Monday, May 23, 2005
Rare comic strip by Charles Schulz shows adults (including Linus' teacher?)
Charles Schulz's "Peanuts" never showed grown ups. A few of the very early ones had word balloons from unseen adults but Schulz soon eliminated that as well. That's what makes Benjamen Walker's discovery so interesting.
Even at such a small image size any fan of Peanuts knows something is amiss 'cause there are no BIG people in the world of Charlie Brown, so I went online to the auction house page and found this: Lot# 180 Description: CHARLES SCHULZ. HAGEMEYER DAILY. THIS IS ONLY THE 2ND KNOWN EXAMPLE OF THIS EXPERIMENTAL STRIP DONE BY SCHULZ TO SURFACE. CREATED ON A BLANK "PEANUTS" CARTOON PANEL. HAGEMEYER; THE OVERBEARING WIFE OF "MR. AVERAGE" DISRUPTS HER HUSBANDS CARD GAME. IMAGE SIZE 27" X 5". RARE PIECE OF ARTWORK.
Unbelievable, mind blowing, I know that Ms. Hagemeyer was the name of one of Linus' teachers, but what the...? Very confusing... and if this is only the second known example... then why is it estimated to sell for 5,000??? (most peanuts pages can fetch up to 12,000) Will someone PLEASE buy this for me???
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Reader comment: Jim Winstead says: "you're not right that they were never shown -- there were several strips from may 1954 that showed adults. they're mostly chest-down, but one sunday strip has full figures with mostly featureless faces.
"in the first 'complete peanuts' book, the interview with schultz talks about it a little, and he says it is something he never should have done."
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