Tuesday, March 31, 2009
November 17, 1951: Bump! Bump! Klunk! Bump!!
This gag is a prototype of one that would be used later with characters like Linus and Sally.
Someone in the Metafilter thread remarked about Snoopy's warping to the top of the stairs. Only explanation I can come up with is that Shermy must have fallen past him.
Monday, March 30, 2009
November 15, 1950: Could have been a dog
Sunday, March 29, 2009
November 13, 1950: Snoopy as coat-rack
More Snoopy ultra-cute. From the first panel with the three-quarters, behind-the-head perspective, to the last panel with Charlie Brown's coat on his snout. But what's he doing at Patty's place? Snoopy is often just sort of "there" in those days.
By the way, I've mentioned these characters' names frequently, but Patty's name has only been mentioned once so far, and Shermy and Snoopy have yet to be named. Charlie Brown, on the other hand, is named frequently.
Note: A friend noted that Comics.com offers a mechanism for embedding a strip into a page. This seems as close to an endorsement for putting 'em in the blog as any, and their embed code additionally links to the strip's page. Two stones, one bird!
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Friday, March 27, 2009
November 10, 1950: Snoopy's puppet head
1. Notice Snoopy's snout in the first panel is a little thicker than usual, which helps to make him look a little more like the modern Snoopy.
2. In the last panel, we see him doubled-up. Snoopy is such a visually-strong character even in those days. His mouth, opened at a puppety angle like that, is major-league cute.
Thursday, March 26, 2009
November 9, 1950: Frightens me too, bud
Another premonition of Charlie Brown's later outlook on life.
Notice, "another sixty years." He was nearly ten years short, but still, Peanuts remains in print to this day.
Labels:
charliebrown,
depression,
patty
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
November 7, 1950: Maww mcmaww mra-aww
A rare adult-spoken word balloon. In television peanuts, these were usually presented as muted trumpet.
Also, this one makes it less obvious that Shermy is Snoopy's owner, although that impression gets reinforced later. To be torn down again. Really, it's hard to get a fix on Snoopy's owner until the strip starts to take its backstory more seriously.
Labels:
adult,
charliebrown,
mom,
snoopy
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Monday, March 23, 2009
November 1, 1950: Easy eavesdropping
Another strip that'd be unthinkable later. Doesn't it seem weird, by the way, that Patty is talking about Charlie Brown so close to him? He's right there. He's not even hiding behind anything.
Labels:
charliebrown,
patty,
shermy
Sunday, March 22, 2009
October 30, 1950: The age before white-out
Notice the hasty lettering correction in the second panel! I also like how it seems to actually turn out to be Charlie Brown's birthday.
Labels:
birthday,
cake,
charliebrown,
patty,
shermy
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