"Sunday strip of September 9, 1962, the glasses were not seen again. In an earlier strip of July 17 1962, Linus had told Charlie Brown that his ophthalmologist said he may not have to wear his glasses all the time: thus explaining their eventual disappearance. Linus is Charlie Brown's best friend. Linus is sympathetic towards Charlie Brown, and often gives him advice after listening to Charlie Brown's various insecurities. Similarly, Charlie Brown generally observes Linus's faults, such as his undying faith in the Great Pumpkin, his dependence on his security blanket, or any of his other odd quirks. They are"
"Rerun van Pelt Rerun van Pelt is Linus' and Lucy's younger brother in Charles M. Schulz's comic strip ""Peanuts"". Rerun started as a minor character in the ""Peanuts"" universe, only becoming a main character in the last decade of the comic strip. Rerun was first mentioned in the strip on May 23, 1972, during a storyline in which Lucy threw Linus out of the house only to learn that yet another little brother had just been born. Initially, toddler Rerun was shown playing cards with an equally confused Snoopy, and learning to tie his shoes from Lucy. He was rarely"
"football in the September 12, 1956 strip, but only because Schroeder was holding the ball. Lucy was named after Louanne van Pelt, a former neighbor of Charles Schulz in Colorado Springs and, according to David Michaelis of Time Magazine, was modeled after Schulz's first wife, Joyce. Lucy van Pelt Lucille ""Lucy"" van Pelt is a character in the syndicated comic strip "":Peanuts"", written and drawn by Charles Schulz. She is the older sister of Linus and Rerun. Lucy is characterized as a ""fussbudget"", crabby, bossy and opinionated girl who bullies most other characters in the strip, particularly Linus and Charlie"
"the entire life of the Sunday strip. Most of the other characters that eventually became the main characters of Peanuts did not appear until later: Violet (February 1951), Schroeder (May 1951), Lucy (March 1952), Linus (September 1952), Pig-Pen (July 1954), Sally (August 1959), Frieda (March 1961), ""Peppermint"" Patty (August 1966), Woodstock (introduced April 1967; given a name in June 1970), Franklin (July 1968), Marcie (July 1971), and Rerun (March 1973). Schulz decided to produce all aspects of the strip himself from the script to the finished art and lettering. Schulz did, however, hire help to produce the comic book adaptations"
"first strip) a beagle, Snoopy. The first addition, Violet, was made on February 7, 1951. Other character introductions that soon followed were Schroeder, on May 30, 1951, as a baby; Lucy, on March 3, 1952; Lucy's baby brother Linus, on September 19, 1952 (after his existence was first mentioned on July 14); and Pig-Pen, on July 13, 1954. Though the strip did not have a lead character at first, it soon began to focus on Charlie Brown, a character developed from some of the painful experiences of Schulz's formative years. In early strips, Charlie Brown was depicted as distinctly younger"
"in the February 7, 1951 ""Peanuts"" strip. From there on, Violet's character changed and developed until she began to become less prominent than the other major characters, with her forthcoming appearances reduced to mere cameos. Her last comic strip appearance, discounting the reruns of the strip, was on the November 27, 1997 ""Peanuts"" strip. As Violet's character developed over the years, her appearance changed as well. In the early strips, Violet has her shoulder-length dark hair kept in either pigtails, a bun, or, sometimes, a ponytail. Later on, Schulz dropped the braids and kept Violet's hair only in ponytails. Violet"
"van Pelt, in the ""Peanuts"" comic strip. Maurer and Schulz had been classmates at Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD) and remained lifelong friends. Both men also worked together at the Art Instruction Schools Inc. in Minneapolis while Schulz was creating ""Peanuts"". Schulz would name Linus van Pelt, who is known for his blue security blanket in the ""Peanuts"" comic strip, after his friend and colleague. He would later wrote in a book marking the 50th anniversary of ""Peanuts"", ""Linus came from a drawing that I made one day of a face almost like the one he now has...I"
"his entertainment. Pigpen: Seen only in a few panels, the character is portrayed as a desolate drug addict, and is first shown speaking to Lucy Van Pelt about Weapon Brown's attack on Schroeder. He is later seen offering Weapon Brown himself oral sex in exchange for drugs. In a fit of anger, Weapon Brown punches him with his cybernetic arm, apparently fatally. Lucy Van Pelt: A scientist who worked with the mysterious Syndicate, and who worked on psychologically manipulating Weapon Brown into being a compliant agent for them. Older sister to Linus, Lucy makes reference to the classic skits of"
