— Friday, May 29th, 2009 —

The strip had allowed him an illusion of eternity. Comics never end, no story is ever finished, four more blank white panels await the next installment. When he finally fell ill, the fantasy was irrevocably broken, and he discovered that he was a creature of time, ordinary after all.

─David Michaelis in his (very sad) biography of Peanuts cartoonist Charles Shulz, Schulz and Peanuts: A Biography

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  1. Bill N. May 30th, 2009 at 10:36 pm

    Linus, Lucy and Charlie newer grow up. Snoopy doesen’t get old and die like old Shep, Lassie, and Duke did. Dagwood never gets old enough to retire, and his kids never graduate from high school, go to college, and get married. Luann is stuck in perpetual teenage years too. Dilbert’s company never goes bankrupt in spite of all the idiotic decisions the pointy haired boss makes… Then again how many of us live our lives as though everything will continue along as the same in spite of II Peter’s warning to the contrary.

    Peace…

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