In today’s strip, Bill Watterson is borrowing a recurring theme from Peanuts (“You can’t go home again”), but he is giving it a new twist by having Calvin interpret the phrase literally as a six-year-old runaway.Charles Schulz was a great fan of Thomas Wolfe and read all four of his major novels, including You Can’t Go Home Again.Bill Watterson was greatly inspired by Charles Schulz when he was growing up.Click here: Peanuts (March 30, 1959)Click here: Peanuts (May 14, 1965)Click here: Peanuts (January 7, 1973)
In today’s strip, Bill Watterson is borrowing a recurring theme from Peanuts (“You can’t go home again”), but he is giving it a new twist by having Calvin interpret the phrase literally as a six-year-old runaway.Charles Schulz was a great fan of Thomas Wolfe and read all four of his major novels, including You Can’t Go Home Again.Bill Watterson was greatly inspired by Charles Schulz when he was growing up.Click here: Peanuts (March 30, 1959)Click here: Peanuts (May 14, 1965)Click here: Peanuts (January 7, 1973)