File:Hobbes comic strip character.jpg

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Media data and Non-free use rationale
Description	Drawing of Hobbes, a character from the Calvin and Hobbes comic strip.
Author or copyright owner	Bill Watterson
Source (WP:NFCC#4)	Unknown
Use in article (WP:NFCC#7)	Calvin and Hobbes
Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8)	This image is used for purposes of illustrating the character Hobbes, one of the primary characters of the Calvin and Hobbes comic strip.
Not replaceable with free media because (WP:NFCC#1)	n.a.
Not replaceable with textual coverage because (WP:NFCC#1)	The image is used as the primary means of visually identifying the subject of the article. For a visual medium such as comic books, words alone cannot adequately describe the subject.
Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3)	The image has been cropped from a larger panel and is the minimum size necessary to identify the character. It contains only a small portion of the commercial product.
Respect for commercial opportunities (WP:NFCC#2)	n.a.
Other information	The use of the image will not affect the value of the original work or limit the copyright holder's rights or ability to sell or distribute the original comic book. Copies of this image could not be used to make illegal copies of the comic book.
Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Calvin and Hobbes//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hobbes_comic_strip_character.jpgtrue

Licensing edit

This image is from a comic strip, webcomic or from the cover or interior of a comic book. The copyright for this image is most likely owned by either the publisher of the comic or the writer(s) and/or artist(s) which produced the comic in question. It is believed that

the use of low-resolution images of the cover of a comic book to illustrate:
- the issue of the comic book in question;
- the periodical comic book series of which this issue is a part; or
- the copyrighted comic book character(s) or group(s) on the cover of the issue in question;
or the use of low-resolution images of a single panel from a comic strip or an interior page of a comic book to illustrate:
- the scene or storyline depicted, or
- the copyrighted character(s) or group(s) depicted on the excerpted panel in question;
where no free alternative exists or can be created,
on the English-language Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation,

qualifies as fair use under United States copyright law. Any other uses of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Non-free content and Wikipedia:WikiProject Comics/copyright for more information.
Fair use

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Please add a detailed non-free use rationale for each article the image is used in, which must also declare compliance with the other parts of the non-free content criteria, as well as the source of the work and copyright information.
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	Date/Time	Thumbnail	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	03:09, 17 September 2018		180 × 203 (19 KB)	Adondai (talk \| contribs)	Uploading an excerpt from a non-free work using File Upload Wizard

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