The Daily Cartoonist reports that ABC-TV has signed a five-year contract to continue airing the Peanuts holiday specials. Which is good, because ten years after moving from CBS, I still need more time to get used to them being on ABC!
Category: Cartooning
Peanotes
The 60th anniversary of Peanuts is only two months away. Here are some related items of note:
- Jeannie Schulz was at the 2010 Comic-Con in San Diego, where she received a well-deserved Bob Clampett Humanitarian Award.
- The Santa Rosa Press Democrat has an article about Craig Schulz, who runs Creative Associates, the company his father started to handle Peanuts licensing.
- Amy Schulz Johnson had a birthday a couple of days ago. Happy birthday, Amy!
- Nat Gertler on the AAUGH! blog points out an item about the time in 1960 when Lucy van Pelt submitted a political cartoon to a newspaper.
Arlo and Janis @ 25
Today was the 25th anniversary of Arlo and Janis!
Oops! Wrong Arlo and Janis. Here’s an Arlo and Janis original I got from Jimmy Johnson fifteen years ago, when Eric was only three. And now he’s shaving!
Congratulations, and thanks, to Jimmy for creating my favorite comic strip.
Fanboy sighting
Last week at the San Diego Comic-Con, this fanboy was wandering around the dealers room, like thousands of others, grabbing free stuff. But who is he? If you don’t recognize him, hover over the picture to find out.
“Jesus hates you” — Westboro Baptist Church
It was fanatics vs. fans at the San Diego Comic-Con!
http://www.comicsalliance.com/2010/07/22/super-heroes-vs-the-westboro-baptist-church/
John 8:7 says, “He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.” It does not continue with Jesus saying, “So somebody get me a rock! A big, jagged one.” Which is what the members of the Westboro Baptist Church seem to believe.
A splash of color
When the Boston Globe started printing its daily comics in color, there were complaints from some readers, claiming to be comic-strip purists, but my only complaint is when the color is printed off-register.
Here is Arlo and Janis from a few days ago, as it appeared in the Metrowest Daily News. Do the mouse-over thing to see how it appeared in the Boston Globe. The color adds a lot to the mood, don’t you think?
How much longer will there be printed newspapers? Ten years? Five?