Goodbye Charlie Brown

posted by John Lampard on Friday, 11 July, 2008 at 4:44 pm

Especially for fans of Charles Schulz’s Peanuts comic strip, speculation on what eventually became of the cast’s main players… Snoopy’s (apparent) demise seems particularly apt:

HE often talked about the dog he had had – going into detail about his little antics, running around with the supper dish in his mouth, chasing the birds that didn’t seem to be scared of him in the slightest, chasing airplanes as if they were birds. He always said that he felt his childhood ended the night that, after so many years, in the middle of a big thuderstorm, his old little beagle vanished without a trace. Until then, he would say, he thought that nothing would ever change, the bad as well as the good. Then his dog ran off – “either to die or to chase airplanes – or, maybe both.”

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  • Noooooo… Snoopy is still with us. I think my childhood ended right now, after I read that story :(

    Mandi at 9:50 pm on Friday, 11 July, 2008
  • Heh, have to say I felt a little empty after reading the bit about Snoopy as well… comic strip characters usually live forever right? ;)

    John Lampard at 1:02 pm on Saturday, 12 July, 2008
  • Snoopy’s still swinging :)

    Jeni G at 10:39 pm on Saturday, 12 July, 2008
  • No, not Snoopy, he can’t die.

    Mik at 10:22 am on Sunday, 13 July, 2008
  • No, it couldn’t be! That is so sad! Snoopy can’t be gone…
    My heart is broken

    paula2761 at 2:13 pm on Sunday, 13 July, 2008
  • Darn. I named my first dog – a toy poodle – Snoopy, in honor of the beagle. She actually went missing, too. I don’t know if she was stolen or died (she was collared and microchipped, and we plastered posters all over the area).

    Maybe Snoopies don’t die. They just disappear – chasing airplanes…

    I’ll never love another dog like I loved Snoopy.

    Trisha Cupra, Web Design Watchdog at 5:08 am on Tuesday, 15 July, 2008
  • The Peanut’s kids and animals will live and love on forever they will never die or grow old. Snoopy will also never leave for good nothing will change in their world. They will always be a tribute to their creator Charles M. Shultz. We love you Snoopy, Charlie Brown, and everyone else.
    and I’ll thank people to stop distroying them.

    The Peanut's kids true love at 11:54 am on Monday, 24 November, 2008