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

September 11. This analogy of life being like golf is so spot-on for how I feel right now.

August 11. I love the subversive twist at the end of this one. Deep down we knew Snoopy would never bite Charlie Brown, even as a reflex to pain.

August 6. The analogy of security as being able to sleep in the backseat of the car as a child without worry, is a powerful concept. When that security and sense of being cared for ends, it ends for good. This is one of the more resonant strips in this collection.

July 5. Oh, for the days of simple fun and games, not needing every little aspect of life to be fully vetted...

May 31. Did Linus actually name his brother on this date, or is "Rerun" just a nickname? The strip seems to put the name in quotation marks the way it did for so long when calling "Pig-Pen" by name. Curious...It's been a long while since I saw "Pig'Pen" in any of these chronological Peanuts collections.

May 30. There it is! They said his name...though not in direct reference to the new Van Pelt boy. It's coming...

May 23. I believe this is the first strip where Rerun is mentioned, though no name is given and we haven't seen the babe.

May 21. An interesting Sunday strip, complex in development. What Charlie Brown describes is something at least close to a Mandela effect.

April 2. Another classic bit of lore from the Easter Beagle!

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.