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Eisner-winning comic museum curator and book writer. PERSONAL acc’t. Big fan of Snoopy and the gang. AKA BenjClark 📷 by Chris Eliopoulous @chriseliopoulos.bsky.social Santa Rosa, CA https://benjaminlclark.com
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Bonus Pogo newspaper comic strip clippings found in one of the library book sale books I scored this afternoon. All circa 1990s.

This PEANUTS comic strip was published #OTD on February 20, 1962.

Someday I should put together a collection of Peanuts strips that hit different in adulthood. This will go in the chapter for parents.

Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz, originally published on January 8, 1972.

This PEANUTS comic strip was published #OTD on February 17, 1962.

Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz originally published May 12, 1982.

For @nytimes, I wrote about the peak era of the daily comic strip--a time when newspapers were bursting with blockbusters like 'Bloom County, 'Cathy,' 'Calvin & Hobbes,' 'The Far Side,' and other beloved hits (gift link below): www.nytimes.com/2024/12/23/b...

Have you got your copy of the very first issue of The Comics Courier yet? If not - buy one now! ko-fi.com/thecomicscou...

Saw a good sized crowd protesting today at the Corte Madera, CA Tesla dealership. Seeing anti Elon signs popping up around town. r#teslatakedown

Saving (the original concept drawing of ) Captain America 📜 blogs.loc.gov/preservation...

Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz originally published April 26, 1986.

INCREDIBLE mini-grant news! Thanks to the generosity of @iamdavidbrothers.com, we will have TWO more mini-grants to award for this year's Comics Criticism Mini-Grant!! Make sure to get your applications in by the end of the month: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz originally published on December 7, 1989

In the midst of chaos, we need love. Or maybe I just need an excuse to post my favorite take on Valentine's Day. No one ever finds this as funny as I do, but enjoy anyway!

Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz originally published February 14, 1977.

Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz originally published October 14, 1974

Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz originally published December 2, 1997

He’s going to convert the Kennedy Center into a hotel/casino, isn’t he?

Little Nemo in Slumberland from February 14, 1909.

Hooray for Schulz and @schulzmuseum.bsky.social

Charles M. “Sparky” Schulz, creator of Snoopy and the Peanuts Gang, passed away 25 years ago today—just hours before his final Peanuts Sunday comic strip ran in newspapers around the world.⁠ 💛 In memory of Charles Monroe Schulz⁠ November 26, 1922–February 12, 2000⁠

Schulz Museum has joined the Bluesky party!

I'm a huge ol' dork, and reading this was my kind of fun.

This just made me laugh. Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz, originally published 4/17/1962

Federal US museums undergoing "content reviews" -- UGH this is awful. Hate to see places like the US Army Women's Museum being erased -- awm.army.mil

I’ve seen Mario on a plumbing truck but this is the first Ninja Turtle I’ve seen. Makes sense!

Hooray! 🎉🎉🎉 Excited to really dig in now I have the print edition in hand. Thanks @explodingarrow.bsky.social et al who made this!

UK Comic Folks!