This is something that most other comic strip artists The Peanuts Charlie Brown Snoopy grown up tree Christmas sweatshirt would never do. Either their pride or greed makes them continue the strip long past its originality. Garfield is a great example of a funny strip that has lost its novelty and is now mainly a bunch of talking heads spouting jokes. Peanuts also suffered from this after a point – how many jokes can you make about kids without it stagnating? Schulz’s solution was to add more characters, but none of them are beloved like the original cast. Sure the artwork is great, but there’s more to comics. Watterson knew this, and that’s what makes Calvin and Hobbes great. The peanut is actually a legume. Legumes are the edible seeds from pods you can split in half. Peanuts, along with beans and peas,
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