July 18, 1951: This would make Wii Golf a lot better, in my opinion.

I'm pretty sure they don't let dogs on golf courses. Something about "digging holes" or something similar. Of course, there aren't many four-year-old kids on them, either.

July 16, 1951: Snoopy, the refined dog

Snoopy has too much ambition to shoot his mouth off.

July 11, 1951: Schroeder's first words

They are "bye-bye."

Note: NOT "Beethoven!"

July 10, 1951: Charlie Brown in a baseball game

This is the second reference to baseball in the strip, and the first that shows the kids actually playing. It looks like Patty can really belt the ball, just like her later namesake Peppermint Patty.

July 9, 1951: Just a dog

Snoopy's cute when he's offended (panel 2). Of course, his excitement dies down a bit in later years.

July 5, 1951: Snoopy victorious

It's an honest-to-goodness fight cloud in Peanuts.

I love the look on Snoopy's face. Also, who'd have thought Patty could be so bloodthirsty?

July 4, 1951: Oh, those girls!

Ha! Ha! It's stereotypical!

July 3, 1951: Boo

It won't be much longer before Snoopy starts using thought balloons, and this joke wouldn't work if they were in use. Did Schulz plan it that way, getting the joke used while the using was good?

July 2, 1951: Waka-waka-waka

Charlie Brown's got that Pac-Man fever.  The question-mark over Snoopy's head is a nice touch.

June 23, 1951: Patty and Violet like Charlie Brown

These two little girls' opinion of Charlie B. seem to decline over time.  I remember, as a kid reading Peanuts compilations, thinking Patty and Violet often seemed incredibly cruel to him.  This, of course, is before the diabolical Lucy came on the scene....