for example. Spencer and Locke will always be a damned good comic before anything else to me though.
I hope you read it user. You might change your tune. It isn’t everyone’s cup of tea though.
Asher Russell
>but the movie will no doubt go through rewrites with teams of lawyers looking at these exact issues
Most of whom will say "You aren't Disney and your investors won't pay our billables on top of the CGI. Pay Watterson and Andrews/McMeel off or wait until one of them's functionally dead."
Jeremiah Gutierrez
Feels bad man
Eli Bell
Wait is this Calvin and Hobbs if they grew up to be homicide detectives?
Okay i'm interested
Christopher Edwards
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Ryan Robinson
Something like that! It’s very good.
Josiah James
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Ryder Edwards
Oh, other useful bit of trivia. Calvin's dad is Watterson's self portrait, minus the moustache. When asked if he was like Calvin as a kid he says he was the well behaved child so draw your own conclusions here.
Ryder Richardson
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Lucas Bell
I never liked Calvin’s dad.
Ian Barnes
>I never liked Calvin’s dad.
he only got upset that one time ok
Jaxson Bailey
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Benjamin Sanders
That is true. It’s a pretty bad strip regardless.
Dylan Robinson
Calvin's dad is my spirit animal, I aspire to one day rib my kid as skillfully as he
Blake Edwards
I live in Flagstaff Arizona now so his explanation that the sun sets here is perfect