Posted by Winter on January 26, 2011
The University of Missouri Department of Theatre will put on the play Dog Sees God Feb. 3-5 and 10-13. The play re-imagines characters from the Peanuts comic strip with a harsher edge. Here’s some more info about the play from a Columbia Tribune article:
The “Peanuts” characters we all came to know and love on the comic strip page come to the stage, now in their teens and facing situations far more troublesome than kicking a pesky football. Deemed an “unauthorized parody,” the characters bear different names but also vestiges of very familiar personas. In Royal’s paradigm-bending world, Linus is now on drugs, Pigpen is an abrasive homophobe, Lucy is a pyromaniac, Charlie Brown is finally popular but with a few secrets, and Snoopy is no longer with us, having succumbed to rabies.
The play, written by Bert V. Royal (Easy A) and directed by Bryan Vandevender, will be held at the Corner Playhouse at MU.
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Posted by Winter on January 17, 2011
The new Mort’s Grill eatery is now open in the MU Student Center on campus. You can check the Campus Dining Services website to see the hours they’ll be open.
The grill was not quite done when Mort Walker visited in October, but according to the Missouri Student Union’s facebook page, it officially opened on January 13th. The place features the a Beetle Bailey Statue and many other comic strip references.
Update: The Missourian has a story about Mort’s.
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Posted by Winter on January 14, 2011
The State Historical Society of Missouri has recently announced that they’ve put up several online databases. One of these databases is the Editorial Cartoon Database, with work by such notable cartoonists as Daniel R. Fitzpatrick, Bill Mauldin, and Tom Engelhardt.
In other news, the State Historical Society of Missouri has recently taken over management of the Western Historical Manuscript Collection. The Western Historical Manuscript Collection houses some comic related material including items from Lester Dent, Daniel R. Fitzpatrick & Peter Mayo.
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