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Dr Pop Culture USA @drpopcultureusa.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

An unlikely collaboration between Charles Schulz and John Romita, source unknown. Photo taken at the Society of Illustrator’s The Art of Spider-Man exhibit

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Unpacking Peanuts Podcast @unpackingpeanuts.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Our latest episode: Mean Girls 3 - Now 33% Meaner. The gang expands their scope, and looks at mean girls throughout the Peanuts run, including Lucy, Frieda, and Good ol’ Molly Volley. pod.link/unpackingpeanuts #comics #cartooning #comicstrips

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SethMNKane @sethmnkane.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

@unpackingpeanuts.bsky.social went today to check out this exhibit in San Jose at the MLK Jr Library and Sparky and Krazy Kat made appearances.

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Unpacking Peanuts Podcast @unpackingpeanuts.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Mean Girls 2 - How Much is Mean and How Much is Just Life? Our exploration into the sassiest, snarkiest, twosome in all of Peanuts continues. These two may be mean, but they are also hilarious. But are they worse on their own, or together? pod.link/unpackingpeanuts #comics #cartooning #comicstrips

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Unpacking Peanuts Podcast @unpackingpeanuts.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Mean Girls Episode 1 - Patty and Violet: Conformity Police. Michael curates a delightfully mean collection of some early Peanuts strips featuring two of Peanuts strongest (and meanest) personalities: the original Patty, and good ol’ Violet Grey. pod.link/unpackingpeanuts

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Unpacking Peanuts Podcast @unpackingpeanuts.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

@nat.gertler.com writes in response to our recent tribute episode "The tribute was not organized in response to Sparky's death... rather, to Sparky's announced retirement of the strip... The target audience for it was Sparky himself, for him to see how loved he was by the cartooning community."

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Unpacking Peanuts Podcast @unpackingpeanuts.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Unpacking Peanuts in the Wild: Harold and Jimmy at Harrisburg Comic and Pop Con + Liz and Michael at Fabcon in Fabriano, Italy.

Jimmy Gownley and Harold Buchholz at Harrisburg Comic and Pop Con

Michael Cohen and Liz Sumner at Fabcon in Fabriano, Italy.

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Unpacking Peanuts Podcast @unpackingpeanuts.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Cartoonists’ Salute to Schulz! Just 5 short months after Charles Schulz’s passing, the top cartoonists in the field dedicated a day of their own strips to remembering Sparky. The gang looks at Peanuts tribute strips by Jim Davis, Aaron McGruder, Cathy Guisewite and more. pod.link/unpackingpeanuts

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Unpacking Peanuts Podcast @unpackingpeanuts.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

We talk with Eisner-nominated cognitive scientist @neilcohn.bsky.social who looks at how our brains perceive comics. His latest book challenges the conventional understandings of how pictures communicate, how people learn to draw, and the nature of language itself. #comics #cartooning #comicstrips

Speaking in Pictures author, Neil Cohn, on Unpacking Peanuts podcast

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Unpacking Peanuts Podcast @unpackingpeanuts.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

In 1980 Legendary Captain Marvel artist C.C. Beck created his personal list of “The 7 Deadly Sins of Comics Creators.” In this episode the gang discuss Beck’s manifesto and see if and how it applies to Schulz's work. #comics #comicstrips pod.link/unpackingpeanuts

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

If our generation does its job, then by the time our kids are celebrating the 300th, they'll look back on the decades between these milestones with admiration for how America faced ferocious challenges and once more drew nearer to its highest ideals. From our family to yours, happy Fourth of July!

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Unpacking Peanuts Podcast @unpackingpeanuts.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

In our latest episode the gang celebrates the USA’s birthday by looking at one of the latest iterations of Snoopy’s alter egos…The Revolutionary War patriot. pod.link/unpackingpeanuts #comics #cartooning #comicstrips

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Neil Cohn @neilcohn.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

I had a great time today chatting with the @unpackingpeanuts.bsky.social Unpacking Peanuts Podcast about my recent book and how fundamental Peanuts has been to the science of comics cognition. I'm looking forward to the episode coming out in a few months!

