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1. 8 days ago on Peanuts Begins

   At this time, Snoopy is drawn as a generic Beagle pup. As the strip matures, he becomes more distinctive.

2. 8 days ago on Peanuts Begins

   If it were 1968, the song would be “Blackbird”, by McCartney with the Beatles. A better song.

3. 18 days ago on Cleats

   I bought t-shirts for my grandson with super-hero logos on them, and that’s all they had: Superman, Batman, The Flash, and Spiderman.

   Was there another Marvel hero who is as recognizable in 2006 (or whenever this particular one ran) as the three DC heroes?

4. 26 days ago on For Better or For Worse

   I remember that Lynn Johnson wrote this arc as a memorial to her own dog. This is the reason they introduced Edgar as being Farley Jr.

   No, as sad as it will be, I think I will still follow it.

5. 3 months ago on Peanuts Begins

   I had an older cousin who was a telephone operator in the 1960s (when I was in elementary school), and she told me that she actually did get a couple of calls like that, with some small and lonely child just wanting to hear a friendly voice (many kids were left alone at home then), and she told them stories. Never got into trouble for it.

   I dialed an operator a few times a year, and once actually got my cousin once. Every now and then I would call the operator for no reason than to say hello and ask how their day was going. Those were the days.

6. 5 months ago on Peanuts Begins

   Shermy had it coming.

7. 5 months ago on Luann

   I was really hoping these two characters would have a giant battle and both self-destruct. Bets has always seemed self-centered and manipulative, while Stef is simply unpleasant. The strip would have benefited from each of them exiting stage left. Perhaps, to use Skakespeare’s famous stage direction, at least one could “exit, pursued by a bear”.

8. 5 months ago on Peanuts Begins

   This is the fourteenth “Peanuts” strip. So far, Patty has been in 10, Shermy in 8, Snoopy in 7, and Charlie Brown in 7. As for dialogue, Patty has had dialogue in 6 of her 10, Shermy 5 of his 8, and Charlie Brown 3 of his 6. (I do not count or <?> to be dialogue).

   Breaking down by panels (4 per strip), Patty has been in 31 panels, 11 with dialogue; Shermy 27 panels, 11 with dialogue; Snoopy 28 panels (all 4 panels in the 7 strips in which he’s appeared), with no dialogue; and poor Charlie Brown, has been in 13 panels, 3 with dialogue.

9. 6 months ago on Peanuts Begins

   It’s “Will you still need me? Will you still feed me, when I’m Sixty-Four?”

   An entire concert hall full of fans serenaded Paul McCartney on his 64th birthday with that one.

10. 7 months ago on Peanuts Begins

    This in the days before Disney sued EVERYONE for possible copyright violations. . .