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(74) Peanuts. "Rats! There goes the bell ... ," 1963.
Published by United Feature
Syndicate, January 20, 1963.
India ink over graphite underdrawing with scraping out and paste-ons.
Art Wood Collection of Cartoon and Caricature
Prints and Photographs Division
LC-DIG-ppmsca-09123 (74)
In this fourteen panel strip of Peanuts, Charlie Brown ponders his dread of the school lunch hour and his affections for the little red-haired girl. He laments that no one wants to eat with him and that the little red-haired girl would probably be insulted if he tried to talk with her. Charles Schulz (1922-2000) deployed his simple drawing style with sparse setting and plentiful white space highlighting Charlie, the very embodiment of social anxiety and angst in this classic strip. Schulz created characters with whom his readers could identify. His creation became one of the most successful and beloved comic strips of all time. |