this post was submitted on 04 Oct 2023
525 points (97.6% liked)

Comic Strips

11779 readers
2807 users here now

Comic Strips is a community for those who love comic stories.

The rules are simple:

Web of links

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
 
top 22 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] [email protected] 78 points 10 months ago (2 children)

The actual first strip is not exactly all sweetness and light either.

[–] [email protected] 48 points 10 months ago

The parody is much closer to the original than i expected.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Most of these are pretty depressing, made me sad

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I'd never read these before, but this girl is SAVAGE.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

Yeah, that same sensibility that kept Charlie Brown a hopeless sad sack was even more pronounced in the early strips. Young Charles Schulz was edgy and fresh. Middle aged Schulz was still brave and creative. Old Schulz seemed content simply not to descend quite so deeply into self parody as Jim Davis or Bill Keane.

I don’t remember who that girl is, but she’s written like a combination of Sally and Lucy, except with the nihilism turned up to 11.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

RIGHT BACK TO THE CORNFIELD WITH YOU HEATHENS

[–] [email protected] 27 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I feel like a nerd that my first thought was "but the strip was originally named Lil Folks this doesn't make any sense".

Nerrrrrd

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It does kind of make sense if you know Schultz was from Minnesota and Minnesotans call all little kids "peanut"

So, "Lil Folks" to "Peanuts" is a really logical choice and people from the upper Midwest might not even notice the difference!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Nah. It was a named forced on him that referenced the "peanut gallery" and he always kind of hated it. But eventually he felt like he had to stick with it.

Edit: nerrrrrrrrrrd

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Huh, I guess maybe Minnesotans calling kids "peanut" came from the comic strip, instead of the other easy around. TIL.

Thanks, nerd ;)

[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Love the Twilight Zone reference

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You should also check out the original story the episode and its sequel were based off of. It's a good story.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Getting a connection refused, guessing it is geoblocked

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago
[–] MartinXYZ 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That's not charlie Brown! There's no zigzag on his shirt!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

There was in the mural he did for his daughter in their home in Colorado Springs before the comic strip actually started

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago

country girls make do

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

I can't imagine a more beautiful thing!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago