Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for November 26, 2022

I vote for Batman.

i wonder if that was the kite eating tree! Happy 100th Sparky!l

Garfield also did one about this

Rats!

Good grief. Don’t you recognize Mike Vanderjagt?

Another tribute! Well done!

Holden Caulfield? Whiny rich kid. Zero impact. Jay Gatsby? Rich git. Tiny impact. Atticus Finch? OK, but little impact outside the USA. Most of the real world has never heard of them.

On the other hand …

James Bond!

Yet another great 100th tribute. Given Pastis is a huge peanuts fan (he even wrote happiness is a warm blanket), this is smile inducing to see.

Sherlock Holmes’s stories were first published in 1887, so technically he was aa 19th century character, however Conan Doyle’s last published Holmes stories were published in 1927.

Looks like Charlie Brown is having a bad day again! Great tribute!

Like Goat said, he might need a Chiropractor!

The world, according to robert zemeckis, “makes perfect sense,” again! Kevin Patrick Smith, (REAL hard-core fans of Jay and silent bob call him this, or I’m trying to start that…) in his attempt to make clerks 3 and (spoiler alert) kill off the ONLY “adult” version of Charlie brown(Dante hicks), has FINALLY found his kryptonite with the TRUE “failure” of said film!!!!! YOU CANNOT KILL CHARLIE BROWN AND GET AWAY SCOTT-FREE!!!!! EVEN LUCY KNOWS THIS!!

Todays comics shoulda come with warning to those with Peanuts allergy.

Sherlock Homes is a fictional character of the nineteenth century. Of the other characters Goat mentions, the only one I’ve heard of is Scarlett O’Hara, so, at least for me, Charlie Brown has had a much bigger impact.

Good grief! Happy 100th Birthday, Charles Schulz!

And don’t forget Snoopy!

Dick Tracy and Flash Gordon

Don’t forget Arnold the Pig.

Today is National Cake Day. Might as well make it birthday cake! Happy 100th birthday Charlie Brown and all the gang at Peanuts.

Charlie Brown is a fictional character? Good grief!

Good Grief. Charlie is downcast and Social Media hadn’t even been invented yet!

Yes, Sherlock Holmes shouldn’t count as a 20th century creation. Charlie Brown and Snoopy are certainly in the royalty of 20th century fictional characters. But I’d say Mickey Mouse and James Bond have a pretty good seat at the table.

Harry Potter.

I think you guys just passed one of them.

Leopold Bloom read the Peanuts comic strip every morning.

Everybody thinks of such serious characters; the most memorable characters are the ones who make you forget your troubles. So my favorites are characters like Jeff Spicoli, Shakes the Clown, going back farther, I say Mary Clancy(the trouble with angels), the Stooges, The Marx Brothers, you get the idea…

I think Charlie Brown and Pig would get along well. They are both filled with angst, yet are eternally optimistic.

Finally. I’ve seen dozens of Schulz tributes today. Almost every one with a Snoopy. Thank You Stephen for featuring Charlie Brown. In my opinion the quintessential character of Peanuts.

Snoopy!

Awwww! ☹️

Happy Birthday Charles! ❤️

Happy Birthday to Charles Schulz!!! As for characters — Frodo, Sam, and Gandalf. In another genre, Sam Spade and Philip Marlowe.

The first Sherlock Holmes was written in 1887, so not really 20th century.

In my life, I would say Pastis showed us the winner.

The cameo may not like them snooping around.

Legends never die. Happy 100th, Sparky!

Dear Sparky, you have touched us all and we love you! Happy 100th!

Happy 100th Birthday to Charles Shultz.

Stephan was working as an attorney. To relieve stress he began doing cartoon sketches. Stephan went to talk to Charles Schulz for advice. At first, Schulz thought Stephan was there to sue him. Once he got past that he did offer serious advice that was very helpful. Stephan was always grateful.

Beautiful.

John “Bluto” Blutarsky really should be on that list.

perfect kick Steph

What about Bilbo or Frodo? Happy 100th, Sparky!

I wish he could have mentioned the “Original GOAT” even though we know he did it once before.

Sherlock Holmes was the 19th century.

@Denver Reader Harry Haller— of course, that would be for madmen only.

Tarzan! And seriously, Tarzan of the Apes is a good read. Heck, Gore Vidal wrote an introduction to one edition.

Prince Valiant! … and PV creator Hal Foster illustrated the original Tarzan comic strip

Augustus S. F. X. Van Dusen aka “The Tthinking Machine” star of “The Problem of Cell 13” If you haven’t read that, you should. It was one of the greatest mystery stories of the 20th Century. Even Harlan Ellison thought so. Sadly Jacques Futrelle went down on the Titanic, so only a few stories exist.

My list above was going to include Hercule Poirot.

Agatha Christie sold more books than anyone except Shakespeare…

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_fiction_authors

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That poor, poor kid.

I’ll be up in Santa Rosa next week for work. I think I’ll stop into the museum and say hello to the whole gang. Then, I’ll head over to Russian River Brewery for a few Plinys!

I loved to skate at his rink, and he had his office there for some time

It’s nice to know with all the division in our society and even in the comics, we can all agree on the genius of Charles Schulz.

Schulz himself was a huge fan of “The Great Gatsby,” but I don’t recall him ever expressing an opinion on the others (although I think Snoopy once did "Gone With the Wind’ as a pawpet show).

Good grief…..

Happy 100th Birthday for the late, great Charles Schulz

Excellent!

Holden Caulfield? Really? Scarlett O’Hara doesn’t have much to recommend her either, and Sherlock Holmes does but is disqualified because he’s been around since 1887.

I’d say George Bailey if you want a goody-two-shoes, Darth Vader if you want a villain, and James Bond if you prefer some moral ambiguity.

There oughta be a kite in that there tree.

:golf clap:

—Some loser. And a round-headed kid, no less.

Remembering Charles Schulz on the 100th anniversary of his birth….

Clever and Funny ♥♥

John Yossarian

When just starting out in cartooning, Pastis met Schulz who was nice and gave him some pointers.

Thank you, Stephan. Happy Birthday, Mr. Schulz.

I can’t decide whether this tribute is more sweet, more sad, or more funny. It’s a good deal of each. Nicely done, Mr. Pastis!

Sherlock Holmes was 19th century though…

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