Mike Lynch Cartoons (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
Tomorrow is Charles Schulz' 87th birthday. Ted Dawson, one of the Three Men in a Tub blog, shares the photo below . It's an ice sculpture, that was created in Schulz's hometown of Minneapolis, Minnesota almost ten years ago, to commemorate the very last PEANUTS Sunday strip on February 13, 2000. As you may remember, Mr. Schulz passed away the day before his last strip was...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | yesterday
... of the strip continue to appear in newspapers worldwide. So it's only fitting that the late Charles Schulz would have celebrated his 87th birthday on Thanksgiving Day. The best way to celebrate Schulz and his work is the ongoing series being published by Fantagraphics . The latest volume -- The Complete Peanuts, 1973-1974 ($28.99; Fantagraphics) -- is a lovingly produced volume...
Baxojayz - Centricity (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
... of theater of the absurd ; plus, writers William Cowper (1731-1800) and Eric Sevareid (1912-1992) Charles Schulz (1922-2000): creator of Charlie Brown and Peanuts Rich Little (71): impressionist famous for his take-off on every US president from 1960 to 2002 Tina Turner (70): rock singer, " What's Love Got to Do With It? "; other musicians born on this date include Robert...
Three Men in a Tub (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
In commemoration of the last Peanuts strip, Charles Schulz's hometown had this ice sculpture made. When Schulz died the day before his last Sunday strip ran, it became a memorial for fans and admirers who left flowers and notes.
iCelebZ.com (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
... Cristo made in honor of his inclusion in a 1978 "Peanuts" comic strip by cartoonist Charles Schulz.
running and rambling (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
... been passing time around the house lately. Even more appealing – to me, at least - is how Charles Schulz never lost track of the message amidst the festivities. The cartoonist often referred to Linus as the conscience of the Peanuts strip, and that’s never more apparent than in the Christmas special, when the blanket-clutching philosopher recites Scripture from the Gospel...
Nerd World (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
But last autumn, ABC started mixing up the regular "Charlie Brown Thanksgiving" routine. They resurrected an old Charles Schulz cartoon from a 1980's mini-series, which featured the Peanuts crew in an array of historical situations. “We did a mini-series back in the mid-‘80s about the history of America – and I was always particulary fond of Charlie Brown coming over to America as a passenger...
Paw Quality Comics (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Sometimes when I'm teaching comics, and I'm trying to encourage kids to keep it all clear and simple, I'll tell them Charles Schulz's observation that "good cartooning is good design". I'll show them a few images of inflight safety cards and we discuss why it's important that the information is easy to 'read', even though they are always wordless. And sometimes I'll find myself...
The Moviezzz Blog (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
Warner Home Video has released two Christmas specials to DVD, PEANUTS: I WANT A DOG FOR CHRISTMAS CHARLIE BROWN and A MISER BROTHERS CHRISTMAS . After Charles Schulz passed away in 2000, his family made a vow that they would not allow anyone else to write the characters. They came up with an idea to make a new special in 2003, I WANT A DOG FOR CHRISTMAS, CHARLIE BROWN . The cartoon was...
