Do people feel that these strips from the late 70s are not as good as the ones from the 50s and 60s? I’ve seen “jump the shark” referenced several times over the past couple of days, so it seems that that’s the case for some (and I fully respect their opinion). Personally, though, I don’t think that Peanuts ever declined in quality – the tone of the strips from this period is unquestionably different, but different does not equal bad. Actually, my favourite thing about Schulz as a cartoonist is that he was always experimenting with new ideas, so that the strip never, ever got stale in the way that so many others did. I love the strips from 1999 just as much as I do the ones from 1950 and 1966.
Do people feel that these strips from the late 70s are not as good as the ones from the 50s and 60s? I’ve seen “jump the shark” referenced several times over the past couple of days, so it seems that that’s the case for some (and I fully respect their opinion). Personally, though, I don’t think that Peanuts ever declined in quality – the tone of the strips from this period is unquestionably different, but different does not equal bad. Actually, my favourite thing about Schulz as a cartoonist is that he was always experimenting with new ideas, so that the strip never, ever got stale in the way that so many others did. I love the strips from 1999 just as much as I do the ones from 1950 and 1966.