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.

from May 24, 1993

which isn’t to say that you can’t find others if you look…

From Home is on Top of a Dog House (1966)
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The 75th Anniversary

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Big Fantagraphics sale and other Peanuts notes

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On Peanuts and Gender

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