<< On Thursday, over at Calvin and Hobbes, JusSayin jus’ said: “@Hobbes: I don’t remember seeing Snoopy’s name on the front of the house, say when Schulz showed people approaching the front to do some work in the house, or even when good old Charlie Brown would serve him dinner.” >>Hi JusSayinYou are mostly correct, but that’s because those things generally happened in later years after Schulz had begun to draw the doghouse from the side view, rather than using the perspective view.However, here is an early strip that is an exception:Click here: Peanuts (1954)Here is the very first time that Snoopy’s doghouse appeared in Peanuts, which was one year after the strip began. In those days, Snoopy might have a bone by his doghouse, but Charlie Brown fed him elsewhere:Click here: Peanuts (1951)For about the first ten years of the strip, Charlie Brown did not bring Snoopy’s supper out to the doghouse. Here is a strip from that timeframe that shows Snoopy on his doghouse, but with Charlie Brown calling him to come and get his supper:Click here: Peanuts (1958)By the time that Charlie Brown began bringing Snoopy’s supper out to his doghouse, Charles Schulz was in the midst of transitioning from the perspective view to the side view, and he only showed the supper episodes from the side view. Here is the first time that Charlie Brown brought Snoopy his supper:Click here: Peanuts (1959)
<< On Thursday, over at Calvin and Hobbes, JusSayin jus’ said: “@Hobbes: I don’t remember seeing Snoopy’s name on the front of the house, say when Schulz showed people approaching the front to do some work in the house, or even when good old Charlie Brown would serve him dinner.” >>Hi JusSayinYou are mostly correct, but that’s because those things generally happened in later years after Schulz had begun to draw the doghouse from the side view, rather than using the perspective view.However, here is an early strip that is an exception:Click here: Peanuts (1954)Here is the very first time that Snoopy’s doghouse appeared in Peanuts, which was one year after the strip began. In those days, Snoopy might have a bone by his doghouse, but Charlie Brown fed him elsewhere:Click here: Peanuts (1951)For about the first ten years of the strip, Charlie Brown did not bring Snoopy’s supper out to the doghouse. Here is a strip from that timeframe that shows Snoopy on his doghouse, but with Charlie Brown calling him to come and get his supper:Click here: Peanuts (1958)By the time that Charlie Brown began bringing Snoopy’s supper out to his doghouse, Charles Schulz was in the midst of transitioning from the perspective view to the side view, and he only showed the supper episodes from the side view. Here is the first time that Charlie Brown brought Snoopy his supper:Click here: Peanuts (1959)