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Having watched “For Better And For Worse” fall into a dissatisfying end and shift over to a “remake” format with the bitter catcalls from various corners, I wonder about the one person whom everyone seems to worship: Charles M. Schulz. In short, would he have survived the advent of the internet?
Think of it: We’re talking [...]
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So today (Sunday, August 31st, 2008) For Better or For Worse puts out its “Last Strip,” the strip where we learn what the characters do with their futures. Of course they’re all happy (insofar as what we’re given).
Of course, much of the attention given to the strip over the past few years was watching how [...]
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Peanuts: As Anime Teenagers
edit: reduced to what’s shown below. Evidently the artist wants to limit exposure to that single picture, which is fair enough. I was thinking of cutting down on the number of pictures shown, so while a bit further than I would like, this is in line with my thoughts.
Enough heavy topics, now for something light [...]
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SpringFlowers on March 23, 2008 said:
You must have read the Foobiverse take on that FBOFW comic, it is interesting to see their take on the Patterson’s family dynamic…and how it created the personalities as shown in the stunted characters of Elizabeth and Michael. Elizabeth’s recent plotting of revenge against female friends, to upset the “Always [...]
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Bosses and the Bossed:
I like this graphic (which I got from The Comic Curmudgeon’s community discussion pages). It shows a lot.
First, notice how relationship changes as things get lower and lower:
The Admiral bows in submission, the King keeps a respectful distance.
The Businessman returns the salute while bowing to the Admiral.
The Supervisor is slightly frightened, but is still open [...]
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Peanuts 2000: A Late Review
Yes, it took me a while as it had actually been years since I had been a steady reader of Peanuts. Having gotten all the Complete Peanuts books plus some of the other periphery items, however, I felt it was time to finally read this collection of the last year (and few extra Sundays) of [...]
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And I have to ask myself: Why didn’t I stop reading this book?
First, the good stuff about the book: In giving the background of his family life it showed how some of his habits and concerns came from his family. It also did a good job of reflecting how the turmoil from the first marriage [...]
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Peanuts Releases In The Future:
This is the order of the books in The Complete Peanuts series (at least if the rumors pan out):
1950-52. CHARLIE BROWN
1953-54. LUCY
1955-56. PIG-PEN
1957-58. SNOOPY
1959-60. PATTY
1961-62. SCHROEDER
1963-64. LINUS
1965-66. CHARLIE BROWN
1967-68. VIOLET
1969-70. SNOOPY (FLYING ACE)
1971-72. SALLY
1973-74. WOODSTOCK
1975-76. PEPPERMINT PATTY
1977-78. CHARLIE BROWN
1979-80. FRIEDA
1981-82. SPIKE
1983-84. LINUS
1985-86. FRANKLIN
1987-88. LUCY
1989-90. CHARLIE BROWN
1991-92. MARCIE
1993-94. SNOOPY (PERHAPS LAWYER)
1995-96. RERUN
1997-98. PEPPERMINT PATTY
1999-2000. CHARLIE BROWN.
So [...]
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Garfield without the cat’s thoughts: The Sad Man and his world
Garfield without the cat: Jon goes into Madness
Here’s a couple of links which takes a look at that most generic of all comics: Garfield. Thing is, they take away Garfield’s thought balloons and leave Jon talking to himself.
Very existential, and sometimes morbid. Can also be [...]
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Remember that cartoon too many of you loved in the early eighties? The little blue stains on your TV that grew so popular they were given AN HOUR AND A HALF at their height?
Well…would you believe The Smurfs Were Communists?
Not in the Stalinist or neo-capitalist Chinese versions, but in many ways the [...]
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