Sparky’s homage to “Krazy Kat” and Herriman’s Navaho iconography. E.g. http://www.comicstriplibrary.org/display/508 Charlie Brown is also supposed to have played a cigar box guitar like “Krazy’s” in these early strips but I think we haven’t seen it so far.
Except his shirt has only been officially orange in the Sunday strips. The colorizers of these early strips are seeing into the future by making his shirt the more yellowish color.
Schulz supposedly added the stripe to CB’s shirt so it wouldn’t look so plain. And it wasn’t always gold. Sometimes in the Sunday strip it was red or blue.
Templo S.U.D. over 7 years ago
It’s like Calvin wearing his red, pin-striped T-shirt and Jon Arbuckle with his light blue collared shirt.
chain gang charlie over 7 years ago
Wow! Thanks violet.. I never knew anyone ever told him that!….
socalvillaguy Premium Member over 7 years ago
Breaking the fourth wall …
Professor W over 7 years ago
C.B. is so dumb
Darryl Heine over 7 years ago
Black with a yellow stripe!
Wren Fahel over 7 years ago
This one actually made me laugh out loud…and not just an amused chuckle.
pumaman over 7 years ago
Must be his “away” uniform.
jrankin1959 over 7 years ago
And if it has a collar, it’s not a t-shirt.
The Old Wolf over 7 years ago
Well, thank you, Violet, I’m tired of seeing your face. Why don’t you go home and change it?
Thomas R. Williams over 7 years ago
Sparky’s homage to “Krazy Kat” and Herriman’s Navaho iconography. E.g. http://www.comicstriplibrary.org/display/508 Charlie Brown is also supposed to have played a cigar box guitar like “Krazy’s” in these early strips but I think we haven’t seen it so far.
Chris Sherlock over 7 years ago
I like the black shirt with the yellow stripe better than CB’s usual shirt.
bigcatrik over 7 years ago
Except his shirt has only been officially orange in the Sunday strips. The colorizers of these early strips are seeing into the future by making his shirt the more yellowish color.
mourdac Premium Member over 7 years ago
Whoa. 50+ years of reading Peanuts and I never knew CB owned another shirt (besides a baseball jersey for games)
gimmickgenius over 7 years ago
Violet is one of the few characters that varied her look. She alternated between braids and a ponytail for a while.
coreym5 over 7 years ago
Schulz supposedly added the stripe to CB’s shirt so it wouldn’t look so plain. And it wasn’t always gold. Sometimes in the Sunday strip it was red or blue.