tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1568334561722760329.post7952021789958692539..comments2024-03-04T04:08:39.755-08:00Comments on The Fies Files: Peanuts at 65Brian Fieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16347700145666751363noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1568334561722760329.post-8893808046352943082015-10-26T17:50:16.788-07:002015-10-26T17:50:16.788-07:00Jennifer, I've seen some of your "Calvin&...Jennifer, I've seen some of your "Calvin" analysis online. You're an astute critic! Now all you need to do is apply it to your own work.<br /><br />(Yeah, that's "all." Because it's so easy!)<br /><br />Peanuts influenced everyone, even cartoonists who deny it.Brian Fieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16347700145666751363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1568334561722760329.post-57253746830981579292015-10-26T11:34:05.842-07:002015-10-26T11:34:05.842-07:00Great tribute sketch. The gloom you describe is p...Great tribute sketch. The gloom you describe is perfect, as disappointment and isolation were common themes in the strip.<br />Speaking of Peanuts, I've been studying Watterson's "Calvin and Hobbes" in detail- (composition, character construction, pace, etc..) If you'd asked me earlier how the latter compared with the former, I'd say "Oh, they're very different." But if you look closely, the "Peanuts" influence is there: from the proportions (particularly the long torso and tiny legs, stubby fingers) to the storylines (Like Charlie Brown, Calvin isn't popular nor successful. He also has Snoopy's imagination.) I have a hunch that most contemporary comics were influenced by "Peanuts' as well.Namowal (Jennifer Bourne)https://www.blogger.com/profile/00384500508934864421noreply@blogger.com