Satch: So you’re giving me an ultimate ‘un? (as in Final)Buck: I wouldn’t say it’s Garfield’s ultimate ‘un but it’s a pretty good ‘un. That’s how I read it.
In the early strips Lucy’s eyes had full circles around them. Charles Schulz felt that this made her look too doll-like so he removed them and replaced them with those parentheses. He said they gave her a slightly out of focus appearance which he preferred. When Linus and Rerun came along they both inherited the same trait.
Oh I hear you, Susan. For whatever reason, as soon as you get near the cliff edge something tells you that you’re inexplicably going to pitch off it.