Peanuts 1953 – the noble art of losing
Ten thousand hours. That’s what we’re told. Ten thousand hours of practising a discipline – whatever it is – before …
Peanuts 1952 – kicking the football
1952 was quite the year. Queen Elizabeth ascended to the throne of the United Kingdom. Ann Davison became the first …
Peanuts 1951 – toy pianos and zigzag shirts.
“Last night I dreamed that Beethoven strangled me.” Charlie Brown, there, speaking (as the punchline of the Peanuts strip that …
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Peanuts 1950 – the beginning
Four panels. Line drawings, deceptively simple. A small boy walks down the road, smiling. Another boy and a girl sit …
Abandoned projects and round-headed kids
I love a project. My life is littered with them, mostly abandoned. The Great Lego City (1972), The Scalextric World …