Peanuts by Charles Schulz for July 28, 1954
July 27, 1954
July 29, 1954
Transcript:
Lucy and Charlie Brown stand in the field looking up into the dark skies. She asks, "What's THAT star, Charlie Brown?"<br> <br> He replies, "That's not a star...that's MARS..this is the closest it's been to us in years.."<br> <br> He continues, "They say it's only about 34,740,000 miles away..."<br> <br> He looks at her as she covers her eyes.<br> <br>
yow4zip Premium Member over 10 years ago
Excellent
HarryNJ over 10 years ago
Watch out, it might crash.
Stormwyrm over 7 years ago
There was a Mars opposition on June 24, 1954, a month prior, when Mars came only 35,150,000 miles from Earth. The only times the Red Planet came closer than that since then were in 1971 and in 2003 (34,660,000 km), the latter being the closest approach in nearly 60,000 years.
The Lone Beagle Premium Member over 6 years ago
Perfect opportunity to launch an invasion of the blue planet.
JoeTheDog Premium Member 25 days ago
look how possessed they look in panel 3 guys… just look at it a moment.