Peanuts Begins by Charles Schulz for September 12, 2023

Schultz was ahead of his time here, which is both funny and kind of sad

Plus she doesn’t want to be accused of cultural appropriation. Which, by the way, kind of applies to Halloween in the first place!

Not a ghost of a chance for that to happen, Lucy!

Years later, Harvey Comics sued Columbia Pictures for the Ghostbusters logo, since it resembled Fatso of the Ghostly Trio.

A cultural appropriation joke way ahead of its time

If she wears this sheet, she should be prepared to get a rock instead of chocolate.

A fun cultural appropriation, at that!!

Silly girl, the dead can’t sue!

She’s haunted by her conscience.

Getting sued would be no big deal. Today she would lose her job, the bank would cancel her accounts, stores and restaurants would refuse to serve her, politicians would demand she be thrown in jail, and purple-haired zombies would protest in front of her home. If getting sued is all she’s worried about, she’s got it easy.

They must live in Boston. I watch all those lawyer commercials and think that I’d be scared to step out the door down there.

An early example of cultural appropriation?

And Lucy wouldn’t want to be called a SHEET-Head!

You’re worrying about this years ahead of your time, Lucy.

It’s a culture, not a costume.