Peanuts Begins by Charles Schulz for October 08, 2021

I haven’t played croquet since I was a kid!

Well, ain’t this fun.

Shermy is already so tertiary a character that he doesn’t even rate a line.

Is this the only time Schulz titled one of his “Peanuts” strips? “The Croquet Game”.

Isn’t CB the RED ball?

Aha! Charlie Brown said it long before The Coasters.

CB has blue balls?!

He’s got a red mallet. Shouldn’t he be a red ball?

It looks like Violet settled for the purple mallet…

These kids are one mean group of snarkers and put-down artists… Vicious!

happy that violet didn’t take the red mallet from CB.

The last time I had any thing to do with croquet balls they were used as a target for my 30.06.

The last time I played croquet was 1990.

I love Schroder’s line in the first panel.

This strip really reminds me of my neighborhood “gang” when I was about 6 years old.

I’ve always liked this ’toon. "Dunno why but it was a favorite as a child.

Violet and Patty…the OG Heathers.

Favorite game of my parents back in the 30s. When we visited my parents with our 2 boys it was a game wen enjoyed in their back yard. More fun than Golf!

I love this one…a real slice of Peanuts life. Except you can see this is where C.B. starts to get picked on…

Panel one looks more like a Cranky game is about to begin!

I love how the set-up to the punchline is in background.

It’s too bad CB didn’t say “Why’s everybody always picking on me?”

Wow, ensemble strip.

Bet I can bounce a croquet ball.

Now we know where Bil Keane gets his ideas.

is this the first appearance of ‘RATS’?

I want the black mallet