This is far and wide the most edgy Peanuts strip I’ve ever saw. That eight panel is totally out of Schultz’s norm. And then, two panels later, everything comes back to earth again. I love it.
Watterson commented on how he had to reconsider all of his views about dinosaurs and how to draw them after the “new wave” of paleontology starting in the 80s, the same that inspired Chrichton’s book, dramatically changed our concept of prehistoric life. Without that book, those ideas would’ve never had that global cultural impact. And you can see it in the C&H dinosaur storylines. His dino art remains stunning to this day, even without the feathers.
If they could they would. Players always did what they could to get an edge. This “guys playing for the joy and love of the game” or “playing the good ole right way” thing has always been a lie, and the players themselves were the first to admit it (mostly when they were old and retired, of course).
I know they’re reruns, but they always go in sequence