Peanuts Begins by Charles Schulz for October 15, 2020

What comic magazines would you give a classical music enthusiast? Rolling Stone wasn’t first published for another approximate ten years.

He already has a biography of Beethoven in comic book form… get him Mozart!

Well, hmmm. This is October of 1952. The only comic I know of mentioning music on the cover (that might still be on sale that month) is Weird Horrors #2 with a story called “The Strangest Music Ever Heard.”

Though Schroeder probably wouldn’t care for it, I’ll bet Charlie Brown would see the word “music” and use that as an excuse to buy a horror comic he wanted to read, ostensibly as a gift for Schroeder.

See…

https://www.comics.org/issue/223257/cover/4/

In 1952, the closest thing to classical music was “Blue Tango” by Leroy Anderson.

Anyone that likes comics, would do the same, Charlie!

“What a beautiful gory layout!”

That’s what I would have done.

Patty does not understand comic books.

BTW, Hit, Wow, Smash, and Ha Ha were genuine Golden Age comic book titles.

But Schroeder’s birthday is in January! Well, I guess it gives Chuck plenty of time to finish reading it xD

In similar situations, I always splurged for the extra one for myself if I wanted one. Gifts should be pristine.

I love reading reprints of old, pre Comics Code comics. I like how bondage, S&M, hideous monsters, and all things foul and evil were kid’s reading material as they sat in their bomb shelters.

What was the deal with those, anyway? “Okay, Timmy, the Big One hit, so we’re stuck n this bomb shelter for the next couple of centuries while the radioactive material decays. We may have to resort to cannibalism, so eat lots and fatten yourself up. Dibs on the rump roast!"

A hand me down gift.