Showing posts with label happiness. Show all posts
Showing posts with label happiness. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Sunday, October 25, 1954: Schroeder's shameful secret

And we're back!

Remember, one week before this Charlie Brown was heaping ridicule on Linus' blanket. At least the kid is open-minded! The thing that makes this strip for me is Schroeder's look of despair in the last panel. Oh no, I've been discovered!

Thursday, May 20, 2010

Sunday, October 19, 1952: Snoopy dance!

Peanuts

It's Snoopy's first time doing the "Happiness" dance, here with forelegs folded in a Russian style. It's also Snoopy's first time as the life of the party.

It's not his first time with a thought balloon. If I'm remembering right, it is the third legitimate time his thoughts have been represented. One of the two times was with the now-familiar thought bubble (with small circles replacing a tail), and the other time was like it is here, with a tail on the balloon. It is also the second time Snoopy's doghouse has been depicted with a TV antenna.

This is an important strip along Snoopy's development. Except for the way it is drawn, it could easily be a strip from ten years later. It is solidly Classic, as opposed to Early, Peanuts.

As far as the question of Snoopy's ownership, this is another step away from his being owned by Charlie Brown or another kid, back towards his being a neighborhood dog who's just "around," although he does seem to own his own house. (And a TV set and electrical power.)

Sunday, May 9, 2010

October 3, 1952: Depressed kids

Peanuts

I'm rather glad to see a strip about depression in which Prozac or other pharmaceuticals do not come up.