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Snoopy's Joe Cool Summer at the Charles M. Schulz Museum includes over 60
original Peanuts comic strips and several 3-D objects portraying Snoopy as Joe
Cool and other popular personas, including Joe Motocross, the flirt, the kisser,
the literary ace, and the pun-maker. Open to the public in a state-of-the-art
museum with rotating exhibits and permanent displays, people from around the
world visit Sonoma County wine country to see this incredible museum and
original art showcased.
Enormous pressure on Charles Schulz to create 365 strips every year for nearly
50 years, Snoopy proved to be the perfect character to express over one hundred
different roles. Snoopy's confidence and fantasy life stands in sharp contrast
to the insecurity of almost every other character in the strip-an incongruity
that allows for a variety of comedic situations in Peanuts.
A celebration of the legacy
of Charles M. Schulz in the place where he lived and drew for over thirty years,
visitors will be able to view over 100 hundred five-foot high statues throughout
Santa Rosa, California, from May through
September 2007, as part of the tribute. The event is spearheaded by the late
cartoonist's son, Craig Schulz, and organized by the City of Santa Rosa. This is
the third and final year that Santa Rosa will honor Charles Schulz with
character statues; in 2005, 55 statues of Charlie Brown decorated the city's
streets, and in 2006, 76 Woodstock statues were on display.
Open: Mon-Fri 11 AM - 5 PM; Sat-Sun 10 AM - 5 PM; Open Tuesdays beginning
Memorial Day. Cost: $8; Age 4-18, college students with valid I.D. Card and
Seniors 62+ $5. Location: 2301 Hardies Lane, Santa Rosa, California 95403.
www.SchulzMuseum.org.
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