The inking of the strip is not something added by GoComics. This was done by Schultz. He often did it to emphasize emotion. This would also be seen in the animated shows.
I certainly don’t remember this colorizing on the strips’ first go-round in the papers (and the dailys were never in color) – I don’t like it, it’s like visual canned laughter, cuing us into moods that are already obvious. It’s cheap..
Good for you that you remember the color schemes Schulz used on the Sunday strips. The point is, THE DAILIES WERE NOT IN COLOR. How do you, or “someone familiar with Schulz’s style” know what he would or would not have done if the dailies were in color? The stories, characterizations, wording were his by design. I personally find it insulting that someone “guess” what he would have done or wanted on a particular single daily strip. Just because Linus was green on a Sunday in 1967 or C.B. was red on whatever date does NOT mean that’s what would have been…oh, what’s the use. You apologists will find any conclusion to justify this sloppy excuse to satisfy people who can’t abide by the strip in their original form.
stcrowe almost 11 years ago
I don’t mind the colorizing of these comic strips but that red face on Charlie Brown just bugs me.
geopardy almost 11 years ago
Poor Linus is gonna have nightmares.
Zero-Gabriel almost 11 years ago
Question… Is the Kite-Eating-Tree a Cannibal…??
LEOKEV almost 11 years ago
The inking of the strip is not something added by GoComics. This was done by Schultz. He often did it to emphasize emotion. This would also be seen in the animated shows.
Cminuscomics&stories Premium Member almost 11 years ago
I think the coloring is often too intense. I do not remember the colors being that dark when the Chicago Tribune colored the dailies.
Vince M almost 11 years ago
I certainly don’t remember this colorizing on the strips’ first go-round in the papers (and the dailys were never in color) – I don’t like it, it’s like visual canned laughter, cuing us into moods that are already obvious. It’s cheap..
Darryl Heine almost 11 years ago
Kite eating trees are not cold, Linus.
Number Three almost 11 years ago
Poor ol’ Charlie Brown.And also poor Linus… He looks really freaked out but then who wouldn’t be?xxx
Chris Sherlock almost 11 years ago
Charlie Brown is seeing red in the third panel.
Doctor11 almost 11 years ago
Just like any statue could be a Weeping Angel. Don’t look away and don’t blink!
boldyuma almost 11 years ago
Never had a kite eaten by a tree that I flew..Car windshield at 30 mph yes… now there’s a story..
The Fly Hunter almost 11 years ago
Did anybody notice that Charlie Brown is red in the 3rd panel?
FanOfPeanuts almost 11 years ago
@tsandl
Good for you that you remember the color schemes Schulz used on the Sunday strips. The point is, THE DAILIES WERE NOT IN COLOR. How do you, or “someone familiar with Schulz’s style” know what he would or would not have done if the dailies were in color? The stories, characterizations, wording were his by design. I personally find it insulting that someone “guess” what he would have done or wanted on a particular single daily strip. Just because Linus was green on a Sunday in 1967 or C.B. was red on whatever date does NOT mean that’s what would have been…oh, what’s the use. You apologists will find any conclusion to justify this sloppy excuse to satisfy people who can’t abide by the strip in their original form.
AmyGrantfan51774 almost 11 years ago
well Charlie Brown’s mad that why he has the red face
AmyGrantfan51774 almost 11 years ago
Linus saying brrr cause Charlie said any of these trees could be a kite eating tree eh????!!!!!!!!!!