Is Charles Schulz going senile?
Kelly McCarthy
more picture for the strip; everything you see has been drawn a million
times before (Snoopy on his doghouse, Charlie watching TV, etc.) I think
the text is computer generated. It's all a hoax.
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"He drops a capsule in your drink
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John Nagle
>My theory is that he is already dead. I mean, nobody needs to draw any
>more picture for the strip; everything you see has been drawn a million
>times before (Snoopy on his doghouse, Charlie watching TV, etc.) I think
>the text is computer generated. It's all a hoax.
He works for Metropolitan Life, right?
John Nagle
Steven J. Jose Dube
smcg...@mit.edu (Scott McGuire) wrote:
> In article <3a6ksd$g...@news1.digex.net>, pin...@access1.digex.net (Ben
> Parrish) wrote:
>
> > : My theory is that he is already dead. I mean, nobody needs to draw any
> > : more picture for the strip; everything you see has been drawn a million
> > : times before (Snoopy on his doghouse, Charlie watching TV, etc.) I think
> > : the text is computer generated. It's all a hoax.
> >
> > That's would explain how horrible it's been the last several years.
> >
> > I only hope that the above is true, otherwise I'd lose much respect for
> > Mr. Schulz. The early Peanuts'es's are still some of the best strips
> > ever written.
Shultz is quite coherent I would argue. For example on October 1, the
strip focused on Charlie Brown awaiting a package from Scotland. Snoopy
pops out of the mail box and thinks "The Loch Ness Monster." Then on
October 31 the punch line of the comic has Snoopy thinking "I see a stupid
Kid sitting in a pumpkin patch." Finally on the first Sunday of November,
Shultz ties these two together as Snoopy asks Woodstock, "What if the
great pumpkin showed up in Scotland and the Lochness monster ate him?"
This my friends is pure genius. Instead of doubting him when the strips
seem inane, pay closer attention, Shultz will probably surprise you. I
Steve
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Steve Dube
Anne Voelkel
: Shultz is quite coherent I would argue. For example on October 1, the
: strip focused on Charlie Brown awaiting a package from Scotland. Snoopy
: pops out of the mail box and thinks "The Loch Ness Monster." Then on
: October 31 the punch line of the comic has Snoopy thinking "I see a stupid
: Kid sitting in a pumpkin patch." Finally on the first Sunday of November,
: Shultz ties these two together as Snoopy asks Woodstock, "What if the
: great pumpkin showed up in Scotland and the Lochness monster ate him?"
: This my friends is pure genius. Instead of doubting him when the strips
: seem inane, pay closer attention, Shultz will probably surprise you. I
: Steve
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: Steve Dube
I agree with Steve. For a long time I too thought Peanuts had gone
downhill. But recently I've been changing my mind. I find, first of
all, that when I look at recent strips reprinted in the books, they are
better than I thought they were when I first saw them in the paper. But
what really changed my mind was when I got a copy of "Snoopy's Love
Book", a collection of strips on the theme of love, many from more recent
years. Some of them made me laugh out loud. I recall one in particular
in which Charlie Brown is hiding behind a tree near the Little Red Haired
Girl's house, holding out a box of chocolates, hoping she'll just sort
of grab it as she walks by.
I think Schulz still understands better than anyone the torments
of obsessive, unrequitted love. . . and how HUMAN it is. Certainly, I
saw myself reflected in that strip. :-)
--Rich
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