26 Years Later, ‘Peanuts’ Still Has the Saddest Farewell of Any Comic Strip Ever Made
It’s a challenge for any beloved long-running series to land the plane. When Peanuts finally came to a conclusion, Charles Schulz was fully aware the last installment would be emotional for readers after chronicling the small triumphs and mundane childhood disappointments of Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Linus, Lucy, and the rest of the gang over nearly 50 years. However, nobody could have anticipated how closely it would become tied to Schulz’s own farewell, turning the strip’s last installment into the most heartbreaking goodbye in comics.
