Peanuts Is Timeless: A Scanner, Weekly

A li'l late.

No political Charlie Brown/Lucy refs, at least not that I caught. However, the ever-enduring gag found its way into articles dealing with alligators, writing, and sports.

Whoa...does Ghostface have a pair? Crazy visionz, son!

Christians judging the life of Charles Schulz. If that ain't cotton candy calling chocolate sweet....

The bad news is, all eight Snoopy Towns in Japan are closing effective end of March. The good news is, four of them will reappear (remodeled and resized) this year. So while I'll never know the thrill of viewing the gigantic Snoopy at the street corner in Tokyo, I'll at least get to visit Snoopy Town. The better news is, Snoopy World is still up and running and that trumps 'em all. (I plan on visiting Japan within two years, wish them luck.)

I also never got to Camp Snoopy at the Mall of America, which is now a Spongebob Squarepants haven. Yeah, uh...I'm so old I remember when Nickelodeon had watchable childrens programming! The Rugrats boom killed it, I think, that or the unfathomable way they treated John Kricfalusi and corrupted Ren and Stimpy in his absence. (Note to this guy, you mean to say "strips" not "cartoons".)

Yet another invoking of the Sponge, but this time in the middle of a smart argument for Peanuts as underrated work of art. I thoroughly agree with the sentiment (if not necessarily on the "Sack" run being the pinnacle of the strip).

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