"World War II (the vicious cat who lives next door to Snoopy—not to be confused with Frieda's cat, Faron), and Charlie Brown's unnamed pen pal, known as his ""pencil-pal"" after Charlie Brown fails to master the fountain pen. Adult figures appeared in the strip only once, during a four-week Sunday-comic sequence in 1954 in which Lucy plays in an amateur golf tournament, with Charlie Brown ""coaching"" her. At no time, however, were any adult faces seen (it was also in this sequence that Lucy's family name, van Pelt, was first revealed). There are adult voices in a few of the"
"Spike and Suzy Spike and Suzy (British title), Willy and Wanda (American title) or Luke and Lucy (in a 2009 film and video game); Dutch: Suske en Wiske, ) is a Belgian comics series created by the comics author Willy Vandersteen. It was first published in ""De Nieuwe Standaard"" in 1945 and soon became popular. Although not in its earlier form, the strip adapted to the Ligne claire style, pioneered by Hergé. This change took place when the strip became serialised in Hergé's Franco-Belgian comics magazine ""Tintin"" from 1948 to 1959. The books revolve around the adventures of the eponymous"
"comics by Marc Sleen, Willy Vandersteen, Bob De Moor, Eugeen Hermans (aka ""Pink""), Rik Clément, Buth, Jef Nys, Karel Boumans, Marcel Steurbaut and the Dutch series ""Dokie Durf"" by Piet van Elk. In later years Hurey, Karel Boumans, Marcel Steurbaut, Arle (pseudonym of Berck and Leo Loedts), Frank Sels, Gilbert Declercq, Jeff Broeckx, Albert van Beek, Henk Kabos, Henk Sprenger, Piet Wijn, Ton Beek, Gerrit Stapel, Dick Vlottes, Raymond Bär van Hemmersweil, Jan van Reek, Peter de Smet also had their comics published. During its heyday Sleen's ""Piet Fluwijn en Bolleke"" and Vandersteen's ""De Vrolijke Bengels"" were the most popular"
"Weapon Brown's lover. She was abducted by Linus Van Pelt with the help of Weapon Brown's sister Sally and was unseen throughout most of the story until the final chapter. She was killed when Linus' attempt to summon ""The Great Pumpkin"" went wrong and the creature crushed her, Linus, and Sally under it. Linus Van Pelt: Another victim of the Syndicate, Linus has a grotesquely mutated head and is in psychic control of what Weapon Brown tells the reader is a 'quasi-sentient, polymer based' life form that Linus calls his 'Security Blanket'. The life form is kept alive and able"
"with Luc Cromheecke the series ""Roboboy"". In 2007, after the suicide of his son, he wrote and drew the graphic novel ""Jaren van de Olifant"" (""Years of the Elephant""), which was nominated for a number of international awards and won the Bronzen Adhemar, the most important Flemish comics award. Willy Linthout Willy Linthout (born 1 May 1953) is a Belgian comics author, best known for the ""Urbanus"" comics and his graphic novel ""Years of the Elephant"". Willy Linthout is born in Eksaarde near Lokeren, Belgium in 1953. He was a comics collector when he met Flemish comedian Urbanus. They decided"
"Leopold I-straat/Rue Leopold I 201 in Laeken, Belgium as part of the Brussels' Comic Book Route. There are also two mural paintings dedicated to the series in Auderghem, one in the Rue du Vieux Moulin/Oudemolenstraat and the other in the Rue Emile Idiers/Emile Idiers straat. Gil Jourdan Gil Jourdan is a Belgian detective comic strip created by Maurice Tillieux. It is a combination of mystery, adventure and humour. In 1956 the Belgian comic magazine ""Héroïc Albums"" ceased publication. ""Felix"", the adventures of a young bespectacled detective written and drawn by Maurice Tillieux, was among the casualties, but returned in ""Spirou"""
"Linus told Charlie Brown, and gives him a picture of her so he will always remember her. He says ""But what if I want to forget you, and turn it around?"" She then does that, and Schroeder panics that it is double-sided. Charlie Brown then sadly watches the movers take the Van Pelts' things, and load it into their trucks. He then goes to Lucy's psychiatry booth, and tells her he will be miserable without Linus. She then yells at him, and reminds him that she is also leaving. She then shows him the booth's new owner (Snoopy), who has"
"with characters and situations based upon hundreds of newspaper-published comic strips dating back to the inception of the form (the installment published October 16, 2012 featured ""The Yellow Kid"", a character/cartoon first appearing in 1895). Characters from ""Calvin and Hobbes"", ""Little Orphan Annie"", ""Crock"", ""Dilbert"", ""Popeye"", ""B.C."", ""Beetle Bailey"", ""The Boondocks"", ""The Wizard of Id"" and ""Broom-Hilda"" are among those prominently featured. Weapon Brown is set in a post apocalyptic world, and the story itself centers around the eponymous character Weapon Brown, who is on a mission to rescue the woman he loves from a former acquaintance: Linus Van Pelt,"
