Peanuts by Charles Schulz for April 20, 1971
April 19, 1971
April 21, 1971
Transcript:
Snoopy sits on the doghouse and thinks, "I think I'll send Miss Helen Sweetstory a copy of my manuscript, 'It was a dark and stormy night.'"<BR><BR> Snoopy looks at some papers and thinks, "Famous authors like to receive manuscripts from unknown writers . ."<BR><BR> Snoopy licks the envelope and thinks, "They like to be helpful, and because they don't have regular jobs, they have lots of time to write to people . . ."<BR><BR> Snoopy walks and carries the envelope. He thinks, "Besides, Miss Sweetstory loves me!"<BR><BR>
After reading this strip, lots of people either junked all their stuff they were about to send him with hotly embarrassed faces or wrote him how funny they thought the joke was and that their stuff would be different from all those other people’s fanart and defintiely worth his time. Fans are great until they’re not…