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You're A Good Man, Marten Reed
jwhouk:
So it begs the question (taken from the WCDT of November 28, 2011):
--- Quote from: Tova on 28 Nov 2011, 23:10 ---The QC <=> Charlie Brown topic seems to keep coming up in the WCDT threads recently. I can certainly see some parallels. It probably deserves a thread all of its very own. :)
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So...
Marten Reed = Charlie Brown
Who else (and HOW else) is related in the QC/Peanuts "universes"?
--- Quote from: DSL on 28 Nov 2011, 22:23 ---
--- Quote from: AnAverageWriter on 28 Nov 2011, 01:42 ---It's an interesting thought, really. Jeph is the one who made the QC world, determines the fate of his characters and the world, really. He wields a graphics tablet of infinite power, yet when we see him, he is a tired, slightly sad man with no idea of the kind of destructive power he holds.
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Jeph is ... Possessed by the spirit of Charles Schulz?
QC did start a couple years after Schulz died ...
Think about it. a philosophical, angsty, slice of life, humor-in-the-small-things comic that is very different from the way it was when it began, with a large and changing cast ...
Kinda geeked about the possibilities, really. The QC Holiday TV specials; a beer-sledding hill and arena with a snack bar featuring Coffee of Doom drinks and Secret Bakery pastries (and Midnight Hobo bourbon); a chain of "Psychiatric Help 5 cents" sidewalk booths featuring Dr. Corrinne; a hipster playland at an amusement park of your choice with employees running around in giant-head costumes of the QC characters ...
And, of course, Pintsize on the side of a blimp selling insurance.
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pwhodges:
Jeph tweeted only today:
--- Quote from: Jeph Jaques ---My favorite quote about cartooning is from Charles Schulz: "Cartooning will destroy you, it will break your heart."
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ProfSciencePHD:
Tai and Marigold would definitely be Peppermint Patty and Marcie.
jwhouk:
Actually I think Hanners would be closer to Peppermint Patty to Marigold's Marcie.
AnAverageWriter:
--- Quote from: jwhouk on 29 Nov 2011, 05:33 ---Actually I think Hanners would be closer to Peppermint Patty to Marigold's Marcie.
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Honestly?
Hanners is nothing like Peppermint Patty. I mean, I can see where the friendship allegory is, but... I think trying to shoehorn the cast into the shoes of Peanuts (with the exception of Marten) is a lost cause. They just don't fit together.
And I doubt Marten even owns a yellow stripey sweater.
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