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Having worked for the first two days after 8 weeks off I’m knackered (it’s 14.5-hour shifts) so it’s a lazy day doing little except getting my daily 10k steps. 

I absolutely love Snoopy.

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meanmistermustard said

Having worked for the first two days after 8 weeks off I’m knackered (it’s 14.5-hour shifts) so it’s a lazy day doing little except getting my daily 10k steps. 

 

 

I absolutely love Snoopy.

  

Same. I have about 42 of the 50 years of the strip, filling a shelf of my bookcase

  

I’ve got from the beginning up to 1966 and whilst I’ve always planned on getting more they go for £15 per volume.

I grew up reading collections of various years so never got to appreciate the development but there is definitely an improvement in the strips from the early years, even in the mid-60’s you can clearly see the stories and characters develop. It’s so cool seeing Sally be introduced and how much Charlie loves her and when Linus first shows his belief in the Great Pumpkin it’s a great delight.

On the basis that all holidays are out as is going anywhere or doing anything, I’ve ordered all remaining volumes as hardbacks as that’s how I have the first eight (they’d look odd being a mixture of paperback and hardback). I had the world snooker championships booked for May and that plus my train fares were reimbursed so that helps towards the cost.

I absolutely adore Peanuts and being one of the few types of books I can read and get real enjoyment from why not as a complete collection is something I’ve always wanted. 

I’ve read a few strips with Rerun and a good number of Peppermint Patty and Marcie but never in order as they were in various compilations so will be good to see them come in. I thought the cartoons were good but always preferred the books and I’ve refused to watch the movie that came out a few years back; I fear they will make Charlie into a winner and get the girl to keep it modern (can’t have a depressed kid) – and reading the plot on wiki confits it (tho only as friends when the film ends):

Before leaving school for the summer, Charlie Brown is surprised when the Little Red-Haired Girl chooses him for a pen pal. Linus convinces Charlie Brown he needs to tell the Little Red-Haired Girl how he feels about her before she leaves for the summer. Racing to her house, he discovers she is about to leave on a bus for summer camp. He tries to chase the bus but is prevented from reaching it. Just as he is about to give up, thinking the whole world is against him, Charlie Brown sees a kite fall from the Kite-Eating Tree. The string becomes entangled around his waist and sails away with him. Amazed to see Charlie Brown flying a kite, his friends follow.

Upon reaching the bus, Charlie Brown finally asks the Little Red-Haired Girl why she has chosen him in spite of his failures. The Little Red-Haired Girl explains she admires his selflessness and his determination and praises him as an honest, caring, and compassionate person. The two promise to write to one another; the other children congratulate him as a true friend and carry him off.