Comments on: it’s a crazy world, charlie brown http://www.oblomovka.com/wp/2008/11/30/its-a-crazy-world-charlie-brown/ Casual Dismissals from Danny O'Brien Fri, 19 Feb 2010 06:17:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Saltation http://www.oblomovka.com/wp/2008/11/30/its-a-crazy-world-charlie-brown/comment-page-1/#comment-839 Saltation Tue, 09 Dec 2008 19:22:17 +0000 http://www.oblomovka.com/wp/?p=1275#comment-839 hear hear. peanuts was and remains the roxor. hear hear. peanuts was and remains the roxor.

]]> By: Danny O'Brien http://www.oblomovka.com/wp/2008/11/30/its-a-crazy-world-charlie-brown/comment-page-1/#comment-838 Danny O'Brien Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:56:33 +0000 http://www.oblomovka.com/wp/?p=1275#comment-838 Well, Franklin did have a defining feature: he was the straight guy kid who saw how crazy all Charlie Brown's neighbourhood was, and was a little freaked by it. It's not much of one, but a lot of the secondary Peanuts cartoons survived on not much more. I don't think any of the new characters after '68 really got much look-in, the Linus/Charlie Brown/Lucy/Snoopy quadrumvirate was hard to break into. I think Franklin, Rerun, and the others got their bids, but really only Peppermint Patty and Marcie managed to establish themselves. Huh, now I come to look at Wikipedia, apparently in the later years, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rerun_van_Pelt" rel="nofollow">Rerun</a> took over the entire comic! Man, that must have pissed off everybody! Well, Franklin did have a defining feature: he was the straight guy kid who saw how crazy all Charlie Brown’s neighbourhood was, and was a little freaked by it. It’s not much of one, but a lot of the secondary Peanuts cartoons survived on not much more. I don’t think any of the new characters after ‘68 really got much look-in, the Linus/Charlie Brown/Lucy/Snoopy quadrumvirate was hard to break into. I think Franklin, Rerun, and the others got their bids, but really only Peppermint Patty and Marcie managed to establish themselves.

Huh, now I come to look at Wikipedia, apparently in the later years, Rerun took over the entire comic! Man, that must have pissed off everybody!

]]> By: Waider http://www.oblomovka.com/wp/2008/11/30/its-a-crazy-world-charlie-brown/comment-page-1/#comment-837 Waider Mon, 01 Dec 2008 13:47:42 +0000 http://www.oblomovka.com/wp/?p=1275#comment-837 I think Schulz' response to the accusation (well, maybe that's too strong a word) that Franklin is merely a token is actually the better quote in that collection of bits - that he didn't want to draw about things he didn't know. It's a tough line, I guess; not including a Franklin-type character means he doesn't get to make his quiet social statement, but including Franklin with no defining features other than his race makes him a Token Black. I think Schulz’ response to the accusation (well, maybe that’s too strong a word) that Franklin is merely a token is actually the better quote in that collection of bits – that he didn’t want to draw about things he didn’t know. It’s a tough line, I guess; not including a Franklin-type character means he doesn’t get to make his quiet social statement, but including Franklin with no defining features other than his race makes him a Token Black.

]]> By: Yoz http://www.oblomovka.com/wp/2008/11/30/its-a-crazy-world-charlie-brown/comment-page-1/#comment-836 Yoz Mon, 01 Dec 2008 09:26:32 +0000 http://www.oblomovka.com/wp/?p=1275#comment-836 Yep, I had "Peanuts Jubilee" and a ton of collections as well. (I particularly loved the story of Schulz's life leading up to Peanuts, and the sketches, things like that.) To this day I still can't even begin to describe why I was into it, but now that you describe the mixture of emotional complexity and American culture, that covers a hell of a lot of it for me. Oh, and Woodstock. Yep, I had “Peanuts Jubilee” and a ton of collections as well. (I particularly loved the story of Schulz’s life leading up to Peanuts, and the sketches, things like that.) To this day I still can’t even begin to describe why I was into it, but now that you describe the mixture of emotional complexity and American culture, that covers a hell of a lot of it for me. Oh, and Woodstock.

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