When I was a young teen and getting into creative writing, I was trying to come up with new fantasy novel ideas. I asked my dad if he wrote a fantasy book what it would be about, and he described a pleasant tropical island vacation with well appointed accommodations and complimentary frozen drinks. Which, to be fair, I don’t see a lot of in speculative fiction.

Linus went on to od on heroin the prostitute he was sleeping with at the time later killed herself.

Charles Schulz died the day after his last strip was published, having announced his retirement ahead of time. Coincidence?