For this week we were studying the comic strip and were asked to read a variety of different comic strips. I ended up reading Peanuts, Calvin and Hobbes, and some Little Nemo as well as some Mickey Mouse dailies. I chose to read Peanuts as it has always been one of my favorite comic strips growing up whenever my family had gotten a news paper, and I had also grew up watching the peanuts cartoons as well. After learning about Shultz and the peanuts gang I fell a little more in love with the strip. I had always connected with Charlie Brown in a lot of ways growing up, but learning that this strip was somewhat autobiographical made me feel more connected with the concept.
The other strip that I read that I think needed to be discussed was Little Nemo. After reading about three of these stories I was moderately annoyed with the comic. I was extremely confused at the beginning of each story as it had absolutely no continuation what so ever. After figuring out each story was about how a boy was having strange dreams I was slightly amused as it was an interesting concept, that quickly got boring and tiring. I was also a little appalled by the way the kid's parents treated him after waking up at the end of each strip, however I do believe that Little Nemo could benefit from some intense psychotherapy.
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