It’s October 2, Charlie Brown

October 2nd, 2008

Fifty eight years ago today, Peanuts began. The first strip has been reprinted a zillion times, so instead I’ll post the first anniversary strip, from October 2, 1951.

Peanuts, Oct 2, 1951
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Filed under: Cartooning, Charles M. Schulz

2 Comments Add your own

  • 1. May  |  October 3rd, 2008 at 6:26 pm

    I love this strip… poor Schroeder! Haha ;)

    Yes… fifty eight years… this day should be a holiday… :)

  • 2. DOuG pRATt  |  October 3rd, 2008 at 6:57 pm

    The Complete Peanuts series of books from Fantagraphics makes it possible to see the development of the strip. But I scanned this picture from a copy of the first Peanuts book from Holt, Rinehart.

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