The Thirteenth Of June
There’s a strip from Kiss Her You Blockhead! which, while probably as a heavily degraded and reconstituted version, has stuck in my mind since elementary school. In it, Snoopy is pondering the distance between all the members his family. Something about Spike is in Needles and Belle is in Kansas city or something like that. Then he tries to wish his dad, whom he’s never met, a happy birthday. At least that’s how I remember it. I’ve made a reference to it once in an email, years ago. I can’t find the book or the strip, so I’ve done an homage to it, from my memory.
Happy birthday, Thomas.
Jae-Ho
Inappropriate but actual response:
Fuck yeah!
Birthday comicThat should make up for all the others.
As I’m sure you know, Nadia is always an equal contributor in my acknowledgement of important dates, since, without her, I forget my own milestones.
I could only find this sequence from the 60’s.
http://www.peanuts.com/wp-content/comic-strip/color-low-resolution/desktop/2012/daily/pe_c120502.jpg
http://www.peanuts.com/wp-content/comic-strip/color-low-resolution/desktop/2012/daily/pe_c120503.jpg
http://www.peanuts.com/wp-content/comic-strip/color-low-resolution/desktop/2012/daily/pe_c120504.jpg
http://www.peanuts.com/wp-content/comic-strip/color-low-resolution/desktop/2012/daily/pe_c120505.jpg
http://www.peanuts.com/wp-content/comic-strip/color-low-resolution/desktop/2012/daily/pe_c120508.jpg
http://www.peanuts.com/wp-content/comic-strip/color-low-resolution/desktop/2012/daily/pe_c120509.jpg
http://www.peanuts.com/wp-content/comic-strip/color-low-resolution/desktop/2012/daily/pe_c120510.jpg
I think I will by the book someday. It’s a significant resource of my past.
Just had this thought: that comic might not even be from the book. I’m think it is.