Charlie Brown, existentialist: The Toronto Star examines the legacy of Charles M. Schulz, and focuses on Fantagraphics Books' planned 25-volume The Complete Peanuts.

"Usually, gigantic merchandising phenomena and art-house concerns never collide, but I would argue that, in this instance, they do. When Peanuts appeared in 1950, it really was something of the avant-garde. It dealt with all kinds of existential issues that comic strips did not deal with. So really, Peanuts is an art-house comic strip. It just so happened to appeal to the general public."