"Great Pumpkin The Great Pumpkin is an unseen holiday figure in the comic strip ""Peanuts"" by Charles M. Schulz. The Great Pumpkin is a holiday figure in whom only Linus van Pelt believes. According to Linus, the Great Pumpkin flies around bringing toys to sincere and believing children on Halloween evening. Every year, Linus sits in a pumpkin patch (a place Linus believes is the most sincere and lacking in hypocrisy) on Halloween night waiting for the Great Pumpkin to appear. Invariably, the Great Pumpkin fails to turn up, but a humiliated yet undefeated Linus stubbornly vows to wait for"
"Plunk Plunk is a Belgian comic series created by Luc Cromheecke and Laurent Letzer, and published by Dupuis. So far three albums have appeared. The comics are pantomime comic /gag-a-day short stories (most often between one and four pages long) about the misadventures of Plunk, a little pink alien with green trousers and a green hat from the planet Smurk. Plunk was first created in the late 1980s for the Belgian Centre for Comic Strip Art as a fictional example of the merchandising that can be produced with successful comic figures like ""The Smurfs"" or ""Peanuts"". In 1990, he became"
"format. It was that magazine (and its successor ""Eppo"") that saw such first-time original publications of Dutch comic world mainstays, like Martin Lodewijk's ""Agent 327"" (1967-1985; 2000- ... ), Dick Matena and Lo Hartog van Banda's ""De Argonautjes"" (1970-1980), Gideon Brugman's ""Ambrosius"" (1970-1974), Fred Julsink's ""Wellington Wish"" (1971-1973), Peter de Smet's ""De Generaal"" (1971-2003), Jan Steeman and Andries Brandt's ""Roel Dijkstra"" (1977-1995), Henk Kuijpers's ""Franka"" (1974- ... , originally as ""Het Misdaadmuseum"") and Hanco Kolk and Peter de Wit's ""Gilles de Geus"" (1985-2003), to name but a few. It was not only the young generation of Dutch comic artists who"
"to as Van Pelt. Woodstock: Seen only in two panels as a bird being eaten by Snoop, this character was almost identical in appearance to the classic character, though he is not named in the brief cameo appearance. In the bonus story ""It's the Easter Mongrel, Weapon Brown"", enormous Diatryma-like birds called ""woodies"" pursue a young Chuck, leading to his first meeting with Snoop. The Red Haired Girl: The Weapon Brown counterpart to the Little Red-Haired Girl from the Peanuts strips and animation, this character was unnamed aside from being called The Red Haired Girl (""Red"", for short) and was"
"of Elyon Brown. As the voice of Elyon Brown, she was often a guest at various fan conventions. Berman also made appearances in ""Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide"" as Marty's sister Marva, and as Lucy van Pelt in both ""Lucy Must Be Traded, Charlie Brown"" and ""Charlie Brown's Christmas Tales"". Serena Berman Serena Berman (born December 30, 1990) is an American actress. She has done voice-over work for animated series and films. Serena began working as an actress from a young age. She grew up in Santa Monica, California. In her later teen years, Serena focused more closely on her"
"specials in 1990, even though they still aired in re-runs until 2000. ""It's Christmastime Again, Charlie Brown"" is composed of several Christmas-themed story lines, all taken directly from the ""Peanuts"" comic strip: In the final scene, Lucy tells Linus to get up from the beanbag, but Linus refuses, saying that they remembered the time when they opened presents under the Christmas tree, and thinking that why they haven't been nice all day. Lucy angrily tells him that he's driving her crazy. The film ends with Linus saying, ""Joy to the world"". ""It's Christmastime Again, Charlie Brown"" was first shown on"
"characters appeared, including Peppermint Patty, Snoopy as the ""World War One Flying Ace"", Frieda and her ""naturally curly hair"", and Franklin. ""Peanuts"" is remarkable for its deft social commentary, especially compared with other strips appearing in the 1950s and early 1960s. Schulz did not explicitly address racial and gender equality issues so much as assume them to be self-evident. Peppermint Patty's athletic skill and self-confidence is simply taken for granted, for example, as is Franklin's presence in a racially integrated school and neighborhood. (Franklin came about at least in part as a result of Schulz's correspondence in 1968 with a"
"four-panel gag strip as the standard in the United States, and together with its merchandise earned Schulz more than $1 billion. The strip focuses entirely on a social circle of young children, where adults exist but are rarely seen or heard. The main character, Charlie Brown, is meek, nervous, and lacks self-confidence. He is unable to fly a kite, win a baseball game, or kick a football held by his irascible friend Lucy, who always pulls it away at the last instant. ""Peanuts"" is one of the literate strips with philosophical, psychological, and sociological overtones that flourished in the 1950s."
