Umberto Eco died yesterday (Friday) at the age of 84. I've written about his work on occasion over the years, including something on his analysis of the comic strip Peanuts, That's not online. (My piece, that is.) As for Eco's commentary on Charles Schultz's work, it was published in Italian in 1963, and now available on the New York Review of Books site. It's too good not to quote: … [Read more...]
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