FoxTrot Classics by Bill Amend for January 03, 2011
Transcript:
Jason: Mom, I- Andy: Aw, how cute! Today's the last day of "Peanuts", so you've dressed up like Pig Pen! What a nice tribute, Jason! Jason: Um... Andy: Let me go get the camera. Jason: Moms are weird. Marcus: So what'd she say when you told her you blew up the vacuum?
rayannina almost 14 years ago
“Well, Marcus, she took it really well …”
cdward almost 14 years ago
But it was a nice tribute to “Peanuts.” A true classic.
Destiny23 almost 14 years ago
If he were really doing a “Peanuts” tribute, he’d have come home with a beagle…
Colt9033 almost 14 years ago
Too bad they don’t put actual dates of originally publishing of comics. It kinda nice know what time in history these things came out.
possiblekim almost 14 years ago
The position of the pear picture cahnge from panel 1 to panel 3 :D
skeeterhawk almost 14 years ago
Yeah, BA likes to alter pics in the background a lot. Since the latest comics here have been about Y2K, I knew ‘Peanuts’ had to finish near then. My quick lookup says their last comic was released Jan. 3 of 2000.
Odd of Andy to not explode herself, with all the dust around. She may have ingested too much tofu–or maybe Jason laced it with something, eh?
legaleagle48 almost 14 years ago
Except that the last “Peanuts” strip actually didn’t run until February 13, 2000, skeeterhawk. I remember that date because, by an almost creepy yet wholly appropriate coincidence, it was also the day that Charles M. Schultz died.
So Andi could either be referring to the date that the last “Peanuts” strip was finished or to the date that it actually ran. Given that we’re in early 2000 (strip-time), I’m guessing that it’s the former.
josh_bisbee almost 14 years ago
Since comic people seem to talk to each other a lot (remember the April Fools day where people drew each other’s strip), they were probably aware of Scultz decision to retire and made a strip to be as close to the last strip date as possible
stevebergen almost 14 years ago
@Colt9033 Actually the date is in the strip. At the bottom right of the first is the month then date. The year is the the second panel with the copyright information on the left side. So this strip was run on January 3, 2000. Exactly ten years ago.
pawpawbear almost 14 years ago
@steve— 11 years ago
crass almost 14 years ago
Did anyone ever think that the 1-3 is today? The actual last strip was indeed Feb. 13, 2000.
JP Steve Premium Member almost 14 years ago
Or you could ALL be right!
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pschearer Premium Member almost 14 years ago
If you look at the 2000 Cathy rerun for “today”, it too commemorated the end of Peanuts.
Infinite reruns of Peanuts is fine on the Internet, but it just takes up newspaper space for more deserving strips by living artists.
(Brenda Starr ended with class yesterday. Goodbye, Brenda, and best wishes for your future with Basil St. John.)
lindz.coop Premium Member almost 14 years ago
I think the last daily strip ended earlier than the last Sunday strip of Peanuts. He had done Sundays several weeks in advance.