Remembering Charlie Brown


	Remembering Charlie Brown

missmartini

10-10-2008 11:45 PM

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peanuts, tribute, guardian, memories, article, charles schulz, comics, childhood

missmartini says:

Entertaining and humourous article that pays homage to Charles Schulz's Charlie Brown. My favorite

Like Groening, I too used to spend hours drawing Peanuts cartoons because they "looked" easy. I loved Snoopy! I wanted a beagle before I knew that they were crazy dogs. I owned a Snoopy snowcone machine - which they re-released and I saw at Urban Outfitters. I had thing for Schroeder.

Thanks a million Charles Schulz!

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