December 23: The Fullness of Glasses

This is a well-constructed, if a bit over-written, strip, that illustrates the difference between two characters' outlooks. As such it more clearly defines their personalities, although in Lucy's case it's still looking at her larval phase.

February 28, 1951: Shermy named again

Shermy's name is mentioned again.  I'm obsessing a bit on this because learning character names is fairly difficult in many comic strips.  Most individual strips of many comics are intended to stand alone, but even so, characters are only named once in a great while. You'd be forgiven for not knowing Wally, from Dilbert's, name, or... hey, I just realized I still don't know what the triangle-haired woman is called.