Peanuts by Charles Schulz for July 20, 1971
July 19, 1971
July 21, 1971
Transcript:
Peppermint Patty looks out the door into the pouring rain. She says, "Rain! Good grief!"<BR><BR> Peppermint Patty stands in the doorway and says, "How can you have fun at camp with dorky weather like this? I wonder how Chuck is doing?"<BR><BR> Marcie stands next to Peppermint Patty and asks, "Sir, what time is lunch?"<BR><BR> Peppermint Patty says, "Don't call me 'Sir'! What kind of a dorky kid are you?" Marcie says, "Dorky?"<BR><BR>
This is the first “actual” appearance of Marcie. An earlier version of her, Clara, appeared in a summer camp storyline a couple of years ago. This character truly represents Marcie because she is a bit taller and she has no visible pupils in her glasses. In this comic, Marcie represents the character trait that she will keep during the rest of the strip’s run; she is an annoying, discombobulated shadow of Peppermint Patty. However, it was later revealed that Marcie is actually smarter than Peppermint Patty.