Peanuts Begins by Charles Schulz for April 28, 2022

Why do you have such comics like that, Charlie Brown, in the first place?

Those comic books weren’t Approved by the Comics Code Authority, Charlie Brown!

Hey, you won’t catch me complaining about funny animals in my comic. Where’s Snoopy anyway?

Obviously, this strip was published before the book “Seduction Of The Innocent,” and the ban on comic books with those titles.

Oh, sure, Lucy will Love Those!

Now we know why Lucy turned out the way she did…it was CB’s fault.

What did you expect from a girl Charlie Brown! Crime Stories?!

“Disease Comics?” How’d I miss that when I was a kid?

So no Spider-Queen?, Domino Lady?, Mindy the Model?

Who knew that the “old” version of Charlie Brown read underground comics? :-P

You should have haggled

Always inspect the merchandise first, Chuck!

My next gig will probably be writing for those latter titles. Though…hmm… maybe a little retitling. How about BIRD WITH A MACHINE GUN?

Snoopy quickly calls dibs on “The Little Bunnies”!

That’s okay! I’m sure Professor Wertham condemns them just as harshly.

How about those old Tijuana Bible comic strips?

Commentary? Was Schulz targeting the Comics Code Authority? Although, maybe not. This is May 1, 1954, the CCA may not yet have gone i nto effect that early in ’54. Might be commentary on the Association of Comics Magazine Publishers.

“Disease Comics” sounds very depressing.