Schulzian Anniversaries

Reminders went out that today is the anniversary of the first published strip in Charles Schulz' comic strip Peanuts.

I find myself in want of a root beer right now.

(Also, wishing I could've thanked Mr. Schulz directly for his works.)

More on other topics as the day progresses, hopefully...

Marvel Cinemaverse: Hugo Weaving, the Red Skull and Character Death

So I'm finding myself reading this retrospective/interview with Hugo Weaving on his career to date. Some comic book movie-watchers pay attention to a particular item re: The First Avenger.

Much respect to Mr. Weaving, and the Skull's first apparant MCU demise did seem ambiguously staged by design.

But maybe it's all the comebacks and "last stands" his character's comics counterpart has made over the decades since being revived in the 1960's, particularly the one in the latter group staged by J.M. deMatteis, Paul Neary and company in the 1980's. Frankly, I am feeling increasingly cheated by every revival of the Skull in the comics. The latest "How would the Skull take the "what would you do about Hitler if you could time-travel to his childhood" question and turn it on its head?" plotline now running in Steve Rogers: Captain America...even more disturbing in its way.

Anyway. I think I'd prefer to leave Weaving's performance in The First Avenger stand as its own thing.

Just a thought.