The comics in Peanuts

Comic shop manager Mike Sterling closely examines the comics rack in an early Peanuts strip and tells you if what they’re selling actually exists.

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Peanuts news and notes

Got a few little bits of news to get out of the way… and let me clear the sad one up front. Skip Hinnant passed away on Sunday. Skip was many things (folks of my age might best remember him as Fargo North, Decoder on The Electric Company), but for the …

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See some Schulz originals in Indiana

The Anderson Museum of Art in lovely (I’ll assume) Anderson, Indiana has an interesting exhibition coming up next month…. It focuses on artists from Indiana, and look at all the cool things it covers, There’s Garfield! And Baby Blues! Blondie! Marvin! But… there’s no Snoopy. What’s it doing on this …

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Peanuts v. Trump

The legal goings-on this week regarding Peanuts require a bit of a preface: while Peanuts Worldwide (or really Peanuts Holdings) owns Peanuts, they don’t own everything Peanuts. Lee Mendelson Film Productions has rights regarding the classic TV and film material. If I understand correctly (and that’s a real caveat, there are …