Sunday Funnies: SALTY PEANUTS

I titled this post 'salty peanuts' because down here in the south "salty" is synonymous with 'angry or upset'; since 'angry' is synonymous with 'mad' I figured this was an appropriate title.

by THE USUAL GANG OF IDIOTS
from various issues of MAD MAGAZINE

From: "IF FAMOUS MOVIES WERE MADE INTO COMIC STRIPS":



From: "WHEN OTHER COMIC STRIPS START USING THE FAR SIDE FORMULA":



From: "IF 5 COMIC STRIP CARTOONISTS INTERPRETED THE AGE OLD RIDDLE, WHY DID THE CHICKEN CROSS THE ROAD":



From a back cover ad parody:



From: "COMIC STRIP CURSING SYMBOLS TO MATCH A GIVEN SITUATION":



From: "IF COMIC CHARACTERS WERE PSYCHOANALYZED":




From: "IF THE NUDITY TREND IN MOVIES EVER SPREAD TO THE COMICS":



From: "IF COMIC STRIP CHARACTERS BEHAVED LIKE ORDINARY PEOPLE":



From: "IF FAMOUS AUTHORS WROTE THE COMICS":



From: "COMIC STRIPS THEY'D REALLY LIKE TO DO":

by Charles Schulz himself:






★LINKS★

BRAD CAMPBELL'S PARODIES-at his blog
CHRIS GIARRUSSO'S SUPERHERO PEANUTS-not a lot of drawings, but the cute factor goes all the way up to 11 on these
IN DEFENSE OF PEANUTS by MIGHTYGODKING-just what you'd expect it to be: a rebuttal against detractors of the strip with scans
PAPERBACK CHARLIE BROWN-parodies of book covers
PEANUTS IN ADVERTISING-selected REAL advertisements
PEANUTZ-another MAD parody
SMASHING PEANUTS by WARD SUTTON-mashup of Peanuts vs Smashing Pumpkins
YOU'RE A BAD MAN, CHRIS BROWN-another MAD parody
YOU'RE ENTERING PUBERTY, CHARLIE BROWN-animated spoof on YouTube
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Sunday Funnies: THE GREAT PUMPKIN

I hope you kids won't waste your time going out Trick or Treating this year. You'll get a whole lot more satisfaction waiting for the Great Pumpkin to arrive.
Trust me, you'll get a whole lot of good stuff without going out begging.

by Charles Schulz
from A PEANUTS HALLOWEEN (free giveaway from Fantagraphics) September 2008















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Sunday Funnies: PEANUTS (featuring Pig Pen)

"Pig Pen" is one of the more obscure characters fro the PEANUTS comic strip. Often criticized as just a "one-joke" character, he at least lasted longer than 'Charlotte Braun'.
Here is the very first series of his appearances.

By Charles M. Schulz.
from THE COMPLETE PEANUTS 1953/1954 (ISBN 1-56097-614-4), 2004







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Sunday Funnies: PEANUTS

People are always raving about Calvin & Hobbes, but to me, it'll always come in second place to what was truly the greatest comic strip of the 20th century: PEANUTS.
Charles Schulz took all the crap that the syndicate threw at him (not being able to use his own title for the strip, forced to be printed smaller than other strips, etc.*read the book*), and like a magical Rumpelstiltskin of the drawing board, churned out pure gold.
I grew up with Peanuts and I've read just about every strip ever, yet I'll still willingly spend a lazy afternoon reading through a stack of the old Fawcett-Crest paperbacks. If that's not a testament to the longevity and timelessness of Charlie Brown and the gang, I don't know what is.
Not all of these comics are by Schulz himself, but they're all good.

from FRITZI RITZ #28, May 1953


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from FRITZI RITZ #46, September 1956



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from FRITZI RITZ #57, March 1958




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from FRITZI RITZ #58, June 1958




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from FRITZI RITZ #59, September 1958





★LINKS★
♥Official website of The Charles Schulz Museum
♥Watch The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show at BLINKX
Also, a few episodes to watch on FANCAST
A larger selection of various Charlie Brown Holiday Specials at VEOH
♠A selected Peanuts strip every Thursday over at VANISHING POINT
♠Peanuts Motion Comics: Original Sunday strips done as animated shorts.
♦Six pages of fan-art by JDH, featuring the Peanuts gang as superheroes
♦Fan-art by gNAW featuring the Peanuts gang as manga
♣Francesco Marciuliano does Peanuts parodies quite often
So does Mark Parisi
♣A parody that asks "What if Peanuts were written by Charles Bukowski?"

My result for The Peanuts Character Test...

Woodstock

Wishy-Washy: 47%, Mental: 44%, Physical: 47%

Perhaps the world's most uncoordinated bird, Woodstock is Snoopy's best friend, activity partner and occasional secretary. With his erratic flight patterns, he has trouble avoiding anything roughly between him and his destination and usually spends the winter holed up in Snoopy's kennel. Be extra careful playing baseball or football, as sports become a lot more challenging when the ball is six times bigger than you are.

Take The Peanuts Character Test

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