Peanuts Begins by Charles Schulz for September 25, 2016

what a blockhead

in the old days the kiddies magazines had truly appealing titles.

I just sit in the aisle and read for free. It’s less annoying than taking the bottom can of a pyramid.

The magazine rack in our local place has a huge sign: “Please don’t read the magazines until you’ve paid for them.” You can’t see the sign because of the numbers of people standing there, reading the magazines.

Of all the Charlie Browns, he’s the Charlie Browniest.

“comic magazine”

I’ll bet that druggist will go to his dad for a haircut, and say “Wait till I tell you what your son did.”

I remember seeing this in a Peanuts paperback back in the early 1960’s. Still as funny today as it was then!

Our folks used to park my younger brother and I at the comic book section whenever we went grocery shopping with them.

How is “Kill” and “Murder” for the kiddies?

Must have been before the Comics Code took effect.

This is far too true to be funny.

Where those comics for kids in the old days?

Wow. I remember reading this one when it came out in the paper!

Doc Wertham probably clipped this one and put it on the fridge.There were some earlier cases of ‘concern’ over the comics, but the publicity-hungry Wertham (probably feeling the pinch when The Show of Violence started declining in sales) was the zealot who brought it to the headlines. The comic-book burnings he inspired should have reminded him of the Germany he left behind.

I wonder how many of us actually ever read “Seduction of the Innocent”? I did, plus a couple of interviews with Wertham (one was years later). I concluded that he had more issues than the comics did.

“He should sell these for half price.”

Spend a bit of time over at “Not Always Right” and it’s easy to see there are many people who grew up to be adult customers without ever losing this attitude.

There was a chain of comic book stores in the SF Bay Area about 30 years ago that had a sign clearly posted on the front door “No one under the age of 10 allowed unless accompanied by an adult.” And this comic was posted along with it.

Oh good grief…

Always loved this this day’s comic…Have it on one of the first compilations of peanuts ever!Got it around 1956 or so…Reminds me of time spent at the “Super smoke Shop” or Reed’s Pharmacy…Wait until Charlie Brown refuses to get into a Theological Discussion…

MAD magazine once had a cartoon showing a store owner yelling at some JD types who were looking at the magazines without buying any, “Where do you think you are? This isn’t the library, you know!” and one of the punks replied, “We know it ain’t, the library don’t have no magazines with dirty pictures!”

It’s amazing how enjoyably edgy Schulz was back then.