In the Playground Dad product spotlights and events calendars, we’ve made a point to highlight those rare gems that have had so much longevity that they cross generational lines. Not much is cooler than watching your kids enjoy programs that you also enjoyed as a youngster. The Peanuts characters and Charlie Brown certainly fall into that category. That’s why we were so excited to come across this new exhibit at the great Charles Schultz Museum in Santa Rosa, CA.
The exhibit starts on December 5, 2009 and runs through April 12, 2010.
More information about the upcoming exhibit: While newspaper publishers and editors saw comic strips as a way to attract readers to their papers and away from competitors, comic strips in general and the Sunday funnies in particular reflected and shaped the culture around them. As people sought to escape the troubled economic times brought on by the Great Depression in the 1930s, the Sunday funny pages were stuffed with action-adventure strips like Tarzan, Captain Easy, and Dick Tracy. Likewise the post-World War II years, marked simultaneously by unprecedented economic prosperity and a gnawing anxiety over the world’s newly-unleashed nuclear power, saw the rise of innovative intellectual strips exemplified by Pogo, Peanuts, and B.C. This exhibition will showcase newspaper tear sheets from the past century; a description of how comics were colored; puzzle, cut-out, and color activities; and a children’s creative play area.
For more information on the Charles Schultz Museum in Santa Rosa, CA: http://www.charlesmschulzmuseum.org/
