The all-time greatest comic strip
“The Last Rose of Summer“, the follow-up to Monte Schulz’s wild, rollicking novel “This Side of Jordan”, should be out in a couple-few of weeks. Assuming your browser supports inline frame video, you can watch Monte being interviewed by Fred Klein on Literary Gumbo.
Oopsie! Shame on me for failing yesterday to note the birthday of Charles M. Schulz, who would have been 88.
The two completed strips on Sparky’s drawing board were for December 27 and 28, 1956.
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It’s hard to believe it’s already been three years since the controversial biography Schulz and Peanuts, by David Michaelis. You have until next Tuesday to listen to a BBC Radio 4 feature on Charles M. Schulz.
I’m a bit surprised to hear Jeannie say, “David did a marvelous job…” Russell T. Davies, who brought Doctor Who back from hiatus, chimes in with the factoid that long before the Tardis, Snoopy’s doghouse was much bigger inside than it appeared outside.
It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown is starting right now on ABC. Will Charlie Brown kick the football? Will the Great Pumpkin visit Linus? Of course not! And we wouldn’t want it any other way.
If you missed the Great Pumpkin tonight, don’t worry, it’s on again Friday night at 8 ET.
A 60 Minutes interview with Charles M. Schulz from 1999.
Assuming Charlie Brown was supposed to be five years old when Peanuts premiered in 25 newspapers, sixty years ago today, he’d be getting ready for retirement. But, thankfully, there’s no end in sight for the timeless creations of Charles M. Schulz.
