Peanuts Gallery
Eaten By Ducks: Happiness is an Unhappy Hipster:
But the essence of [Peanuts] was never Schulz’s sadness. It was his professionalism, his inventiveness, and, above all, his sense of humor. After all, any idiot can tell you that life sucks. When they do, though, I wish they wouldn’t pretend they got the insight from poor ol’ Charlie Brown.
Pretty interesting essay, though I like most of the cartoonists he mentions.
All sorts of meanings got hung on Peanuts. When I was an insufferable pious little twit (age 7-17), I read the Gospel According to Peanuts. Actually, I read the first few paragraphs, became bored to tears, and skimmed through the rest of the book just reading the strips. All of which I had read before. Didn't matter. Schulz is Schulz, baby.
Bonus whatever: this cartoon that Hank Ketcham sent to Schulz "as a joke:"
Reminds you of those Calvin window decals, sorta.
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