I bring this one up specifically because, next year, it's revealed that Charlie Brown is too young for school. In fact, a previous strip established that he's only four at this time! There's a sense in these early strips that the characters are not intended to have consistent stories, that they're more generalized stand-ins for types. This may derive from the characters' origins as cartoons for the Saturday Evening Post. No one asks who owns Thurber's dogs.
Maybe the fact he's too young for school is why Shermy says he's lost his mind... ;)
ReplyDeleteMaybe writing a comment on a post from eight years ago is why Shermy says I've lost my mind...