Peanuts 1957 – “Hi!”
We turn to familiarity for comfort. For me: Wodehouse, Dick Francis, Asterix. The rhythms of childhood and teenagerdom. I’ve read …
Peanuts 1956 – “I beg your pardon” and “thank you”
Peanuts is, by any standards, a staggering feat of sustained creativity. A 50-year world-building project devoted to exploring the ways …
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Peanuts 1955 – Beethoven. Always Beethoven.
I love Beethoven. Maybe you do too. I’m not always in the mood for Beethoven, it’s true. Sometimes I find …
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Peanuts 1954 – Comfort? BWHAM!
Sometimes, when things get a bit difficult, I think about the immutable comforts of childhood. Cupping a mug of hot …
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 …
Concentration – or something
I don’t know about you, but recently I’ve found it difficult to… to… umm… oh look, a butterfly. Concentrate, that’s …