Good Grief Department

In the Tradition of Hammett, Chandler, Macdonald and Snoopy

In August 1983, Peanuts creator Charles M. Schulz paid tribute to another great writer (and fellow Santa Barbara resident): Ross Macdonald, who had passed away a month earlier.

It makes me wonder if they possibly knew each other. After all, there is a precedent of sorts -- Chandler and Dr. Suess were pals. And let's face it, Lew Archer would have had a field day with the Van Pelt family.

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