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Monday, October 15, 2007

Watterson on Schulz

Bill Watterson reviews David Michaelis' controversial new book, Schulz and Peanuts: A Biography [excerpt] in the Wall Street Journal. Yes, that Bill Waterson.

My brain just exploded.
The wonder of "Peanuts" is that it worked on so many levels simultaneously. Children could enjoy the silly drawings and the delightful fantasy of Snoopy, while adults could see the bleak undercurrent of cruelty, loneliness and failure, or the perpetual theme of unrequited love, or the strip's stark visual beauty.