Bill Melendez, the only person allowed by Charles M. Schulz to animate his Peanuts comic strip, has died aged 91. Melendez also animated other well known cartoon characters during his career, including Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig and Daffy Duck.
Bill Melendez, Peanuts animator dies, aged 91
Posted by John Lampard on Friday, 5 September, 2008 to the design and art subset
Goodbye Charlie Brown
Posted by John Lampard on Friday, 11 July, 2008 to the comment subset
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 ... Read full entry
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