Lucy's expression in the first panel may seem silly, but it conceals the seriousness with which she will bring to her task. Lucy counting stars is a common running gag in the early days of Peanuts.
Hardly the attitude of the next poet laureate
2 hours ago
A rare use of halftones for the gray in frames 1, 3 and 4. Halftones pop up occasionally in the very early Peanuts strips, but Schulz seems to have abandoned the technique quickly.
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