No Longer Remembering Sparky

They Called Him Sparky coverThe mailma’am just delivered my copies of the book of reminiscences about Charles Schulz that I discussed earlier. I was surprised to find that the book didn’t bear the title which I’d been told it would have. While the text of the book refers to itelf by the old tile (Remembering Sparky), the cover, spine, and title page use the title They Called Him Sparky.

So if you see this book somewhere and wonder if that is the book I was talking about, the answer is “yes”.

I’ll give a review of this book of reminiscences, correspondence, and cartoons once I’ve had a chance to read the whole thing, but my initial impressions are positive (for those with a specific interest in Schulz; this isn’t a book for the casual Peanuts fan.)

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The real Linus’s real cartooning

Like many Peanuts fans, I knew that the character of Linus was named after Linus Maurer, who worked at Art Instruction alongside Schulz. Like seemingly fewer fans, I knew that Maurer himself had been a syndicated cartoonist… but for some reason I never saw any of his strip before today. …

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Campaign Peanuts redux

I don’t normally just repost my blog entries… but this one seems as relevant now as when I first posted it in 2019. Only the word “many” seems dated. Of the many presidential candidates, I think Schulz only mentioned one in Peanuts. which isn’t to say that you can’t find …

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I suspect that’s not Schulz

The only thing I have to say about this ad from 1967 is “no”.   40 SHARES Share Tweet this thing Follow the AAUGH Blog