Comments on: Post Office to release Sunday Funnies collection http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2010/01/05/post-office-to-release-sunday-funnies-collection/ The source for industry news for the professional cartoonist Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:54:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: John Read http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2010/01/05/post-office-to-release-sunday-funnies-collection/#comment-89452 John Read Wed, 06 Jan 2010 19:04:24 +0000 http://dailycartoonist.com/?p=6138#comment-89452 Jeff, my understanding of it is, the rules are different for fictional characters. And remember, there've already been comic strip stamps before, as well as other stamps featuring Disney and Looney Tunes cartoon characters. Jeff, my understanding of it is, the rules are different for fictional characters. And remember, there’ve already been comic strip stamps before, as well as other stamps featuring Disney and Looney Tunes cartoon characters.

]]> By: Rene Bakewell http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2010/01/05/post-office-to-release-sunday-funnies-collection/#comment-89448 Rene Bakewell Wed, 06 Jan 2010 17:40:56 +0000 http://dailycartoonist.com/?p=6138#comment-89448 I agree Mike. Being honored on a stamp is not the same as selling out. I agree Mike. Being honored on a stamp is not the same as selling out.

]]> By: Jeff Parker http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2010/01/05/post-office-to-release-sunday-funnies-collection/#comment-89441 Jeff Parker Wed, 06 Jan 2010 16:28:12 +0000 http://dailycartoonist.com/?p=6138#comment-89441 Don't you have to be dead to be on a postage stamp? Just askin'... Don’t you have to be dead to be on a postage stamp? Just askin’…

]]> By: Mike Cope http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2010/01/05/post-office-to-release-sunday-funnies-collection/#comment-89435 Mike Cope Wed, 06 Jan 2010 14:39:00 +0000 http://dailycartoonist.com/?p=6138#comment-89435 Keep in mind we're not talking about t-shirts here. A stamp is a national symbol, like money, so this is a prestigious way of acknowledging the contributions all of these cartoonists made to American (and worldwide) culture. Of course, I believe Watterson once said, "The day I let them use Calvin for merchandise is the day they can lick ..." :) Keep in mind we’re not talking about t-shirts here. A stamp is a national symbol, like money, so this is a prestigious way of acknowledging the contributions all of these cartoonists made to American (and worldwide) culture.

Of course, I believe Watterson once said, “The day I let them use Calvin for merchandise is the day they can lick …”

:)

]]> By: Dan http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2010/01/05/post-office-to-release-sunday-funnies-collection/#comment-89434 Dan Wed, 06 Jan 2010 14:25:33 +0000 http://dailycartoonist.com/?p=6138#comment-89434 Stacy - you hit the nail on the head. Obviously this isn't merchandising in the traditional sense, but this must be one of the very, very few (perhaps only) times you can buy Calvin and Hobbes "merchandise." Stacy – you hit the nail on the head. Obviously this isn’t merchandising in the traditional sense, but this must be one of the very, very few (perhaps only) times you can buy Calvin and Hobbes “merchandise.”

]]> By: Shane Davis http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2010/01/05/post-office-to-release-sunday-funnies-collection/#comment-89406 Shane Davis Wed, 06 Jan 2010 02:14:15 +0000 http://dailycartoonist.com/?p=6138#comment-89406 Look at this.... http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=210826.0 If she mailed this to someone using the C&H stamps, would Mr. Watterson's head explode? Look at this….

http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=210826.0

If she mailed this to someone using the C&H stamps, would Mr. Watterson’s head explode?

]]> By: Larry Levine http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2010/01/05/post-office-to-release-sunday-funnies-collection/#comment-89401 Larry Levine Wed, 06 Jan 2010 00:57:53 +0000 http://dailycartoonist.com/?p=6138#comment-89401 Great news, I'm especially happy to see Mort Walker/Beetle being honored!! Great news, I’m especially happy to see Mort Walker/Beetle being honored!!

]]> By: Brian Powers http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2010/01/05/post-office-to-release-sunday-funnies-collection/#comment-89378 Brian Powers Tue, 05 Jan 2010 19:09:33 +0000 http://dailycartoonist.com/?p=6138#comment-89378 I'm hoping it will be a peeing Calvin stamp. I’m hoping it will be a peeing Calvin stamp.

]]> By: Ben Carlsen http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2010/01/05/post-office-to-release-sunday-funnies-collection/#comment-89373 Ben Carlsen Tue, 05 Jan 2010 18:07:08 +0000 http://dailycartoonist.com/?p=6138#comment-89373 I don't think Watterson will have a problem with his strip being on postage stamps. I'm sure he'd rather have that than the Calvin peeing on stuff stickers. I don’t think Watterson will have a problem with his strip being on postage stamps. I’m sure he’d rather have that than the Calvin peeing on stuff stickers.

]]> By: Stacy Curtis http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2010/01/05/post-office-to-release-sunday-funnies-collection/#comment-89369 Stacy Curtis Tue, 05 Jan 2010 17:38:52 +0000 http://dailycartoonist.com/?p=6138#comment-89369 Won't this merchandising of "Calvin and Hobbes" destroy the integrity of the strip? Won’t this merchandising of “Calvin and Hobbes” destroy the integrity of the strip?

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