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

January 16. It's easy to be so miserable in loneliness, or in expectation of what personal fulfillment would or should look like, that we don't even notice the one who loves and wants us.

January 15. Who knew Peppermint Patty's last name is Reichardt? We learn it for the first time in today's strip.

January 10. Sometimes we all feel like opting out of life's stresses by keeping our eyes shut and letting it all pass us by: the good, bad, and ugly...

January 5. So true...at times it feels the only way to avoid this world's persecutions is to exit the planet entirely.

January 3. What's a top-shelf Peanuts collection without a hilarious (albeit unintentional) Sally Brown quip?

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!