Showing posts with label clumsy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label clumsy. Show all posts

Thursday, February 17, 2011

October 22, 1953: Linus nearly kills himself three times

Peanuts

Stylistically this is interesting for being composed of eight panels. It also ends with that frequent (although at this point still rarely-seen) concluding word "*sigh*".

Linus is physically uncoordinated enough that he can't safely step on or off a curb, but he's psychologically adept enough to feel despair for his inability.

Wednesday, November 24, 2010

July 16-17, 1953: Linus, the Baby Gravity Hates

Peanuts

Peanuts

Linus falls over a lot. Yet oddly for such a clumsy child, when he manages to stay upright he shows himself capable of great feats of dexterity. I think it's due to the relative size of his head....