(Also for the record — this was the Sunday strip in question.)
― Washington Foosball Team (morrisp), Monday, 10 August 2020 03:55 (four years ago)
Man, the drawing on that is so gorgeous.
― Steppin' RZA (sic), Monday, 10 August 2020 04:54 (four years ago)
He just showed me a strip where Snoopy is worried about getting in trouble, and imagines himself in an electric chair. "I don't get what Snoopy is thinking." I said, don't worry about it.
― “Pizza House!” (morrisp), Thursday, 27 August 2020 17:24 (four years ago)
I dig Fanta's new look: https://blog.fantagraphics.com/fantagraphics-a-new-improved-look/
Has anyone been reading L&R Vol. 4 (the individual issues)? I'm waiting for the collections to be published.
― “Pizza House!” (morrisp), Saturday, 29 August 2020 21:16 (four years ago)
Also, I'll put this here (FG has published a few Nancy collections) –
I think Bushmiller can be great, but I don't quite get the cartoonist/critic obsession with Nancy. The 1959 strip deconstructed in that famous essay is... fine? It's not one I would have ranked among the top strips (and even the analysis, while impressive, doesn't quite convince me).
I've read the essays and stuff, but feel like picking apart what makes the strip great is sort a case of dissecting the frog, you know?
― “Pizza House!” (morrisp), Saturday, 29 August 2020 22:08 (four years ago)
Like, Bushmiller's gags can be great and the strip was pleasingly "minimalist" and "reduced to its essence," or whatever. Beyond that, it's all just sort of elaboration of the obvious.
― “Pizza House!” (morrisp), Saturday, 29 August 2020 22:09 (four years ago)
Nothing wrong with learning frog (or any other) anatomy.
― Scampos Runamuck (WmC), Saturday, 29 August 2020 22:13 (four years ago)
<3 this panelhttps://i.imgur.com/QxHqymh_d.jpg?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb&fidelity=medium
― “Pizza House!” (morrisp), Sunday, 6 September 2020 04:15 (four years ago)
My son asked me to explain this strip; I read it and exclaimed, “Jesus Christ!”
― “Pizza House!” (morrisp), Monday, 7 September 2020 04:02 (four years ago)
Which date?
― erratic wolf angular guitarist (sic), Monday, 7 September 2020 10:04 (four years ago)
Oh, sorry, thought I had linked directly. Jan. 5, 1958
― “Pizza House!” (morrisp), Monday, 7 September 2020 15:48 (four years ago)
Lol the more things change
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 7 September 2020 19:13 (four years ago)
He also asked about this strip (think I got the link right this time)—which was a segue into discussing some stuff we’ve talked about a little in the past, but which I’m never really “ready” to tackle.
― “Pizza House!” (morrisp), Monday, 7 September 2020 23:44 (four years ago)
https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/peanuts/images/8/83/19540503.gif/revision/latest?cb=20130630140841
Sorry, don’t think that’s working. May 3, 1954
― “Pizza House!” (morrisp), Monday, 7 September 2020 23:46 (four years ago)
https://peanuts.fandom.com/wiki/May_1954_comic_strips
― erratic wolf angular guitarist (sic), Tuesday, 8 September 2020 00:07 (four years ago)
9/9/58 cracks me up.
― “Pizza House!” (morrisp), Tuesday, 8 September 2020 03:31 (four years ago)
So does 8/28/58. Schulz could be razor-sharp sometimes.
― “Pizza House!” (morrisp), Tuesday, 8 September 2020 03:37 (four years ago)
we stan a queen https://i.imgur.com/BqGgl4J_d.jpg?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb&fidelity=medium
― “Pizza House!” (morrisp), Wednesday, 9 September 2020 03:47 (four years ago)
Omg the newspaper one was an actual lol
― Chuck_Tatum, Thursday, 10 September 2020 09:26 (four years ago)
Thanks for that wiki link btw! Never seen them all out like that
― Chuck_Tatum, Thursday, 10 September 2020 09:27 (four years ago)
Brutal
https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/peanuts/images/7/7a/19580625.gif/revision/latest?cb=20130813004328
― Chuck_Tatum, Thursday, 10 September 2020 09:31 (four years ago)
Jesus christ
https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/peanuts/images/c/ce/19580829.gif/revision/latest?cb=20130814004004
― Chuck_Tatum, Thursday, 10 September 2020 09:32 (four years ago)
Yeah - the direct links don't work, for whatever reason (what's the date?)
