The strips for February 9-12, and the 14th, are currently missing from Universal's website. We'll skip those for about a week, then will probably try to get them from another source.
February 13, 1954:
Lucy seems to be exhibiting problems with her indoor voice. When she's shouting, notice the post of dismay Violet is wearing. But Lucy doesn't have "angry eyebrows" in any of these panels.
Sometimes Charles Schulz will draw a doll in one of the panels, and I'm always amazed by the effort that goes into them. Like I said about the last strip, showing a character small isn't really like just drawing it at a smaller scale. The doll here shows so much attention to detail looks like it could well have been a new character.
February 15, 1954:
Here is what I meant by "angry eyebrows."
I assume this is before class started, or else I'd think Violet's outburst would cause a disruption.
The change in Charlie Brown's poses from panels 2 to 3, and from 3 to 4, are strange. He goes from happy, to flinching like he's about to be hit, to a kind of casual leaning back. Violet is still pretty angry in the last panel though.
For some reason my attention is drawn to Violet's exclamation in the third panel. It doesn't have an exclamation point, and it has an apostrophe noting the removal of the "e" in "the."
This is not the first strip that shows characters in a school setting, but it might be the second.
February 16, 1954:
This is classic Lucy, and helps to show what a terror she's developing into. Although there's no spite shown on her face it's difficult to avoid assuming some. We also get a somersault here, although it's not the side-view one we usually get later.
February 17, 1954:
The question presented by this strip is, is Patty's long pause her intended to be hers, or are we just sort of seeing Charlie Brown's mental state illustrated? The latter is a bit of a stretch, so I believe it's the former.
Note Charlie Brown's expression in the last panel is not a chagrimace. It's more like a frown.
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Friday, May 13, 2011
Monday, May 9, 2011
February 6, 1954: You know the thing I like best in the world? CAUSTIC SODA
Read this strip at gocomics.com.
There is spite, and there is this. There's something almost affectionate about holding an entire party specifically to focus on something a particular, pointedly-uninvited person likes, although it's rather a lot of trouble to go through. I can't help but think that the result would be rather a slapdash affair. Why would you do otherwise, when the "guest of honor" won't even be there?
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Thursday, August 12, 2010
Sunday, February 15, 1953: Linus is scornful
Saturday, July 17, 2010
January 18, 1953: Linus' security ball

Linus demonstrates that he might have some security issues. He's so happy in the second panel!
Just because I thought was funny, the Peanuts strip up at comics.com today was this one from 1963:

It's nice to see Schulz, even at the height of Peanuts' popularity, not taking the strip all that seriously.
Sunday, June 20, 2010
November 28, 1952: No one said you had to stay and listen

This is an extremely Calvin-like move on Charlie Brown's part, right down to the happy look on his face as he walks away.
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