Peanuts Begins by Charles Schulz for August 09, 2016

The precursor to the football gag….

And the Lucy we know is starting to emerge. But there’s already been a football gag, only with Violet instead of Lucy, and it didn’t seem deliberate.

Now here’s the beginning of the Lucy we all got to know. Just look at that naughty little face in the second panel.

Outwitted by a toddler. I’d be embarrassed too, Charlie Brown!

Of all the Charlie Browns in the world . . .

“A” is for apple and “J” is for jack.

Charlie Brown, you’re such a clown!

And now it begins……

‘G’ is for “Gullible”

A Cat Named Charlie Brown

Now that wasn’t very nice!

C is for cat. Everyone knows that.

In this case, “C” is for Chump.

and so it begins…

I never realized Lucy was younger

I can’t wait till they get to “H is for Hemicellulose,” like Pogo.

@ragtime78rpm

So in other words, you pulled a Lucy and Mulder42 was your Charlie Brown.