Word: runs
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...first appeared as a syndicated multi-panel strip Oct. 2, 1950, in seven daily U.S. newspapers; it now appears in over 2,600 newspapers in 75 countries and 21 languages worldwide. The comic has spun off television specials, memorabilia and a Broadway play. Schulz' final daily strip will run Jan. 3, and his last Sunday strip will run...
Throughout the run, Schulz stuck to the theme first visited in that initial strip. Charlie was the Everyman who just couldn't get kites off the ground, footballs through the uprights or respect from his friends. We recognized his failures and sympathized with him because we had experienced many of the same failures in our own lives...
...shocked yesterday at the news of Schulz' retirement. When I was young, his strip was the first stop on my morning run through the newspaper. I collected the books and watched the specials. In my heart, I will always hold a special place for the Great Pumpkin, especially at this time of year...
...rest of the run, I'm going to make a point of reading the strip every morning. I just hope nothing has changed in Charlie Brown's world while I've been away...
...affected exclamation, "Amazing." Addicted to lip balms, try as we might. Not over illegal drug use. Or girlfriends. Not over modesty. Not over Bob Slate's or Bob Pollard. Family: not over the concept. Anna's not over her dog or the "hot Anna" photo we didn't run on page 28. Mica: not over yellow. Not over 11 X 17. Can't move beyond baths. Also not over wool. Not over Catcher in the Rye. Not over the Midwest, nope...