Peanuts Begins by Charles Schulz for September 08, 2016

And the fussbudget begins to grow….:-)

Sheesh, this is just like my little cousin. Every time I have to babysit him, he throws a tantrum when I’m not paying him attention to absolutely every little thing he does.

“look at me, look at me, look at me now! It’s fun to have fun but you have to know how.”-The Cat in The Hat

Someday she’ll be holding a football for you to kick . . .

I like this Lucy, there is an innocence about her.

The moment that spawned the revenge of the football…

Fortunately, he is NOT her.

Flamingos are fun for a little while……..

Lucy’s growing up fast! I know he’s sitting down, but Lucy looks almost as big as Charlie Brown in this one.

The dynamic of these early strips is interesting. Seems to me it took Schulz a while to figure out how a strip with no adults might best work. At this stage in the development of Peanuts I think some of the strips have a very odd feel to them because of the lack of adults. In this strip CB could easily be in the role of a father — he even looks like he’s reading a newspaper!

Later, when the kids become further away from being like ‘real’ children, I think it works a lot better.

Ah yes, and so it goes…

Lucy will give you FIVE good reasons not to get tired of watching her.

Maybe I should record him and blackmail him later on.