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Two Peanuts Anomalies
Two strips from the 1967-1968 volume of The Complete Peanuts by Charles Schulz (Fantagraphics, 2008). These panels from the February 14, 1967 strip have a certain manic energy to them that contrasts with Schulz’s usually calm images. Even images such as Charlie Brown getting knocked out of his clothes by another well hit baseball does [...]
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First Peanuts Sunday
Yesterday, Craig Yoe noted the 56th anniversary of the first Sunday Peanuts page. What a wonderful, simple use of composition and page layouts. Schulz uses a basic nine panel grid altered by 2 symmetrically placed wide panels: at the beginning for the title (which is seen in all the Sundays) and at the end. Charlie [...]
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Craghead Schulz Tribute
Tom Spurgeon links over to Warren Craghead’s blog. He recently posted his tribute to Charles Schulz, originally published in 2003′s Top Shelf Asks the Big Questions. The unpublished pages are here with links at the bottom to the 6 pages of the original version. In light of my recent comments on Schulz’s backgrounds, this is [...]
