What a Peanuts book collector becomes
- By : Nat
- Category : Classic finds, Reviews
I just found out (actually, I think this was pointed out to me once before, but I forgot) that the British edition of The Complete Peanuts: 1959-1960 has an introduction not by Whoopi Goldberg (as the US edition has), but by Russell T. Davies. Davies, who talks (among other things) about his youthful quest to complete a numbered set of British Peanuts books, grew up to become a key writer/producer in British television, creating such series as Queer As Folk and reviving Doctor Who. As his intro tells you (you can read part of it using the Look Inside feature at the link above), when he was young he was a fan of both Doctor Who and Snoopy, so it’ s no surprise that he eventually changed his name to Who-oopy. No, wait, that was the other intro writer. Dang, that would’ve been so logical!
