Tag: snoopy
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September 1, 2011
My brother Curt and I both loved Charles Schulz’s Peanuts when we were growing up. Every Christmas for the last few years, Curt has given me a volume from The Complete Peanuts. Right now, I’m making my way through 1969 to 1970. It’s a wonderful year. There are a lot of strips featuring Snoopy as…
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July 19, 2011
There’s a Peanuts cartoon, a Sunday strip, which shows Snoopy on top of his doghouse with a typewriter. Most of the fourteen panels are given over to Snoopy pacing back and forth, looking thoughtful and slightly pompous. He types “It” and after a good long while he types “was.” By the end of the strip…