Blogofficer Anobella

Peanuts books were among the first things I ever read, and once I saw them, I knew I wanted to be a cartoonist. I instantly related to the flat, spare drawings, the honesty of the children´s insecurities, and to Snoopy`s bizarre and separate world. At the time, I didn´t appreciate how innovative all that was - I just knew it had a kind of humor and truth that other strips lacked. Now when I reread the old books, I´m amazed at what a melancholy comic strip it was in the sixties. Surely no other strip has presented a world so relentlessy cruel and heartless. Charlie Brown`s self torture in the face of a constant failure is funny in a bitter, hopelessly, sad way. I think the most important thing I learned from the peanuts is that a comic strip can have an emotional edge to it and that it can talk about the big issues in a sensitive and perceptive way."
Bill Watterson über Charles M. Schulz