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    You're A Good Monster, Charlie Brown

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    Image of foolish-rain foolish-rain
    07/15/09

    In reply to You're A Good Monster, Charlie Brown
    Ummm...I believe that Charlie Brown was supposed to have very light blond hair, not be bald.



    Not that it would make this painting look any better.
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    Image of schlegs84 schlegs84
    07/15/09

    In reply to You're A Good Monster, Charlie Brown
    I still think he's cute...
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    07/15/09

    In reply to You're A Good Monster, Charlie Brown
    Arthur Spooner will not be happy with this.
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    Image of teenypanini09 teenypanini09
    07/15/09

    In reply to You're A Good Monster, Charlie Brown
    has anyone ever seen a performance of Dog Sees God? It's a play about the Peanuts kids in high school. It was pretty good. (At least the one I saw.)
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    Image of snugbug snugbug
    07/15/09

    In reply to You're A Good Monster, Charlie Brown


    The basic idea here instantly reminded me of ”Monsters” , the book and art series put out in 2007 by one of my favorite L.A. artists. Best of all, his name is.. Charlie White.
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    Image of snugbug snugbug
    07/15/09

    @snugbug: Oops, HTML booboo.. The pic was not supposed to post twice. But I kinda like the effect!
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    Image of Kerplunky Kerplunky
    07/15/09

    @snugbug: Holy hell! That is disturbing ...
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    07/15/09

    In reply to You're A Good Monster, Charlie Brown
    Looks like Karl Pilkington, alright?
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    Image of RitaCamill RitaCamill
    07/15/09

    In reply to You're A Good Monster, Charlie Brown
    This breaks my heart. Poor Charlie Brown. I bet Lucy is somehow behind this.
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    Image of ellaesther ellaesther
    07/15/09

    In reply to You're A Good Monster, Charlie Brown
    Interestingly, Schultz himself was kind of trying to deconstruct the myth of childhood being cute and/or benign. If I remember correctly, he kind of grumbled all the way to the bank over the commodification of Snoopy as an official Cute Thing, and was really not entirely happy with how well the whole "Happiness is a Warm Puppy" meme took off. As I say, he took those emotions to the bank -- but then, isn't that just what a melancholic crank might do...?


    I bought my kid some old collections of Peanuts strips at a rummage sale, and he pours over those things and pours over them. And then quotes them to me from the back seat of the car. It makes me insanely happy.
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    Image of Yahtzii Yahtzii
    07/15/09

    @ellaesther: Wasn't Snoopy sort of an asshole, anyways? It always seemed like part of his charm was that he was standoffish and always more concerned about his dinner than his master being down in the dumps (much like my own puppy, actually). I'm not sure he would have approved of his own commercialization.
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    Image of BabyJane BabyJane
    07/15/09

    @Yahtzii: I'm not sure why, but calling Snoopy an asshole is making me laugh.
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    Image of 1.1.1. 1.1.1.
    07/15/09

    In reply to You're A Good Monster, Charlie Brown
    A key attribute of an artist is perceptiveness. Charlie Brown was not especially cute or benign, he was achingly sad and frustrated. He was Everyman with a little squiggle on his head, forever unable to get the little Red-Haired Girl.
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    Image of LaComtesse LaComtesse
    07/15/09

    @1.1.1.:THANK YOU! Take a look at the comics sometime, particularly the early ones. They're often very melancholy/philosophical.
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    Image of suck_it_monkeys suck_it_monkeys
    07/15/09

    @1.1.1.: Yes! Artists reinterpreting something they haven't bothered to understand in the first place is ridiculously frustrating and arrogant. It happens ALL THE TIME- film remakes, "sequels" to classic lit, etc.
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    Image of Chamalla,barren crone Chamalla,barren crone
    07/15/09

    In reply to You're A Good Monster, Charlie Brown
    He looks more sad than monster-esque, aside from the distracting asymmetry of his ears. (or is it the angle...) I kinda want to give this painting a hug.
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    07/15/09

    In reply to You're A Good Monster, Charlie Brown
    And here's what his skeleton would look like if he were human:






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    Image of Intern Katy Intern Katy
    07/15/09

    @save jinger: This is very cool. Where did you find it?
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    Image of Yahtzii Yahtzii
    07/15/09

    @save jinger: The skeleton looks a lot more cheerful than the actual Charlie Brown. Guess he's got nothing left to worry about!
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    Image of DinaRonson : Elizabeth Cady Stanton DinaRonson : Elizabeth Cady Stanton
    07/15/09

    @Intern Katy: Check this out, in person if you can.



    http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/permanent/humanorigins/history/neanderthals4.php
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    Image of Intern Katy Intern Katy
    07/15/09

    @DinaRonson : Elizabeth Cady Stanton: Thanks, this looks right up my alley. I don't live in the city, but the next time I'm visiting I certainly will.
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    Image of save jinger save jinger
    07/15/09

    @Intern Katy: On Google Image Search. I don't remember what I searched now, but I was very happy to find it.
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    Image of DinaRonson : Elizabeth Cady Stanton DinaRonson : Elizabeth Cady Stanton
    07/15/09


    @Intern Katy: CREEPY
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    Image of BelleFree BelleFree
    07/15/09

    @save jinger: I found

    this blog entry explaining where the images come from. It's an artist on the West Coast, looks like.



    I remember Mad Magazine doing an issue on evolution that included some cartoon character skeletons like these, along with "scientific" character analyses; does anyone with better Google-fu have an idea where to find that?
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    07/15/09

    In reply to You're A Good Monster, Charlie Brown
    Oh good grief.
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    Image of cuteasabutton cuteasabutton
    07/15/09

    @Yahtzii: Hehe.
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    Image of bluebears bluebears
    07/15/09

    In reply to You're A Good Monster, Charlie Brown
    eh? He doesn't look like a monster! He still looks pretty darn cute actually.
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    Image of magnets magnets
    07/15/09

    In reply to You're A Good Monster, Charlie Brown
    Unnecessary! The whole point of Charlie Brown is that he's a grim, depressing figure
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    Image of bluetrain84 bluetrain84
    07/15/09

    In reply to You're A Good Monster, Charlie Brown
    This reminds me of the Family Guy episode in which Snoopy is strung out on drugs...very creepy.
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