The first thing I did this morning was open the comics section and check out
the last Peanuts comic. It had been a part of my daily and weekly routine
since before I could even read (my mom used to read me the panels) and it
was with some sadness that I read the last one.
Only later when I read the front page did I discover that Sparky had died
the night before.
There really are no words I can write or say to express my sadness at these
events. To know that I can never see Snoopy or Charlie Brown in the
newspaper again is one thing, to know that their creator has passed away is
another.
They are both sad events in my life and both will be missed.
Goodbye sparky.
They best thing I can do to say goodbye is to repost a short fic that I
wrote based on the August 21, 1998 Peanuts strip. Snoopy, Charlie Brown, and
the gang will live on in my memories.
May your memories be as fond.
The daily comic this is based on can be seen at:
http://home.earthlink.net/~jimlazar/anime/peanuts.gif
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Peanuts 1/2
It was a typical day in some small-unnamed American city, lets call
it Rima, NE. Rerun was kneeling in order to show respect to his older
sister Lucy. He straightened his cute little coveralls and waited
patiently until Lucy finished reading her tabloid. The headline of this
issue read: 'Horny Pig Sleeps with Violent Tomboy! Pictures inside!'
As Lucy closed the tabloid, Rerun asked, "Was I cute when I was a
baby?"
"Not at all," Lucy replied. She got up and started to walk away
from her brother.
Rerun looked at the retreating back of his sister.
"Actually," Lucy said suddenly, then declared, "you were un-cute."
Rerun thought about this for a few seconds then pulled a mallet out
of the gap between the panels of the comic strip. "So what if I'm not
cute!" he screamed as if possessed. He ran after his sister with the
mallet raised menacingly above his head.
Lucy heard his scream and turned around. She saw the mallet right
before it impacted against her face. Lucy fell to the ground and
clutched her head in pain.
Rerun snarled at Lucy then walked over to her crumpled form. "Lucy
no baka!!" he screamed, then stormed out of the room.
"Yup, very un-cute," Lucy muttered, then passed out.
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Charles M. "Sparky" Schulz
Nov 25, 1922 - Feb 12, 2000
