Hacker News Board Hacker News, browsed like a classic message board
Live data from Hacker News

How Charles M Schulz created Charlie Brown and Snoopy (2024)

bbc.com

Post reply on HN
Print view View original

91–96 of 96 posts

Re: How Charles M Schulz created Charlie Brown and Snoopy (2024)

#91

Post by kulahan »

cowmix wrote: post #68
kulahan wrote: post #48

Does anyone simply not get how this comic got so popular? I've never read a strip from this comic and once felt anything interesting. It's not a Calvin and Hobbes, it's not a Howard the Duck, it's just... I dunno, cute? I guess people like it because it's kinda cute? I know, I'm being something of a Bah Humbug, but I legitimately cannot see the draw of this comic. It reminds me of Family Circus - no story, just vague…

In the 80s I read all the comics compilations from the late 50s -> 70s, that was the golden age of the strip. It was an amazing comic and you'll see why all the strips creators since then were inspired by it.

You’re not the only one talking about just how wonderful the earliest strips were. I think I’ll be checking those out

Re: How Charles M Schulz created Charlie Brown and Snoopy (2024)

#92

Post by Angostura »

detourdog wrote: post #85
Angostura wrote: post #77

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I see you've never met 'Andy Capp' popularly serialised in UK papers, together with Peanuts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Capp

I totally agree about Andy Capp. The only interesting thing I ever heard about Andy Capp was from Jean Shepherd. He said the Andy Capp title was a cockney accent pun for Handicap. Apparently Andy was a cockney horse race fanatic. That tidbit did make the strip any funnier to me.

He was from Hartlepool, not London, so not a cockney

Re: How Charles M Schulz created Charlie Brown and Snoopy (2024)

#93

Post by phkahler »

NetMageSCW wrote: post #88
clydethefrog wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Apple bought the rights years ago, PBS cannot show them anymore, they are now behind a paywall.

Apple has streamed the Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas specials for free about a week before the holiday each year. This year Thanksgiving was free November 15-16 and Christmas will be free December 13th and 14th.

Do I need AppleTV? If so it ain't free.

Re: How Charles M Schulz created Charlie Brown and Snoopy (2024)

#94

Post by throaway54 »

andrewstuart wrote: post #3

I think many people have seen only the commercially exploited peanuts imagery. In fact the comics - especially the older ones are incredibly clever and funny and insightful and there’s long running threads and connections and strong characters. Peanuts the tshirt/hat/poster/cup is crass. Peanuts the comic is genius. It exactly the same with Donald Duck and Uncle Scrooge. The commercially exploited imagery is crass an…

Peanuts is also a product of Jazz-era America (50's & early 60's). Joe Cool is a beatnik, not a hippie or a rocker. So a lot of that context & content gets lost as the decades go by.

Case in point being the name Peanuts itself, which even to me as an elder Millenial was obscure. No one actually said Peanuts, always Charlie Brown.

Re: How Charles M Schulz created Charlie Brown and Snoopy (2024)

#95

Post by detourdog »

Angostura wrote: post #92
detourdog wrote: post #85

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I totally agree about Andy Capp. The only interesting thing I ever heard about Andy Capp was from Jean Shepherd. He said the Andy Capp title was a cockney accent pun for Handicap. Apparently Andy was a cockney horse race fanatic. That tidbit did make the strip any funnier to me.

He was from Hartlepool, not London, so not a cockney

I’m sure you’re right. I know as much about Andy Capp as I do about Cockney.

Re: How Charles M Schulz created Charlie Brown and Snoopy (2024)

#96

Post by NetMageSCW »

phkahler wrote: post #93
NetMageSCW wrote: post #88

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Apple has streamed the Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas specials for free about a week before the holiday each year. This year Thanksgiving was free November 15-16 and Christmas will be free December 13th and 14th.

Do I need AppleTV? If so it ain't free.

No - Apple TV the streaming service is available on any device that has the TV app available, which includes Samsung, Sony, Vizio and LG TVs, Android TVs, Roku devices, Xfinity, Google TV and Play Station. You can also play in a modern web browser.
Post reply on HN