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3 cartoonists take an in-depth look at the greatest comic strip of all time-- Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz. Hosted by Jimmy Gownley, Harold Buchholz, and Michael Cohen. Produced and edited by Liz Sumner. pod.link/unpackingpeanuts unpackingpeanutsdotcom
Young Pillars is the single panel gag comic he did for his church.
From the “Weird Little Doodles” file: Would this be “Packing Peanuts”?
The Family Van Pelt # 4 - Old People Who Happen To Like You. Lucy torments Linus with a call to their blanket-hating grandma. New segment begins - Hangin' Out At the Think' Wall. This week the guys discuss Snoopy before resuming the season-long look at the Van Pelt Family. pod.link/unpackingpeanuts
The Family Van Pelt #3 - The Goofy Dynamics Between Siblings or Why Linus’s Head is Dented. Linus’s original struggle for security is with Lucy… and was it her blanket originally?! Plus Linus learns the difference between tv and reality in language he can understand. pod.link/unpackingpeanuts
DECONSTRUCTING COMICS: Cartoonist Harold Buchholz talks about making sure kids have access to great age-appropriate comics; how he helped keep #ArchieComics afloat; the Mystery Science Theater 3000 comic, and more. deconstructingcomics.com?p=8999 #Peanuts @unpackingpeanuts.bsky.social #MST3K
Latest Episode: The Family Van Pelt Episode 2 - Big Kids Drive Me Crazy. Linus is bringing out Lucy’s inner Lucy, yet somehow his head remains undented. In this episode, the Van Pelt kids’ personalities are slowly coming into focus… No wonder Linus needs that blanket! pod.link/unpackingpeanuts
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re: Your discussion in this week's episode about the midcentury modern furniture in the Van Pelt home....
Looking forward to hearing Tim Young's interview with Jimmy Gownley on Deconstructing Comics Podcast @deconcomics.bsky.social
The Family Van Pelt #1 - Schulz Tackles a Baby! It’s a new season on Unpacking Peanuts, as we take a look at everyone’s favorite venerable grade schoolers: Linus, Lucy, and Rerun Van Pelt. In these early strips featuring them the seeds of greatness have already been sown.
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That was my first Peanuts book! -Liz
Thank you. Glad to have you join us.
I hadn't seen that before. The SNL version is a little too on the nose these days.
Regular listeners will know that our own Harold Buchholz is an expert the film It's a Wonderful Life. He speaks at the annual festival in Seneca Falls, NY. This year he spoke with Ted Koppel on CBS Sunday Morning about the message of the film. Harold appears at 8:23. youtu.be/DwsY4agO2qs?...
Latest Episode: Patrick McDonnell, the Legendary cartoonist of MUTTS, the comic strip Charles Schulz once said was “the last great strip of the 20th Century,” stops by to talk about Charles Schulz, the craft of cartooning, comics history and more in this fun conversation. pod.link/unpackingpeanuts
In Understanding Snoopy #4 we wondered what would happen if an early-style version like banana nose Snoopy interacted with a modern Snoopy. Superlistener @debperry.bsky.social sent us an example of a similar situation with one of Snoopy's comic strip colleagues. Thanks Deb.
Buone feste from Unpacking Peanuts. Here's Sophie and Roshi from Michael's Strange Attractors Omnibus.
Latest Episode: Understanding Snoopy #5 - When Woodstock Is Happy, I'm Happy. Everyone’s favorite abstract bird doodle takes center stage for this episode long look at Snoopy’s relationship with his “friend of friends” Woodstock. Listen at pod.link/unpackingpeanuts
Is listening to Unpacking Peanuts "A Charlie Brown Christmas" episode a tradition in your family? Here's the link to our show from 2023. shorturl.at/NxGDw
Happy Beethoven's Birthday! Here's a link to our episode from 2023: shorturl.at/Hvv2I
Listener Sarah Wilson reminds us that along with the 75th anniversary of Peanuts, it's also the 100th anniversary of The Great Gatsby by another son of St. Paul. She sends us these photos of Scott Fitzgerald's house (and tries to convince us to start a Great Gatsby Reread). Thanks Sarah.
Listener Rob Zverina sent us this link about the Peanuts Papers and the 75th Anniversary of Peanuts. It also has links to additional videos of interest. Thanks Rob.
In our latest episode we talk about this great image posted on the Peanuts Wiki. What's your favorite Snoopy? peanuts.fandom.com/wiki/Snoopy?...
Like many others I started with Serial. Never heard of podcasts before that.
Happy 60th Anniversary of A Charlie Brown Christmas. Thanks to listener Jason Bullett for reminding us. www.npr.org/2025/12/09/n...
Understanding Snoopy Episode 4 - As You See Him, You Will Draw Him. The gang takes on the epic task of discussing Snoopy’s many visual changes and go on a few cartooning-related side quests as well… discussing Leonard Starr, Stan Drake, Hal Foster, Harold Gray and more. pod.link/unpackingpeanuts
But as soon as I read the first rule it plays in my head! I would have be fine were it not for this post. AUGH.
Happy Birthday Sparky!
Latest Episode: Comics legend Mark Evanier stops by to discuss his work on the amazing new book The Essential Peanuts. We discuss Mark’s life in comics including his relationships with icons like Jack Kirby, Jim Davis, and of course, Charles Schulz. pod.link/upackingpeanuts
Any random Jaime Hernandez page is a masterclass in composition and comics storytelling. I don't know that he's ever drawn a just-okay panel, ever.
