So that’s where Mad Magazine’s Don Martin got his Floon Beetle idea from!
Ever since I saw this in the early ’80s I have been perplexed by the word “splinge” as a sound effect.
I see them here in Japan in the summer. They are mostly green. Wish I could post pictures here.
But I can’t leave yet. We don’t know if it’s over yet.
I hope so. I’m so tired of coming here.
I hope they hurry and kill off the last character so this strip will finally be over and I can stop reading it.
Someone must have punctured the dialog bubble in the 2nd frame and all the white leaked out.
I hear the fishin’s good there.
Wow, you’re right! I just found some of them on U-tube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouI8-BNuTBA
Wow! In all my 50 plus years of reading Peanuts, this is so unlike anything I’ve ever seen Schultz do… the continued story, the inclusion of adults, and the odd angle (of Lucy taking a swing)…
So that’s where Mad Magazine’s Don Martin got his Floon Beetle idea from!