Peanuts by Charles Schulz for August 22, 1966

Peppermint patty Welcome to the Strip

Peppermint patty!

Pappermint Patty. :)

HI PATTY2!

This is the first appearance of Peppermint Patty. Along with Roy, she lived in a neighborhood different from Charlie Brown’s. Patty began as a friendly rival to Charlie Brown and his baseball team. She gained other traits such as flunking school and having a crush on Charlie Brown. She kept her tomboyish trait throughout the years, and other characters often mistaken her for a boy.Schulz created Peppermint Patty after he looked at a dish of peppermint candies. There is this story of Schulz wanting to write a strip separate from “Peanuts” featuring the character. That would’ve been cool.

Yes, this cartoon did mark Peppermint Patty’s debut.

Unfortunately for Patty, the definition of “swinger” has changed a bit over 45 years.

Here is a list of the Peanuts kids and pets introduced so far, in the order of their appearance, along with the dates.1. Shermy – 10-02-502. Patti – 10-02-503. Charlie Brown – 10-02-504. Snoopy – 10-04-505. Violet Gray – 02-07-516. Schroeder – 05-30-517. Lucy Van Pelt – 03-03-528. Linus Van Pelt – 09-19-529. Pigpen – 07-13-5410. Charlotte Braun – 11-30-5411. Sally Brown – 08-23-5912. Frieda – 03-06-6113. Faron – 05-23-6114. Little Red Haired Girl – 11-19-6115. 555 95472 – 09-30-6316. 3 95472 – 10-17-6317. 4 95472 – 10-17-6318. Roy – 06-11-6519. Peppermint Patty – 08-22-66

Happy 50th birthday, Peppermint Patty! Yup, it was 50 years ago today,which is indeed August 22, 2016, when Schulz had created Peppermint Patty for Peanuts, and this strip was published.

There was a movie around this time starring Ann-Margaret called “The Swinger,” in which she tried pretending that she was a sexually adventurous young woman going to orgies, etc.

One of my favorite Peanuts characters! I recall one reason Schulz created Peppermint Patty was to have a girl character that liked Charlie Brown, because other girls like Violet, the original Patty, and ESPECIALLY Lucy would always be mean to Charlie (Lucy was mean to just about everyone, but Violet and the original Patty would solely pick on Charlie Brown.)

Welcome, Peppermint Patty!! :D :D

FIRST APPEARANCE OF PEPPERMINT PATTY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111

Her debut

Best character