Sad news!

On my previous post, Calvin and Hobbes dancing, the animated YouTube in question has been taken down due to copyright infringement claims. Adam Brown, the animator in question, apparently ran afoul of “Universal Uclick,” whoever the fuck they are. I’ve left the dead-end YouTube intact, as well as all the other elements of the animation that Adam Brown eventually assembled into one brilliant whole. Sad day indeed.

Here’s a pirate version. It will probably be taken down before long.

More Calvin and Hobbes animated by Adam Brown

Again, animator Adam Brown talks about this video below.

Published on Mar 18, 2013
I’ve animated a strip from Calvin and Hobbes, using Bill Watterson’s drawings as keyframes. This is an unofficial fan project, and no money’s being made from it.
Category
Film & Animation
License
Standard YouTube License

Calvin and Hobbes dancing

This is an homage to Calvin and Hobbes by animator Adam Brown. Adam Brown’s words start below the video. Enjoy!

Calvin and Hobbes dance from Adam Brown on Vimeo.

Published on Oct 28, 2013
This is a fan interpretation of Calvin and Hobbes’ dance moves, made for fun and no money!

The music is ‘April Showers’ by ProleteR
http://www.facebook.com/ProleteR.beats

here’s a gif: http://imgur.com/mR8KEcd

and here are the dance moves referenced from the comic:

It is my belief that Bill Watterson is open to fan fic and remakes of his works as long as there’s no profit from it. He recently said in an interview, “Every artist learns through imitation, but I rather doubt the aim of these things is artistic development. I assume they’re either homages or satiric riffs, and are not intended to be taken too seriously as works in their own right. Otherwise I should be talking to a copyright lawyer.”

This is meant as an homage, but it’s also about the artistic development of animation. I don’t think it should be taken too seriously as a work in its own right, but I like how it turned out and I want to share it with people! The frames referenced work as animation keys, even if they weren’t intended to be. I don’t think it detracts from the original to see them in motion.

While the copyright of Calvin and Hobbes belongs to Bill Watterson and Andrews McMeel Universal, I believe this is fair use based on the following:

-There’s no profit, advertising or otherwise.
-The use is transformative, not just derivative.
-The characters from the comic are redrawn, not copied. One of Watterson’s paintings was modified for the background. http://i.imgur.com/cZJK7h.jpg

-There’s no harm to the publisher’s ability to exploit the work. (Just the opposite… Everyone should buy the full collection… it’s great!)
Purchase Complete Calvin & Hobbes here:

“A healthy copyright system must balance the need to provide strong economic incentives through exclusive rights with the need to protect important public interests like free speech and expression. Fair use is foundational to that balance. Its role is to prevent copyright from stifling the creativity it is supposed to foster, and from imposing other burdens that would inhibit rather than promote the creation and spread of knowledge and learning.” -The Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School
Category
Film & Animation
License
Creative Commons Attribution license (reuse allowed)