"as serving as a dressing area for the Royal Court and space for display of the Tournament of Roses history. There are displays of trophies, past Rose Bowl Games, Grand Marshals, Presidents, and Queens and Courts. Of interest is an original panel of ""Peanuts"" comic strip for January 1, 1974, when its creator Charles M. Schulz served as the Grand Marshal. On the panel, Lucy was watching the parade on TV and was telling Linus van Pelt that ""They have some of the most beautiful floats this year I've ever seen."" When Linus asked about the grand marshal, Lucy said,"
"a chicken in a pentagram to summon the entity, which is revealed to be Lovecraftian in nature, feeding on children. The Great Pumpkin murders Linus and proceeds to stalk the other characters with similar intentions. Charlie Brown is saved by the similarly demonic Kite-Eating Tree, which consumes the Pumpkin. Charlie Brown declares that his deceased friends can now rest in peace. The murdered characters are then shown in Hell dancing with the devil as Schroeder plays his piano. When the ""Peanuts"" strip was first introduced in Italy, Halloween was almost unknown there as a festivity. The earlier translations turned the"
"Luann (comic strip) Luann is a syndicated newspaper comic strip launched by North America Syndicate on March 17, 1985. ""Luann"" is written and drawn by Greg Evans, who won the 2003 Reuben Award as Cartoonist of the Year. The strip is currently syndicated by Andrews McMeel Syndication. In 2012 Greg Evans' daughter Karen began co-authoring the strip. The strip takes place in an unnamed suburban setting and is mostly about young adult Luann DeGroot, dealing with school, her love interests, family and friends. Some storylines center on other characters, including her older brother Brad. The strip is particularly notable in"
"players. Again, the Great Pumpkin never appears. Great Pumpkin The Great Pumpkin is an unseen holiday figure in the comic strip ""Peanuts"" by Charles M. Schulz. The Great Pumpkin is a holiday figure in whom only Linus van Pelt believes. According to Linus, the Great Pumpkin flies around bringing toys to sincere and believing children on Halloween evening. Every year, Linus sits in a pumpkin patch (a place Linus believes is the most sincere and lacking in hypocrisy) on Halloween night waiting for the Great Pumpkin to appear. Invariably, the Great Pumpkin fails to turn up, but a humiliated yet"
"is often teased by Violet Gray by bragging about how her dad has more possessions than Charlie Brown's, and he has occasionally been able to deflate her. He often tries to befriend her, only to get turned down. Patty, having one of the weakest individual personalities of the Peanuts cast, usually takes part in mocking Charlie Brown when her friends Lucy and Violet, or others, do so. Charlie Brown and Shermy are generous to each other and were considered to be the best of friends before Linus' maturing in the future years of the strip, although Shermy said he hates"
"Urbanus (comics) Urbanus is a Flemish celebrity comic strip loosely based on Flemish comedian and singer Urbanus. The stories are written by Urbanus himself and drawn by Willy Linthout. The first story was published in 1982 and is still in syndication as of this day, being the longest-running and most successful Flemish comic strip based on a celebrity. The comics sell well in the Netherlands too, due to Urbanus' popularity there. In the series Urbanus is portrayed as an eleven to twelve-year old version of himself, despite his full-grown beard. Just like the real Urbanus he lives in Tollembeek, but"
"a three-page strip to the first issue of ""Funny "", which Green edited and was published by Apex Novelties. Spiegelman delivered the three-page ""Maus"" in which Nazi cats persecute Jewish mice, inspired by his father's experiences in the Auschwitz concentration camp; years later he revisited the theme in the graphic novel of the same name. Comics critic Jared Gardner asserts that, while underground was associated with countercultural iconoclasm, the movement's most enduring legacy was to be autobiography. ""Binky Brown"" went out of print for two decades after selling its initial print runs, during which time enthusiasts traded copies or photocopies."
"Reva Rose Reva Rose (born July 30, 1940 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American actress of stage and screen, best known for her award-winning performance as Lucy van Pelt in the 1967 Off-Broadway production of Clark Gesner's ""You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown"". As a stage performer, Rose starred alongside Gary Burghoff and Bob Balaban in ""You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown""'s original 1967 Off-Broadway run. She won Theatre World and Clarence Derwent Awards for this role. Rose also appeared in the 1959 Broadway musical ""Look After Lulu"", coincidentally playing the role of Rose. In 2002, she played Tessie Greenglass"
"The special aired again on November 23, 2012 (the day after Thanksgiving, so as not to directly compete with the other Peanuts specials) and December 17, 2013. The program special is particularly notable in that the characters/animation are drawn in a 1950s/early-1960s style, and it uses only characters from that time period (including Violet, Shermy, and Patty), except for the inclusion of one later character, Woodstock, and intermediate-era characters Frieda, Faron, 5, 4, and 3 appearing briefly as extras; and even pays homage to the very first ""Peanuts"" strip, from October 2, 1950 (when Charlie Brown has a flashback sequence)."