― “Pizza House!” (morrisp), Thursday, 10 September 2020 15:31 (four years ago)
weird, those ones work for me (and are indeed brutal).
― Doctor Casino, Thursday, 10 September 2020 15:38 (four years ago)
I just see grey "placeholder" graphics. Gimme the dates!
― Can Butch Vig not do "dynamimcs"? (morrisp), Thursday, 10 September 2020 15:49 (four years ago)
if you erase everything after .gif in the links they work
― Piven After Midnight (The Yellow Kid), Thursday, 10 September 2020 16:01 (four years ago)
groovy - thx
― Can Butch Vig not do "dynamimcs"? (morrisp), Thursday, 10 September 2020 16:02 (four years ago)
I came across the "spaghetti" one that I posted upthread (3 years ago) - it's just perfect.
― Can Butch Vig not do "dynamimcs"? (morrisp), Thursday, 10 September 2020 16:05 (four years ago)
https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/peanuts/images/7/7a/19580625.gif
― Chuck_Tatum, Friday, 11 September 2020 08:54 (four years ago)
Argh!
https://i.imgur.com/Bej1UAR.gif
https://i.imgur.com/BSPORcb.gif
― Chuck_Tatum, Friday, 11 September 2020 08:57 (four years ago)
The last one is v goth
November 19, 1961 has to be the pinnacle of something: https://peanuts.fandom.com/wiki/November_1961_comic_strips
― I Hate the Aedes (morrisp), Wednesday, 30 September 2020 03:43 (four years ago)
The apparent home of the Great Pumpkin as per Charlie Brown!https://essexnewsdaily.com/headlne-news/22270
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 30 September 2020 03:47 (four years ago)
xp I love that one, I remember reading it as a kid
fun fact: when my mom was a teenager in the 50's, her high school boyfriend wrote to Charles Schultz and told him how much she liked the strip. In return, Schultz sent him maybe three framed original strips. My mom kept them for many decades (librarians lol) and eventually donated them back to the Schultz museum. so I gre up totally steeped in the Peanuts ethos, I remember seeing the actual framed strips she had as a kid.
― sleeve, Wednesday, 30 September 2020 04:00 (four years ago)
"grew up"
Woah - that's so awesome. And kudos to your mum for sending them to the Schulz museum.
― Just a few slices of apple, Servant. Thank you. How delicious. (stevie), Wednesday, 30 September 2020 10:01 (four years ago)
Lord above that Sunday strip. Starting to understand the Chris Ware influence now
― Chuck_Tatum, Wednesday, 30 September 2020 16:43 (four years ago)
It's the "Mom..." lines that just take it to "that place."
― I Hate the Aedes (morrisp), Wednesday, 30 September 2020 16:45 (four years ago)
Spring 1959 is a high point; Schulz was really in the pocket: https://peanuts.fandom.com/wiki/March_1959_comic_strips
― Guitar Dick (morrisp), Saturday, 10 October 2020 03:38 (four years ago)
My son asked what being "stoned" means... turned out he was looking at August 28, 1960.
― Guitar Dick (morrisp), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 19:24 (four years ago)
that's pretty amazing
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 19:36 (four years ago)
He also claimed a similar gag was used sometime in the '50s (the kids being freaked out when "Rain, rain, go away" actually works)... my kid, the number one Peanuts narc.
― Guitar Dick (morrisp), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 19:59 (four years ago)
Was looking for another volume of Bushmiller’s Nancy strips—turns out Fantagraphics only published three volumes of dailies (and never any Sundays). We have the first and second volumes. Of the three, only the second is still in print; the other two are OOP and $$$. I guess interest was pretty low.
― bagel in the streets, donut in the sheets (morrisp), Monday, 19 October 2020 03:56 (four years ago)
"The Best of Ernie Bushmiller's Nancy" by Brian Walker is a fantastic collection if you can find it.
― visiting, Monday, 19 October 2020 04:04 (four years ago)
Thanks! I did see that in my online browsing... will try to find a copy at a reasonable price, appreciate the tip.
― bagel in the streets, donut in the sheets (morrisp), Monday, 19 October 2020 04:09 (four years ago)
https://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/1973/10/23
― bagel in the streets, donut in the sheets (morrisp), Thursday, 22 October 2020 01:33 (four years ago)
that's a great one
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Friday, 23 October 2020 15:24 (four years ago)
https://biblioklept.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/unloved.jpg
One of my favourite depressing Peanuts has a similar “gag”
― Chuck_Tatum, Friday, 23 October 2020 21:34 (four years ago)