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Unpacking Peanuts Podcast @unpackingpeanuts.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Sidekicks and Second Bananas Episode 4 - Shermy: Just A Guy Standing There. The straight man of all straight men gets an episode all to himself. Will the gang finally crack the code on this beloved figure of Peanuts past? #comics #cartooning pod.link/unpackingpeanuts

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Unpacking Peanuts Podcast @unpackingpeanuts.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Sidekicks and Second Bananas Episode 3 - Roy: A Good Temporary Friend. Roy befriends both Charlie Brown and Linus at camp. But maybe his main raison d'être is to introduce the world to the swinging-est character ever - Peppermint Patty. #comics #cartooning pod.link/unpackingpeanuts

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Unpacking Peanuts Podcast @unpackingpeanuts.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

We have not talked about it. I wonder what the story is. @benjaminlclark.com can you elaborate?

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Unpacking Peanuts Podcast @unpackingpeanuts.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Our look at Sidekicks and Second Bananas continues. Sally’s pal Eudora finally gets a turn in the spotlight, as the gang revisits her debut sequence from 1978 and finds a fun and unique character who still feels modern. pod.link/unpackingpeanuts #comics #cartooning #comicstrips

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Unpacking Peanuts Podcast @unpackingpeanuts.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

@jimmygownley.bsky.social and Michael and I had the enormous pleasure of seeing the Colbert Report live. I don't remember who the guest was but I remember The Word: Freem - Freedom without the Do.

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Unpacking Peanuts Podcast @unpackingpeanuts.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

We start our look at the bit players in Peanuts in this new season of “Sidekicks and Second Bananas.” In this episode Bill, Olivier, Harriet, Conrad, and Woodstock get to shake their tail feathers in the spotlight. pod.link/unpackingpeanuts h/t to Andy Warhol. #comics #comicstrips #cartoooning

Unpacking Peanuts Sidekicks and Second Bananas episode art in the style of The Velvet Underground and Nico.

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Unpacking Peanuts Podcast @unpackingpeanuts.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

In our latest episode we talk about a series of Peanuts strips from January 1976 where the school building collapses. Sally refers to it as the school committing suicide. A listener wrote to us to share something important.

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Unpacking Peanuts Podcast @unpackingpeanuts.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

I’m Just Pretending It Never Happened! The Weirdest Peanuts Strips Ever. The gang takes a cockeyed look at the Peanuts strips that make you go “hmmm.” From Charlie Brown sharpening himself to the beauty of a girl named Truffles, it doesn’t get weirder than this. #comics #cartooning #comicstrips

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Unpacking Peanuts Podcast @unpackingpeanuts.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Here's what we're talking about in our latest episode: Re-Run arrives and struggles to assimilate into the family for the next 20 years. Lucy is still a grouch. Sally still loves Linus. Speaking of consistency, which Peanuts characters changed the least? The gang investigates. #comics #comicstrips

Unpacking Peanuts podcast The Family Van Pelt episode #6 - All In the Valley of Death Rode Rerun Van Pelt

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Unpacking Peanuts Podcast @unpackingpeanuts.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Listener Seth Kane enjoyed his latest visit to the @schulzmuseum.bsky.social for the Canine Companions event with Jean Schulz, and sent us a photo of this surprising persona-- Snoopy as Mister T.

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Unpacking Peanuts Podcast @unpackingpeanuts.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

@debperry.bsky.social shared this "In the The Vault of Peanuts Obscurities (said with an echoing voice), we discover that Linus first patted birds on the head in Dell Four Color #1015, dated August-October 1959. There isn’t a credit as to who wrote or drew this story."

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Find That Pod @findthatpod.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Jimmy Gownley of Amelia Rules! fame describes how he grew his podcast @unpackingpeanuts.bsky.social Watch the whole interview on YouTube - or where you get your podcasts. #podcasters #podcasts #peanuts #jimmygownley

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Unpacking Peanuts Podcast @unpackingpeanuts.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

A great source to find your next podcast! And be sure to listen to the episode with @jimmygownley.bsky.social .

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Unpacking Peanuts Podcast @unpackingpeanuts.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

The Family Van Pelt #5: A Really Squiggly Line Around the Word Sigh. Linus is doing the St. Francis shtick, but it doesn’t stop him from playing a mean shortstop. We discuss Schulz’s ability to layer contradictory elements to create some of the richest characters in comics. pod.link/unpackingpeanuts

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Unpacking Peanuts Podcast @unpackingpeanuts.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Superlistener Shaylee Robson on discovering Amelia Rules by @jimmygownley.bsky.social and her own creativity.

