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And now I'm getting philosophical about Snoopy's Van Gogh. The painting was stolen from Snoopy in January, 1966... but he tracked down the thieves and got it back, and so it was in his house when it burned down that September. Had the thieves gotten away, that masterpiece might still exist.

Snoopy on top of his dog house, thinking "They're stealing my Van Gogh", as two birds carry a painting.Snoopy's house is ablaze. He had his head on Charlie Brown's shoulder, as the think "My books! My records! My pool table! My Van Gogh! Sob!"
Mike Sterling, Funnybooks Guy@mikester.bsky.social · 4d ago

Just sitting here processing comics when the question "did Snoopy have the Andrew Wyeth painting in his doghouse before or after the fire?" popped unbidden into my head. (It was after...it replaced the Van Gogh he lost when the doghouse burned down.)

In "Blondie," Dagwood first collided with Mr. Beasley, the postal carrier, 90 years ago, on July 13, 1936. (Their collisions would become one of the strip's most enduring tropes and even made it into the TV adaptation's opening credits.) Here's their first collision:

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