Peanuts by Charles Schulz for October 05, 2015

That’s like Charlie Brown level depressed.

He hasn’t hit rock bottom yet: he still tries to eat regularly.

Chin up Linus. Where I live, rain that amounts to anything is cause for rejoicing! It was raining this morning for almost half an hour. The air is clean and everything smells wonderful. If a rainy day is your biggest problem, think of all the good stuff you have.

I’m glad that Sparky lives on through his strips.

Greatest cartoonist ever.

“Doth”???

Wormwood, huh? Well, they say absinthe makes the heart grow fonder.

How pompous can you get, too?

What is WORMWOOD?

dheine1971, Calvin’s teacher.

When the sky-full of tearsIs threatening to fallDon’t stand in the wayCome inside, close the doorThe sky will clear againAfter the rain…

Linus can certainly turn a phrase.

I didn’t realize they lived in South Carolina.

Wormwood is a small bush. It can be made into an alcoholic beverage called Absinthe. Absinthe is different than most alcoholic beverages because it also contains a natural narcotic, so you are essentially taking a narcotic and alcohol at the same time. Both are depressants, so people who do this end up in a depressed, trance-like state. It is also very addictive. It is illegal in the US, and many other countries.

Oh, quit whining and study for the next test.

Why is Lucy concerned? She’s a constant significant contributor to his depression.

How doth the little crocodileImprove his shining tailAnd pour the waters of the NileOn every golden scale!How cheerfully he seems to grinHow neatly spreads his clawsAnd welcomes little fishes inWith gently smiling jaws!

[“Alice in Wonderland” is 150 years old this year, but doesn’t look a day over 100………]

Linus has been readiing his bible again.

From Revelation 8:11 “the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.”

Did someone spike his cereal with absinthe?

… and, Linus, you know this because…?

It tastes like Calvin’s teacher?

Possibly Linus is still upset over falsing when he should have trued…

Schulz’s depression transferred to Linus. After reading these strips and the recent biography of Schulz, I tend to think he should have always been in analysis, or on anti-depressants. It seems the death of his mother, when Schulz was off at WWII, caused a near-permanent depressive state in Schulz.