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Unpacking Peanuts Podcast @unpackingpeanuts.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

“Best Interviewer Ever” says Jimmy. Can’t wait to hear it.

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Unpacking Peanuts Podcast @unpackingpeanuts.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

It's An Anniversary Show, Charlie Brown! The gang celebrates 4 years of podcasting about Beagles & Blockheads by looking at a totally random group of Peanuts strips, and a few non-Peanuts strips too! Here's to many more years of joy discussing Schulz's masterpiece. pod.link/unpackingpeanuts

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Deb Perry @debperry.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

From the “Weird Little Doodles” file: Would this be “Packing Peanuts”?

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Unpacking Peanuts Podcast @unpackingpeanuts.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

The Family Van Pelt # 4 - Old People Who Happen To Like You. Lucy torments Linus with a call to their blanket-hating grandma. New segment begins - Hangin' Out At the Think' Wall. This week the guys discuss Snoopy before resuming the season-long look at the Van Pelt Family. pod.link/unpackingpeanuts

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Unpacking Peanuts Podcast @unpackingpeanuts.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

The Family Van Pelt #3 - The Goofy Dynamics Between Siblings or Why Linus’s Head is Dented. Linus’s original struggle for security is with Lucy… and was it her blanket originally?! Plus Linus learns the difference between tv and reality in language he can understand. pod.link/unpackingpeanuts

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Tim Young @deconcomics.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

DECONSTRUCTING COMICS: Cartoonist Harold Buchholz talks about making sure kids have access to great age-appropriate comics; how he helped keep #ArchieComics afloat; the Mystery Science Theater 3000 comic, and more. deconstructingcomics.com?p=8999 #Peanuts @unpackingpeanuts.bsky.social #MST3K

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Unpacking Peanuts Podcast @unpackingpeanuts.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Latest Episode: The Family Van Pelt Episode 2 - Big Kids Drive Me Crazy. Linus is bringing out Lucy’s inner Lucy, yet somehow his head remains undented. In this episode, the Van Pelt kids’ personalities are slowly coming into focus… No wonder Linus needs that blanket! pod.link/unpackingpeanuts

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Unpacking Peanuts Podcast @unpackingpeanuts.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

The Family Van Pelt #1 - Schulz Tackles a Baby! It’s a new season on Unpacking Peanuts, as we take a look at everyone’s favorite venerable grade schoolers: Linus, Lucy, and Rerun Van Pelt. In these early strips featuring them the seeds of greatness have already been sown. pod.link/unpackingpeanuts

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Unpacking Peanuts Podcast @unpackingpeanuts.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Regular listeners will know that our own Harold Buchholz is an expert the film It's a Wonderful Life. He speaks at the annual festival in Seneca Falls, NY. This year he spoke with Ted Koppel on CBS Sunday Morning about the message of the film. Harold appears at 8:23. youtu.be/DwsY4agO2qs?...

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The enduring message of "It's a Wonderful Life"

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Unpacking Peanuts Podcast @unpackingpeanuts.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Latest Episode: Patrick McDonnell, the Legendary cartoonist of MUTTS, the comic strip Charles Schulz once said was “the last great strip of the 20th Century,” stops by to talk about Charles Schulz, the craft of cartooning, comics history and more in this fun conversation. pod.link/unpackingpeanuts

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Unpacking Peanuts Podcast @unpackingpeanuts.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

In Understanding Snoopy #4 we wondered what would happen if an early-style version like banana nose Snoopy interacted with a modern Snoopy. Superlistener @debperry.bsky.social sent us an example of a similar situation with one of Snoopy's comic strip colleagues. Thanks Deb.

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Unpacking Peanuts Podcast @unpackingpeanuts.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

Latest Episode: Understanding Snoopy #5 - When Woodstock Is Happy, I'm Happy. Everyone’s favorite abstract bird doodle takes center stage for this episode long look at Snoopy’s relationship with his “friend of friends” Woodstock. Listen at pod.link/unpackingpeanuts

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