Yeah, they'd be better off as links.
Peanut characters
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MAD had some great artists in the 70's
Violet grew up hot!
Oh, and page-stretchers suck.
So, the picture being big sucks, or I do? I thought they were the same width. I see they have been fixed. Thanks Spocked.
Then, by all means, let it get creepy. Remember the Easter special, when Snoopy danced with Peppermint Patty and Marcie? Or how about Snoopy going figure skating? Considering that Snoopy owns sophisticated art, is able to prepare a full-course Thanksgiving dinner in his doghouse, and drive a car across France, I'd sooner date him than any of the human Peanuts characters!
Don't forget that he also turns his doghouse into a Sopwith Camel (after making it into a time machine as well.
I'd go for the little redheaded girl. I've got a thing for red hair.
MeanJoePhaser
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Another Mad parody was "Will success spoil Charlie Brown?" where minor character Shermy returns to the old neighbourhood and finds that things have changed.
Some other ones were part of themes, like when Don Rickles's humor spreads to popular culture. Charlie Brown goes around insulting the other characters.
And one I remember fondly, when the RAMBO theme spreads to pop culture. While treak or treating, somebody gives Charlie Brown rocks. Snoopy appears, looking Stallone-eyed and wearing a head band. He's got a rocket launcher "Here's Joe Vet, helping out his patriotic but stupid buddy!" Then he blows up the offender's house "Yo, pinko, don't you know it's un-American to screw kids on Halloween!"
Partial list of Mad Peanuts parodies
http://www.collectmad.com/madcoversite/index-peanuts.html
Some other ones were part of themes, like when Don Rickles's humor spreads to popular culture. Charlie Brown goes around insulting the other characters.
And one I remember fondly, when the RAMBO theme spreads to pop culture. While treak or treating, somebody gives Charlie Brown rocks. Snoopy appears, looking Stallone-eyed and wearing a head band. He's got a rocket launcher "Here's Joe Vet, helping out his patriotic but stupid buddy!" Then he blows up the offender's house "Yo, pinko, don't you know it's un-American to screw kids on Halloween!"
Partial list of Mad Peanuts parodies
http://www.collectmad.com/madcoversite/index-peanuts.html
Sigh. MAD used to rock several decades ago. 
I thought we never saw the little red-haired girl?
Though we see a Little Red-Haired Girl in the animated specials (and her name is Heather), Schulz didn't consider those appearances "official."
So we're saying that the animated specials aren't... Wait for it... Wait for it...
CANON!!!!
^I used to think this wasn't any good - but NOW I think different.
I was watching on YouTube some clips from the CB special where TLRHG appears -"It's Your First Kiss, Charlie Brown" and it reminded me of how much I fucking hate Lucy.
And the team giving Charlie Brown a hard time for his missed kicks.
He missed them because Lucy pulled away the fucking ball! And Charlie is giving a hard time over it by his two best [only] fucking friends Patty and Linus!
Sorry, I get emotional on this, but CB's childhood reminds me too much of my own.
And the team giving Charlie Brown a hard time for his missed kicks.
He missed them because Lucy pulled away the fucking ball! And Charlie is giving a hard time over it by his two best [only] fucking friends Patty and Linus! Sorry, I get emotional on this, but CB's childhood reminds me too much of my own.
^You might like this strip then:
For me, one of the most moving Peanuts strips was one of the final Sunday strips. Charlie Brown and Lucy are outside, and she's holding the football. She's called into the house, she has a phone call. She asks Rerun to hold the ball. The final panel, Lucy wants to know what happened. Rerun tells her, "You'll never know." There was something about that that was just so right. I know, in my heart, that Charlie Brown kicked the football; I know, in my heart, that Rerun idolized Charlie Brown and wouldn't have pulled it away. But I also know that there's ambiguity there, and maybe he didn't kick the football.I was watching on YouTube some clips from the CB special where TLRHG appears -"It's Your First Kiss, Charlie Brown" and it reminded me of how much I fucking hate Lucy.
And the team giving Charlie Brown a hard time for his missed kicks.
MeanJoePhaser
Admiral
Wow. I never heard about that.
Peanuts was often a depressing comic strip. It started out with good artwork and kids acting more like kids. Snoopy looked like a beagle. It was better early on, but didn't become as iconic until Snoopy anthropomorphisized and the artwork was more simple. When Schulz passed away, somebody wrote that after the 70's, the strip was going through the motions. I think I agree with that. They also said Spike was the worst character he created. Maybe. But I didn't know about Charlotte Braun at the time.
Peanuts was often a depressing comic strip. It started out with good artwork and kids acting more like kids. Snoopy looked like a beagle. It was better early on, but didn't become as iconic until Snoopy anthropomorphisized and the artwork was more simple. When Schulz passed away, somebody wrote that after the 70's, the strip was going through the motions. I think I agree with that. They also said Spike was the worst character he created. Maybe. But I didn't know about Charlotte Braun at the time.
^You might like this strip then:
One of the great things about Fantagraphics' Complete Peanuts collections is that the evolution of the characters' appearances is so apparent. They kept evolving, especially Snoopy, right up until about 1968. At that point, the Peanuts characters get locked in on a certain look, the look you'll see on things like greeting cards and MetLife ads.
That's a frequent complaint, and I think you could make the argument that the ossification of the characters' appearances in the '68-'70 period bears that out.
I'm just now discovering this period, thanks to the Fantagraphics collections.
I know that one addition Schulz made at that time -- the birth of Rerun in 1972 and his appearance as a character in 1973 -- was one that he regretted for a long time. However, I think that when Rerun emerged as a major character in the mid-90s, Peanuts found a creative renaissance. It wasn't just that Rerun was completely mental, it was that Rerun allowed Charlie Brown to grow up. When I said above that Rerun idolized Charlie Brown, that's actually spot on; Charlie Brown now had someone to look out for.
Comic strips evolve over time. Bill Watterson's Calvin and Hobbes was different in a lot of ways in its early years; Calvin had a no-good uncle, for instance. Berkeley Breathed's Outland started out as something that had nothing to do with Bloom County, and then it turned into Bloom County, Part II. You don't know what works -- and what doesn't -- until you try it.
^You might like this strip then:
He should have done that 25 years ago.
Patty. Not Peppermint Patty, but the original Patty.
Er ... I remember CALVIN making his transmogrifier into a time machine (same cardboard box), I don't remember Snoopy doing that.
--Ted
Er ... I remember CALVIN making his transmogrifier into a time machine (same cardboard box), I don't remember Snoopy doing that.
--Ted
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