Read this strip at gocomics.com.
Good grief! Is this the first time this trademark phrase has been used by a Peanuts cast member? I don't see it in my previous tags.
Lucy's personality isn't just a festering ball of evil, she has some rather weird quirks. (Fuzz? Really?) This strip helps to solidify Charlie Brown's developing role as long-suffering straight man. Schulz doesn't let him off the hook completely though; his fear of bugs at the end serves to unify his and Lucy's perspectives, showing they really aren't different.
Oh, one more thing...
WHY NOT WALK AROUND THE FUZZ?
Also what a ridiculous panel in the extra panels. Knock Knock. Who's There?
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Best of all, it was immediately after Roasted Peanuts in my reading queue.
This strip has been stuck in my head for decades, since I first read it in a peanuts collection as a kid. I think of it just about every time I see a bug, or a piece of fuzz.
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you've seen and said Good Grief multiple times and every appearance you called it first
ReplyDeleteYeah, when I was doing these they all kind of ran together after a while. It's one reason I've not updated the blog lately -- it was too much to keep track of everything like that.
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