Peanuts – the ‘two ponies’ strip
According to the excellent Peanuts On This Day Twitter account, today is the 50th anniversary of the publication of one of my favourite comic strips:
Such a perfect example of why this period of the comic was special. Nuanced, wistful, the never satisfied hero, the killer punchline.
A hat tip, of course, to Jonathan Franzen, who has discussed Peanuts several times in his non-fiction, including this one.