Saturday, January 2, 2010
April 2, 1952: Lucy Pimps Out Her Crib
This strip is something that wouldn't work as well as a later-day Peanuts strip, since a lot of the appeal is in the illustration. The characters gained emotional maturity, but their world lost some of its physical flexibility.
Aren't those records at Lucy's feet in panel three? Didn't she just destroy Charlie Brown's just yesterday? Why can't she eat her own?
Lucy seems to be longing for sleeping in a bed, but once she gets one, she won't be able to keep herself from falling out of it for a while.
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"Aren't those records at Lucy's feet in panel three? Didn't she just destroy Charlie Brown's just yesterday? Why can't she eat her own?"
ReplyDeleteThe easiest answer: because they're not hers and she can be diabolical like that.
The more complex answer: her parents could have just bought her those.