I remember these strips from the newspaper, but I think it took years before I realised that it wasn’t Linus. Rerun’s birth must have been before I was old enough to read, and our collected Peanuts books only had Lucy and Linus with no younger sibling.
The original date of this strip was November 1, 1976. It was not the day after the end of the Patty-Snoopy story. That story ended November 29th. The original November 30th strip was Linus talking about Halloween being tomorrow. Obviously, that strip has to be delayed until Monday.
If Rerun went by the striking SAG/AFTRA actors on the picket lines (who rumor has it with talks this weekend the started in July 2023 SAG/AFTRA actors strike could be over before Halloween with an approved deal so that scripted TV and movies for midseason 2024 target can be saved and not get Hollywood into bankruptcy or something like that), he would throw that same “Anna Karinia” book at them,.
Now, this is funny. Linus checks out a copy of Anna Karenina just to deal with the dog. Not that he plans on reading the book but just because its the right weight to take out the dog. He must pile up a lot of overdue fees.
MichaelAxelFleming 11 months ago
“War and Peace” might kill him!
oldthang 11 months ago
Nice shot, Rerun!
Uncle Kenny 11 months ago
I tried reading Anna Karenina. I was engrossed by the first chapter, but totally lost in the second.
su43dipta 11 months ago
A little taste of Tolstoy, for a not-so-good boy!
Yngvar Følling 11 months ago
I remember these strips from the newspaper, but I think it took years before I realised that it wasn’t Linus. Rerun’s birth must have been before I was old enough to read, and our collected Peanuts books only had Lucy and Linus with no younger sibling.
SteveHL 11 months ago
And this is the source of the phrase, “He threw the book at him.”
Asharah 11 months ago
How about Leo’s Toystore by Warren Peace?
in-dubio-pro-rainbow 11 months ago
A hard read aHEAD – Surely a book to rack your brain…
in-dubio-pro-rainbow 11 months ago
Is the dog’s name Anna? (And does it start to careen-in-a second after being hit?)
knutdl 11 months ago
So that is why he borrowed that book.
johndifool 11 months ago
Should sic that psychotic cat on him.
therese_callahan2002 11 months ago
If it were me, I’d have used a copy of David Copperfield.
hariseldon59 11 months ago
Mrs. Van Pelt must pay a fortune in library fines.
SFGuy415 11 months ago
The original date of this strip was November 1, 1976. It was not the day after the end of the Patty-Snoopy story. That story ended November 29th. The original November 30th strip was Linus talking about Halloween being tomorrow. Obviously, that strip has to be delayed until Monday.
Robert Nowall Premium Member 11 months ago
Is that…an adult…in Panel One?
Lyrak 11 months ago
“All happy families resemble one another, each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way”.
jagedlo 11 months ago
Today, he would be throwing some sort of e-book device at the dog…
mbakerbr549 11 months ago
Whoever said “but words will never hurt me” has never been beaten with a dictionary or a phone directory (remember those?). Or has seen this comic!
Just-me 11 months ago
The fine for a damaged/lost book could be expensive…
Decepticomic 11 months ago
Poor dog.
Ellis97 11 months ago
I wonder if Rerun is prepared for his mom wondering what happened to her book.
uniquename 11 months ago
Rerun will rename it, “Ammo Karenina”.
Darryl Heine 11 months ago
If Rerun went by the striking SAG/AFTRA actors on the picket lines (who rumor has it with talks this weekend the started in July 2023 SAG/AFTRA actors strike could be over before Halloween with an approved deal so that scripted TV and movies for midseason 2024 target can be saved and not get Hollywood into bankruptcy or something like that), he would throw that same “Anna Karinia” book at them,.
preacherman Premium Member 11 months ago
Now, this is funny. Linus checks out a copy of Anna Karenina just to deal with the dog. Not that he plans on reading the book but just because its the right weight to take out the dog. He must pile up a lot of overdue fees.
JoshHere 11 months ago
Bad, bad Linus
royq27 11 months ago
Tolstoy for the modern world…
Can't Sleep 11 months ago
This had me actually laughing out loud.
Mediatech 11 months ago
A little “light” reading.
ilovecomics*infinity 11 months ago
That is hilarious!
Thomas Scott Roberts creator 11 months ago
“Usually?” How often does Mrs. Van Pelt check that book out?
sobrown51 11 months ago
They will however get a fee from the library when the book isn’t returned on time (or at all).
mindjob 11 months ago
Dostoevsky just makes him depressed
pb61 11 months ago
I wonder who brings the books back and if they don’t miss “Anna Karenina”
GG_loves_comics Premium Member 11 months ago
Didn’t Anna Karenina have enough problems?
MT Wallet 11 months ago
Oct. 28 Heathcliff if no one else has said it.
eced52 11 months ago
Library trips must get awfully expensive for mom.
Otis Rufus Driftwood 11 months ago
Rerun will see the start of his earning an allowance delayed to offset his mother’s library fines
JPuzzleWhiz 11 months ago
And then Rerun gets sued for animal cruelty?
eddi-TBH 11 months ago
Best use for a Russian novel I’ve ever seen.
cosman 11 months ago
The book mightier than the shoe..
Jaime Jean M 11 months ago
Not Rerun again!
[Unnamed Reader - 14b4ce] 11 months ago
Well,books are better than your own shoe(his usual chastisement)
phoenixnyc 11 months ago
Dorothy Parker once described a book as “not to be tossed aside lightly. It should be hurled with great force.”