Peanuts Begins by Charles Schulz for August 06, 2024

First use of the word “blockhead” I believe

Good grief!

How does that go? “I am rubber, you are glue. words bounce off me, stick to you”!

And so, the legend of the Blockhead is born.

I don’t know why this strip made me think of this, but when I was really young, I thought the name of the strip was “Charlie Brown”. I was shocked to learn it was called “Peanuts”.

I wonder if that is the first blockhead?

Funny how he’s known as the little round-headed boy and as a blockhead

Look at the comic for February 11, 1956.

The August 5 RICHARD’S POOR ALMANAC by Richard Thompson (on this site) has Shermy and Violet interviewed as part of a ‘documentary’ on PEANUTS. Violet rightly claims credit for originating material that was later given to Lucy Van Pelt.

First time!

The birth of “Blockhead”