The Tao Of Snoopy

Doesn't it seem like Charles Schulz had seemingly years worth of unpublished "Peanuts" strips? Since his untimely passing, though the moniker was changed to "Classic Peanuts", it appears as though every enusing edition has been something fresh and new, no re-runs. Did Schulz plan for his death by working overtime on creating strips to stretch forward into the future? Whatever the case, be it revisiting old storylines or mixing them up with updated glimpses into the backstories of cast, is there any doubt that "Peanuts" remains the greatest comic strip of all time?

The trials of lost kitty in "Sally Forth" have been suggesting a not-so-happy ending and today's entry is positively gulp-inducing. What's Hilary discovered that has her screaming "Oh, No! Mom! Dad! Come Quick!"? Methinks they'd better take her to Paris after this.

Deanna's mom is already raising hell in "For Better Or For Worse", sure to drive Michael past nuts, but if you've ever lived in an upper-floor apartment and had some downstairs neighbor take a broomstick to their ceiling/your floor, who hasn't responded back, at least once, with a mighty and gleeful leaping about to show them what noise really is? Anyone?

And I finally have to say it, though "Doonesbury" is typically pretty supportive of the military, Trudeau still finds many a way to skewer the armed services, including this ongoing tete-a-tete between Alex and her recruiter. Once the subject of assault/rape came up, Trudeau began to show some cracks in the windowpane of the reservist's reserve. The final frame today should be on a freaking t-shirt:

Alex: You know, for an army of one, you sure are needy.

Recruiter: I'm pre-army-of-one, I joined to be all I could be.