It’s even worse today. Quality art and riding are passé (even though that’s what most audiences really want). Mainstream creators have abandoned that for, shall we say, certain “social” agendas.
He isn’t wrong. I mean really, “Cabage Patch Kids”? Troll dolls? Pet ROCKS, for Christ’s sake!! People buy crap. The trick is, you need to be the sole supplier for the crap they feel they need to buy. …hello Microsoft.
With NFTs, fine art as a commodity has become yet another scam. There is a reason that most of the enduring fine art was done by people who were not in it for the money. I blame Picasso. He took advantage of the advances in modern printing and self-promoted himself to artistic stardom. Some of his works are quite good but there are also millions of poster print copies sitting rolled up in attics.
Many artists are quite pretentious, and think that the willingness of people to buy what they create is somehow “irrelevant”. They think they’re entitled to money for what they do, which is why so many of them love government grants, which are essentially coerced payments.
Charles Barr Premium Member almost 2 years ago
Collectible figurines are so 1992. Today the big collectibles are NFTs. Some have sold for millions!
BE THIS GUY almost 2 years ago
Calvin is going to sign a contract with The Franklin Mint.
codycab almost 2 years ago
Calvin’s art is for the horror fans.
marilynnbyerly almost 2 years ago
So, an ash tray. It’s always an ash tray.
bluram almost 2 years ago
I doubt that Calvin even knows a figurine from a tangerine.
in.amongst almost 2 years ago
(Post)Modern sculptures never really made sense. I’d rather admire Eiffel tower than some mangled mass that passes off as an “installation”.
sirbadger almost 2 years ago
Now, he needs to learn how to work with glass although I don’t think his mom will approve. Maybe clear plastic.
DaveG1960 almost 2 years ago
Knowing Calvin, the collectable will be of himself………
Charliegirl Premium Member almost 2 years ago
Hobbes is so adorable in his smock.
JudasPeckerwood almost 2 years ago
Eh, my six-year-old could do that.
Johnny Q Premium Member almost 2 years ago
My family has a few of those Hummel figurines…
Red33410 almost 2 years ago
“They’re collectible figurines!”
Susan00100 almost 2 years ago
Hobbes looks like a hospital patient prepped for surgery.
Susan00100 almost 2 years ago
Calvin should read “The Fountainhead” by Ayn Rand.
sandpiper almost 2 years ago
Given Calvin’s temperament, I expect there will be a few gargoyles, a space dragon or two, and some really ugly aliens.
Carl Premium Member almost 2 years ago
Fine Art is a lucrative tax shelter.
jagedlo almost 2 years ago
Serious money? Right now, I’d settle for not-so-serious money!
ekw555 almost 2 years ago
should work out. I mean if you can sell digital art / NFTs for millions, that collectible figurine could be worth a fortune too.
tripwire45 almost 2 years ago
It’s even worse today. Quality art and riding are passé (even though that’s what most audiences really want). Mainstream creators have abandoned that for, shall we say, certain “social” agendas.
LEOKEV almost 2 years ago
I can only imagine what goes on in the minds of Calvin’s parents when the over-hear these conversations.
vaughnrl2003 Premium Member almost 2 years ago
He isn’t wrong. I mean really, “Cabage Patch Kids”? Troll dolls? Pet ROCKS, for Christ’s sake!! People buy crap. The trick is, you need to be the sole supplier for the crap they feel they need to buy. …hello Microsoft.
uniquename almost 2 years ago
Calvin embraces his crass.
g04922 almost 2 years ago
Calvin is becoming so ‘woke’… Hobbes keeps him grounded, most of the time.
chick485 almost 2 years ago
Great art today is Garden Gnomes!
ChessPirate almost 2 years ago
Snow Goon Miniatures?
Susie Derkins and Mrs. Wormwood Caricatures?
Busts of Stupendous Man, Tracer Bullet, Calvinosaurus?
mistercatworks almost 2 years ago
With NFTs, fine art as a commodity has become yet another scam. There is a reason that most of the enduring fine art was done by people who were not in it for the money. I blame Picasso. He took advantage of the advances in modern printing and self-promoted himself to artistic stardom. Some of his works are quite good but there are also millions of poster print copies sitting rolled up in attics.
Lightpainter almost 2 years ago
What will it be, Calvin? A line of collectible custom snakes, or will it be worms?
anomaly almost 2 years ago
Collectible figurines of the great philosophers? Great idea. Is that Schopenhauer or just an unfinished lump of clay?
mindjob almost 2 years ago
2 snow goons chocking each other
Stephen Gilberg almost 2 years ago
recalls that Watterson chose to retire rather than go commercial
Robert4170 almost 2 years ago
Many artists are quite pretentious, and think that the willingness of people to buy what they create is somehow “irrelevant”. They think they’re entitled to money for what they do, which is why so many of them love government grants, which are essentially coerced payments.
Drbarb71 Premium Member almost 2 years ago
Or write and illustrate an entertaining comic about a gifted boy with behavior issues and his wise stuffed tiger-just might sell!
WCraft Premium Member almost 2 years ago
Star Wars figurines? Now those would be worth something!
[Unnamed Reader - c91c61] almost 2 years ago
If the ad says “Collectible”, it means they are collecting money from the gullible.
bonob almost 2 years ago
Is that where Watterson first said he never ever wanted derivated work be done from Calvin & Hobbes?
Bilan almost 2 years ago
The problem is not that Calvin thinks like that. The problem is that too many adults think that way.
harvey812abc almost 2 years ago
Calvin would do well in today’s age of NFT’s
Will_Scarlet almost 2 years ago
This is what Warhol led to.
HodgeElmwood almost 2 years ago
I know an art museum that’ll buy whatever he makes. They’ll buy any “contemporary” art that comes down the pike.