A comment remarked that the "Red Red Red" strip from a few days back was probably, actually, a reference to the Red Scare current around that time. The current events angle of this strip is rather more obvious to a reader 57 years in the future.
May 4:
One of the most enduring gags of the strip, that of Lucy's utter ineptness as a fielder, begins here. It's a funny example of the type, too.
May 5:
That piece of candy must be incredibly rich.
May 6:
This is partly a callback to the very first Peanuts strip.
May 7:
The fussbudget plot continues. Lucy still doesn't seem to comprehend sarcasm when it's used at her expense. This is classic Lucy here, the (literally) wide-eyed little girl is almost gone. Not completely yet, but she's getting there.
May 8:
This joke isn't one of Schulz's best right here, but it does give us another glimpse of the prehensile talents of Snoopy's ears.
Snoopy mirrors my perplexity when I first came across the expression "a dog-eared map".
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