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DSC- WOODSTOCK - Thurs. 31 Jan. 2019
by Ragnaroker , 14 hours and 17 minutes ago
Journals / Personal

What set Woodstock apart from all the earlier birds that appeared in the strip was the fact that he attached himself to Snoopy and assumed the role of Snoopy's sidekick and assistant. There had been no recurring relationships between Snoopy and the earlier birds who visited the yard of the Browns, and Snoopy was as often as not more hostile than friendly toward those birds.

However, in the Peanuts daily comic strip on the March 3, 1966, a mother bird flew in while Snoopy was lying on top of his doghouse. She chose Snoopy's stomach as a good place to make her nest, and Snoopy thinks "Why does this always happen to me?" She then lays two eggs and flies away, leaving Snoopy alone with the nest. Two chicks hatch, and one of them becomes Woodstock. One year later, Woodstock arrives on Snoopy in the April 4, 1967 comic. Charles Schulz began to establish character traits for Snoopy's new friend by revealing that he could talk (more accurately that he could complain, in the form of repetitive sounds in word form—"gripe, gripe, gripe, gripe", "complain, complain, ... "), that, unlike normal birds, he didn't like to fly south every winter, and that his flying skills were not quite up to snuff. By the end of this four-strip sequence, Snoopy, in character as the World War I Flying Ace, learns that the bird is his new mechanic, Woodstock's first supporting role.

After this introduction, the unnamed Woodstock is seen with Snoopy on occasion, and other birds continue to appear as they had for years. But Woodstock is singled out as the bird who befriended Snoopy, in part by continuing references to him as the Flying Ace's mechanic (July 12, 1967; June 12–14, 1968). On June 14, 1968, 14 months after his first landing on Snoopy and after a second appearance as a supporting character for Snoopy (his wrist wrestling partner on April 25, 1968), the most important aspect of Woodstock's relationship with Snoopy is made clear: Snoopy first refers to this bird as his buddy. This identification was more than enough for readers to know, if they hadn't already figured it out, that this little bird, name or no name, had assumed the role of a regular character in the Peanuts cast.

Today you are challenged to draw WOODSTOCK for up to a half hour!

The deadline for today’s challenge is Friday, February 1, 2019!

Reference images for WOOODSTOCK can be found via the links below…

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DSC- WOODSTOCK - Thurs. 31 Jan. 2019
by Ragnaroker , 14 hours and 17 minutes ago
Journals / Personal

What set Woodstock apart from all the earlier birds that appeared in the strip was the fact that he attached himself to Snoopy and assumed the role of Snoopy's sidekick and assistant. There had been no recurring relationships between Snoopy and the earlier birds who visited the yard of the Browns, and Snoopy was as often as not more hostile than friendly toward those birds.

However, in the Peanuts daily comic strip on the March 3, 1966, a mother bird flew in while Snoopy was lying on top of his doghouse. She chose Snoopy's stomach as a good place to make her nest, and Snoopy thinks "Why does this always happen to me?" She then lays two eggs and flies away, leaving Snoopy alone with the nest. Two chicks hatch, and one of them becomes Woodstock. One year later, Woodstock arrives on Snoopy in the April 4, 1967 comic. Charles Schulz began to establish character traits for Snoopy's new friend by revealing that he could talk (more accurately that he could complain, in the form of repetitive sounds in word form—"gripe, gripe, gripe, gripe", "complain, complain, ... "), that, unlike normal birds, he didn't like to fly south every winter, and that his flying skills were not quite up to snuff. By the end of this four-strip sequence, Snoopy, in character as the World War I Flying Ace, learns that the bird is his new mechanic, Woodstock's first supporting role.

After this introduction, the unnamed Woodstock is seen with Snoopy on occasion, and other birds continue to appear as they had for years. But Woodstock is singled out as the bird who befriended Snoopy, in part by continuing references to him as the Flying Ace's mechanic (July 12, 1967; June 12–14, 1968). On June 14, 1968, 14 months after his first landing on Snoopy and after a second appearance as a supporting character for Snoopy (his wrist wrestling partner on April 25, 1968), the most important aspect of Woodstock's relationship with Snoopy is made clear: Snoopy first refers to this bird as his buddy. This identification was more than enough for readers to know, if they hadn't already figured it out, that this little bird, name or no name, had assumed the role of a regular character in the Peanuts cast.

Today you are challenged to draw WOODSTOCK for up to a half hour!

The deadline for today’s challenge is Friday, February 1, 2019!

Reference images for WOOODSTOCK can be found via the links below…

i.pinimg.com/originals/e4/f4/0…

natedsanders.com/ItemImages/00…

natedsanders.com/ItemImages/00…

banner2.kisspng.com/20180809/q…

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