I read that book while writing Our Team—hugely inspirational.

Anyway, those are all worthy picks, but here's my choice: the time when Charlie Brown develops a baseball rash on his head, wears a sack to cover it up, and because of that gets elected camp president. It's random and strange and perfectly fits our surreal moment.

If you're concerned about Kamala Harris and her electability, then this strip is for you.

If you think that the debate is what blew an eminently winnable election, then you'll probably find meaning in this one.

I suppose that if you're frustrated and just want to rage at the world, this strip would be the right one.

If you're like me and are at a loss for what happens next, then this strip is for you.

Perhaps if you're more of a Biden-or-nothing person, this might be more appropriate.

Anyway, Mays did so much for baseball and this country--maybe the greatest baseball player ever *and* the man indirectly responsible for getting "A Charlie Brown Christmas" made. Heck of a legacy. RIP.

I've often thought that this strip from February 15, 1966, when Charlie Brown flubbed the spelling bee, was directed at Mays himself, Schulz's way of imagining such a conversation between the two.

There are, of course, numerous "Peanuts" strips that reference Willie Mays, most notably the sequence where Charlie Brown loses a school spelling bee because he spelled "maze" as "Mays." Here's a deep cut, from September 28, 1964.