I took some time off from blogging. Let’s pick up where we left off, with Peanuts and politics. The Charles M. Schulz Museum has an exhibit called Political Peanuts, running through December 1. And Peanuts Rocks The Vote this year with a nicely designed Flash animation page.
Happy birthday to Amy Schulz Johnson, back on August 5. And speaking of the Schulz family, in this photo there’s an extra swimmer in the pool with the Schulz kids. Who is that?
In yet another prescient political drawing by Charles M. Schulz, John Edwards waits by the phone for Barack Obama to call about a possible Cabinet post.
Inventor Dean Kamen’s father Jack has died. He was one of the illustrators of the notorious EC line of comic books in the 1950’s. At the first link you’ll find my Kamen-related items, including an example of Jack’s work.
Today is the 63rd anniversary of the atomic bomb being dropped on Hiroshima. Courtesy of Eric, here’s the 90’s Japanese glam rock band Malice Mizer with what I suppose is a commentary of some sort about Japan’s militaristic past.
