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That’s super kind and probably made the kids day. ❤️
Just a fun fact: There is no merchandise for Calvin and Hobbes. At least no official and legal merch. Bill Watterson never wanted to take away from the impact of the comic strip so he never authorised any merchandise except for a few compilations and calendars. Everything else is bootleg.
I have so much respect for Watterson for doing that. He could have made millions from licensing deals, but chose not to, purely for artistic reasons.
The Hobbes in this story was custom made by the boy’s aunt, which I hope Watterson would be fine with :)
I have the kind of job that takes me to all sorts of places around the world every now and then. Obviously my kids would like to come with me. Obviously they can’t.
So instead we have an agreement: They get to select one plushie each to come with me, and I take pictures of what they’re doing.
So I have pictures of them:
- Sitting on front of the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur
- Eating tacos at T.J. Birria Y Mas in Houston
- At an airport playground in Amsterdam
- Enjoying a business class meal onboard Thai Airways
- Playing in a tree in a park in Singapore
- Getting a hug from our crewing manager at the head office
- Watching the screens attentively in the instrument room of a survey ship
- On a beach in Galveston, TX
- Having a pizza in Doha
Every time I come home, the first thing on the agenda is to see these pictures. My kids’plushies are among the most well traveled plushies in the world.
A thought just occurred to me. If I made “passports” for them, obvously pretend, but with picture and everything, do you think customs and border agents around the world would stamp them for me? EDIT: My kids and I will be making passports for one plushie each. Let’s see if they get stamped in Saudi Arabia on my next trip.
A couple of examples I found in my gallery:
