It never got defiled in the pop-consumerist zeitgeist because the guy that made it never allowed it to be marketed in the first place. The artist wanted his work to be a special gift for his child and grandkids, when he ended Calvin & Hobbes it was because he wanted to spend more time with them. Dad instincts are bundled up with racialism so Bill Waterson is our guy.

In a healthy racinated culture, even nerdy artists like this guy look like Chads compared to people today