Peanuts Begins by Charles Schulz for August 27, 2016

Don’t encourage her Violet.

ask and ye shall receive

And so begins her evolution into the Lucy we all know and love to hate!

At this point in the strip it’s a little surprising Schulz didn’t make Lucy Charlie Brown’s sister.

Incredible how the meaning of some words change in half century.

The Fussbudget emerges. She could grow up to be Leona Helmsley…

Violet turned Lucy into the crab she is today.

Of course, one of the great strips was with Violet and Lucy insulting each other. Violet was clearly winning as they got closer and closer to each other, and then…….well, nobody beats Lucy at in-fighting!

And this was when Violet got fired that day, crossing a new beloved character. No forgiveness…

Lucy is about to fall into a burning ring of fire…

Sorry, listening to Johnny Cash in the background and the temptation was just too high…

Once Lucy’s vocabulary develops a little more she’ll shut Violet down as a “No-good tale-tattling snip-snap pony-tailed ape!”