CNN’s Jake Tapper Defends Charlie Brown: ‘Not a Loser’

“While other cartoon characters’ ‘humor’ was rooted in gluttony (Garfield, Hagar the Horrible) or mischief (Dennis the Menace), Charlie Brown’s defining characteristic has been for decades his insecurity,” writes CNN’s Jake Tapper — host of CNN’s The Lead, Mediaite’s choice for best cable news show — in the foreword to the latest volume of The Complete Peanuts.

“It’s hardly an original observation to suggest that Peanuts is so popular not because Charlie Brown is a loser whom we all deride, but rather because he’s someone to whom we can all relate,” Tapper continues. “But the thing about Charlie Brown: he’s not a loser…” Read the full essay here, via Fantagraphics.

Rumors that Peanuts is great but Calvin and Hobbes is better went unconfirmed at press time.

[h/t Jake Tapper]

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