The Heart & Soul
From the beginning, I have called the “Strip Gallery” the heart and soul of the Museum because there, we display only original comic strips so that visitors can see the […]
Author Archive for: Daniel Campoverde
Entries by Daniel Campoverde
Nothing brings back memories like photographs
I have always loved this image at the heading of our “International Wall” just outside the Museum’s administration wing. I see it many times a week, and it takes me […]
The Journey of Sparky and Franklin
The road to Welcome Home Franklin, the new Apple TV+ special, was a long and winding one. Most viewers would have no idea of the time and hurdles the special […]
Sparky in the Digital Age
As I delve deeper and deeper into the comic strip, I continue to learn what an amazing human Sparky was. He was ever curious—and before there was Google, he sought […]
Sparky’s Gravesite
My blog today is a look at Sparky’s gravesite at Pleasant Hills Memorial Park in Sebastopol, California (about 20 minutes from the Museum) and why it happens to be in […]
The Biblical Job
Many readers of Peanuts will know that Sparky spent several years after returning from his military service in 1946, attending the Church of God in St. Paul, where he enjoyed […]
Snoopy, Sparky, and Mr. Manners: The Quirky World of Peanuts Puns and Phrases
I recently had the opportunity to catch up on two weeks of our local paper. I enjoy reading them for bits of information that otherwise would pass me by. And, […]
Art Imitates Life
Our newest exhibition in this gallery containing original comic strips is composed of the ‘single panel’ strips which Sparky interspersed with the other dailies beginning in 1988. I call the […]
More Than Just a Pretty Face
This beautiful ‘baby’ has had a long gestation period: The arena renovation project began right after our 50th anniversary in April of 2019, which meant melting the ice and replacing […]
Kite-Flying Fun!
It IS Spring, and all over the world, people are planning to get their kites out and into the air. It is appropriate that the Museum would feature a kite-flying […]
