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

December 3. Oh, man...simple and heartrending. Never fall in love with a snowflake, which will evaporate into nothingness in a matter of moments.

December 2. More comedic ingenuity, this time in the form of throwing a whole loaf of bread outside for the birds.

November 18. This collection is a true wonder, brilliance every few pages. In this one, Lucy states a universal truth: In all of mankind's history, there has never been more damage done than by people who "thought they were doing the right thing".

November 14. Incredible insight into the reality that no matter where we run to, we're trapped by our core identity, traits, and desires. We are who we are.

November 12. This is one of the most hilarious strips in Peanuts history. I laughed so hard I have tears in my eyes, after reading Linus's extremely specific pronouncement supposedly from a medical journal!

Same strip: Snoopy has Linus's blanket made into a sport coat! This must be a sly reference back to the A Charlie Brown Christmas television special.

November 9. Here's a rarity: a typo in the strip, using "Do you here me?" instead of "Do you hear me?". I assume the error belongs to the original comic syndicate rather than this book.

November 1. Going backwards, I know...but this observation about spiders on the moon is just so uncanny and personally relatable.

November 3. What is claustrophobia, in truth, if not discomfort caused by feeling constricted and constrained? As Charlie Brown points out, that can happen even when you're not in a tight physical space. Life can give you claustrophobia...

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...