Lecture: Gary Groth on Charles Schulz

[@mwmingram]

A truly great discussion.

[@pepelepeau]

My 5th grade teacher brought us from Albany Ca to Santa Rosa to meet him and ice skate at his RINK! So lucky! 1978!

[@Cml725]

I can't get over the change from the beginning to the end. Just blows me away!

[@GrimComix]

Love your presentation

[@madkittyjoey70]

Oh to be the one who could talk with Charles Schulz would've totally been a dream come true!

[@ElanaVital83]

What would you want to say to him?

[@madkittyjoey70]

@@ElanaVital83 I'd ask what his childhood was like and also about his work before Peanuts came along.

[@ElanaVital83]

@@madkittyjoey70 I'd think he'd say his childhood was okay but kind of lonely. I'd ask him the secret of his self confidence. The dude knew he was good.

[@madkittyjoey70]

@@ElanaVital83 It was said in books that he went through a lot of times where he was melancholy. I wonder why since he was very successful and his family adored him.

[@ElanaVital83]

@@madkittyjoey70 Who knows? Could've been just brain chemistry. I'm kind of moody myself and take magnesium to help it.

[@Twinkieturds]

An interesting look at a great artist's mind state! Love the strips Groth shown earlier like Krazy Kat and Little Nemo :D

[@alexcarter8807]

With the exceptions of "Liberals vs. Conservatives", "H-bomb tests", and "new car", I remember every. single. one. of the strips you showed. My father had every book Schultz published; you see, the newspapers strips were printed in compilations in softcover each year, and my Dad eventually had them all. Plus limited "litho in USA" small books like "Happiness Is A Warm Puppy".

[@gterrymed]

a lecture for sure

[@icecreamhero2375]

The early ones are awesome and the later ones are equally as funny.

[@patrickmanway290]

His drawing style actually got worse in the later years of the strip. Compare 1950's Peanuts to 1980's Peanut's.

[@icecreamhero2375]

@@patrickmanway290 I disagree. I think it looked better and better. I like how the later ones sometimes have different sized panels.

[@patrickmanway290]

@@icecreamhero2375 His line work got bad because of the arthritis in his hands. He couldn't draw smooth lines because his hand would shake.

[@icecreamhero2375]

@@patrickmanway290 I know but I still like the look.

[@patrickmanway290]

@@icecreamhero2375 1950's, 1960s, are my favorite eras. The 70's too, to a degree.

[@donthepainter480]

I wish he would repeat the questions that we can't hear.

[@eduardo_corrochio]

Yes. Either the host should repeat each question before answering (he must know he's being filmed) or give each person a mic as they ask a question. It's not difficult.

[@FinalLugiaGuardian]

I think the Penuts seeies was among the first kid targetted series to address the topic of cancer.

[@lewisc215]

Read S's own words in interviews and essays: he explains what he does better than anyone.

[@lewisc215]

Genius

[@rjnuzzi1648]

Gosh... you are so inanimate... it's Peanuts!!! For God sake....