waterson? and still is. >> my initial impression when i saw him, the guy is making it harder for the rest of us. >> bill waterson showed me that a great amazing comic is great writing that can stand on its own and great drawing that can stand on its own. put it together and you have one of the greatest comic strips of all time. >> the director of that sweet film is joel allen schroeder. you made a sweet film about a sweet comic strip that i love and millions have loved. trying to dig into the genius of calvin and hobbs and i think it's about the way it portrays childhood and capturing it and it's about bringing in the philosophy so it's an adult state of mind, not at all corny. at rock bottom, you would love to be friends with calvin and hobbs. i don't know if you want to hang out with charlie brown he's kind of a downer sometimes. >> calvin and hobbs just to spend time reading it every day is a great pleasure. >> amen to that. joel, i was wondering, what about the fact that you have a double d

. >> it is in the style of bill wat waterson to and calvin and hobbes. >> it gives him freedom to go outside the square. >> he's a guy who thinks outside the box. >> we have the man behind my arm the comic joining us. what sup, patrick? tell us about the tattoo coupon? >> it was $50. usually tattoo parlors don't do stuff like this. when i asked him, he didn't get it. he was like, do you want us to do garfield or something? i was like, no. he stared at me for a little while. and then he's like, that's brilliant. i've been wanting one since i was 16. every tme i triedo pick out ai'a piece of artwork that i hated 20 years late person the comic book thing seems good. >> it's popular, does it surprise you? >> yeah, i started doing it over the summer. i didn't get much reaction. i moved on to other projects. all of a sudden, a blog out from the united kingdom put it out. it went viral. >> what does yor arm look like now. >> it's blank. >> i think you should do one. >> include a llama. >> all right, there we have it. ♪ >> that's it for us here at "right this minute." thanks for joining us.