Yes, that was ironic that Charles Schultz died almost on the same day the final comic was printed. I remember his final note to the readers and how he thanked them along with the peanuts gang, it was poignant because of his death. As for the new movie, I think it looks pretty good who knows it could be successful. There is something I often wondered about though, why a live version of the peanuts gang was never done. I guess I really started to think about this due to a commericial that has started to air showing kids playing the peanuts gang. I thought this might have been a clever idea for a movie, but it was never done this way.