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Schulz/Peanuts news

So I know you’ve been thinking “I forgot to get the AAUGH Blogger anything for his birthday. What can I do to make up for it?”

You can get me this:It is one of four Peanuts originals currently up for auction at Sotheby’s (thanks to not-that-Jean for the tip), and in terms of pure cartooning, one of my favorite Peanuts strips. (Also up for auction is the strip that put a vital twist in the Dark and Stormy Night story.)

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