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krpalmerI was interested to see The Complete Peanuts enter another decade, with its endpapers and the picture of Charles M. Schulz changing for what I presume will be the last time, and yet there was getting to be an edge of worry to the wondering if this time I wouldn't be able to say anything. The blurb on the back specifically mentioned Snoopy being obsessed with cookies, and I can remember the "cookies" comics being referred to with disdain back when the series was just getting under way. While it couldn't be said Snoopy wasn't a "cookie-hound" going back quite a ways, the certain blandness that he now seemed to treat the subject with might have risked carrying over to everything else. The introduction by cartoonist Tom Tomorrow seemed genuinely respectful, though, and as I read further into the volume other things started to catch my attention.
One of the first things I did were some Sunday pages that were just single panels, placing aside the careful formatting that let the comics be reconfigured with some slight sacrifice into a "taller than wide" format; I got to wondering how they'd look in colour in the new "Peanuts Every Sunday" series, although I know it'll be a while before it gets that far. Then, I noticed a series I was already familiar with where Charlie Brown and Sally are teaching Sunday school ("because I'm bigger than you"), and the answer of one of the tiny tykes to every question is "the Great Gatsby." Another shorter kid appeared a bit later on at summer camp (where other characters have been introduced before); Cormac, though, then showed up in Sally's class as someone new for her to interact with in her inimitable fashion.
Tom Tomorrow had mentioned how Schulz's linework got shakier in the last years of the strip, but that somehow seemed to tie into a noticeable number of strips where characters got soaked and disheveled (including one where Lucy jumps into the shower with her clothes on after getting "kissed by a dog!"). With that in mind, I was able to see things as continuing to adapt, change, and even strive, and I suppose I grew to enjoy this volume as well. (Then, looking back, I noticed a good number of entries for "cookies" in the index for the previous volume, which I suppose means I've been able to get used to things before.) There should be four left.
One of the first things I did were some Sunday pages that were just single panels, placing aside the careful formatting that let the comics be reconfigured with some slight sacrifice into a "taller than wide" format; I got to wondering how they'd look in colour in the new "Peanuts Every Sunday" series, although I know it'll be a while before it gets that far. Then, I noticed a series I was already familiar with where Charlie Brown and Sally are teaching Sunday school ("because I'm bigger than you"), and the answer of one of the tiny tykes to every question is "the Great Gatsby." Another shorter kid appeared a bit later on at summer camp (where other characters have been introduced before); Cormac, though, then showed up in Sally's class as someone new for her to interact with in her inimitable fashion.
Tom Tomorrow had mentioned how Schulz's linework got shakier in the last years of the strip, but that somehow seemed to tie into a noticeable number of strips where characters got soaked and disheveled (including one where Lucy jumps into the shower with her clothes on after getting "kissed by a dog!"). With that in mind, I was able to see things as continuing to adapt, change, and even strive, and I suppose I grew to enjoy this volume as well. (Then, looking back, I noticed a good number of entries for "cookies" in the index for the previous volume, which I suppose means I've been able to get used to things before.) There should be four left.