At least Charlie Brown isn't claiming to be perfect anymore.
This is more like the CB we know, and it also points to what we might call a later personality problem with him. His sense of self-consciousness about his failure kind of sabotages him sometimes. Remember the sequence where he's at camp with a paper bag over his head, and becomes successful and popular? My guess would be it's because, under the shield of anonymousness, it means he can focus more on what he's doing, rather than what he's observing about what he's doing.
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The paper bag storyline is my absolute favorite Peanuts sequence.
ReplyDeleteI like the way CB is clinging to the tree in panel 2.
ReplyDelete"My guess would be it's because, under the shield of anonymousness, it means he can focus more on what he's doing, rather than what he's observing about what he's doing."
ReplyDeleteI think you've coined an astute theory of Internet creativity there!