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krpalmerI was interested to see the latest volume of "The Complete Peanuts" arrive, in part because as the series fully entered a new decade parts of the book such as its endpapers would be redesigned. There was also the thought the strips were becoming ones I could have seen on the comics page when they appeared (although thinking about it, I'm not sure I can remember any strips in that context before the middle of the decade). However, with the advance of time, I suppose I'm also conscious of the dismissive opinions of some online commentators, and wondering if I might yet drift into a state where I can't say anything at all.
As I kept reading through the volume a bit at a time, though, my feelings did seem to improve. It did seem different from even the one just previous (and I suppose its cover was a bit less "brilliant" in colour than before), and that stood against the online declarations of "formulas to keep the merchandising rolling" and backed up the statements of cartoonists who were friends with Charles M. Schulz, such as Patrick McDonnell and Lynn Johnston (who provides the introduction for this volume, even if I'm aware of how opposed online opinions can be to her) that he did keep trying new things, regardless of how some reacted to them.
Peppermint Patty does continue to go through her struggles at school, and also has a butterfly land on her nose (she's conscious how that's a prominent landing point) only for her to fall asleep. After Marcie "poofs" the butterfly away and convinces her friend "it turned into an angel, and flew away," Peppermint Patty decides the world can use the message "If there's a foul ball behind third base, it's the shortstop's play!" She doesn't have much luck communicating it to the world, though.
Along with "Snoopy the lawyer" jokes, he manages to work his brother Spike and sister Belle (who I don't recall having appearing after her introduction) into the adventures of the World War I Flying Ace. He also has another brother show up. I remember seeing Marbles in a reprint book, and something about his spotty design stuck with me. However, it does seem his role was to not quite believe Snoopy's flights of imagination, and I can see how this made it hard for him to come back in turn.
While I started into this volume thinking I had seen a lot of it via reprint books before, I wound up thinking a great deal of it hadn't wound up in those books I'd seen before. That did add to the interesting quality of this latest instalment, and I can suppose I have managed to say something about it after all.
As I kept reading through the volume a bit at a time, though, my feelings did seem to improve. It did seem different from even the one just previous (and I suppose its cover was a bit less "brilliant" in colour than before), and that stood against the online declarations of "formulas to keep the merchandising rolling" and backed up the statements of cartoonists who were friends with Charles M. Schulz, such as Patrick McDonnell and Lynn Johnston (who provides the introduction for this volume, even if I'm aware of how opposed online opinions can be to her) that he did keep trying new things, regardless of how some reacted to them.
Peppermint Patty does continue to go through her struggles at school, and also has a butterfly land on her nose (she's conscious how that's a prominent landing point) only for her to fall asleep. After Marcie "poofs" the butterfly away and convinces her friend "it turned into an angel, and flew away," Peppermint Patty decides the world can use the message "If there's a foul ball behind third base, it's the shortstop's play!" She doesn't have much luck communicating it to the world, though.
Along with "Snoopy the lawyer" jokes, he manages to work his brother Spike and sister Belle (who I don't recall having appearing after her introduction) into the adventures of the World War I Flying Ace. He also has another brother show up. I remember seeing Marbles in a reprint book, and something about his spotty design stuck with me. However, it does seem his role was to not quite believe Snoopy's flights of imagination, and I can see how this made it hard for him to come back in turn.
While I started into this volume thinking I had seen a lot of it via reprint books before, I wound up thinking a great deal of it hadn't wound up in those books I'd seen before. That did add to the interesting quality of this latest instalment, and I can suppose I have managed to say something about it after all.