Josiah’s Reviews > The Complete Peanuts, 1971-1972 > Status Update

September 20. This is simply brilliant. "What you need, Charlie Brown, is an unlisted life!" How often I've felt the same but hadn't the words to express it, when troubles started piling up on my doorstep...

September 16. This Lucy moment reflects how muddled you can get when a romance turns out wrong.

September 1. Such a simple way to show how easily rainstorms wash away the entire nest we've painstakingly built ourselves. A gorgeous, brilliant, stripped-down story.

August 29. I love this analogy of the helium balloon that comes back to Linus because he demonstrates trust in it. If this isn't classic Peanuts, I can't tell you what is.

August 23. A perfect capper to the running gag about Charlie Brown's taciturn bunkmate at summer camp!

August 1. How many of us similarly take all our special privileges for granted and grumble as though our failure is someone else's fault?

July 20. The first-ever appearance of Marcie, and she even calls Peppermint Patty "Sir"!

July 14. Gearing your lifestyle to avoid pain is nothing but waste of opportunity, but how do you maintain that conviction when a painful missile knocks you flat on your bottom?

July 5. I love this witty commentary on most people's tendency to be too detailed when spinning a story for others.

July 2. A classic Lucy laugh line. Bangarang!