Peanuts by Charles Schulz for July 31, 1968
Transcript:
Charlie Brown stands at the edge of the beach and looks at the water. Franklin holds a beach ball and asks, "Is this your beach ball?"<BR><BR> Charlie Brown says, "Hey! Yeah! Thank you very much!" Franklin says, "I was swimming out there, and it came floating by . . ."<BR><BR> Charlie Brown holds the beach ball and says, "My silly sister threw it into the water." Franklin says, "I see you're making a sand castle . ."<BR><BR> Franklin sits by the sand castle and says, "It looks kind of crooked." Charlie Brown stands next to the sand castle and says, "I guess maybe it is . . Where I come from, I'm not famous for doing things right . . ."<BR><BR>
Vivianne Lee over 12 years ago
Franklin appears!
CartoonDog90 over 11 years ago
This is the first appearance of Franklin. He was always a quiet, kind kid. He was one of the few Peanuts kids who was not rude towards Charlie Brown. It was later revealed that Franklin lived in Peppermint Patty’s neighborhood. He went to school and played sports with her, but he was sometimes annoyed by her numerous D minuses and dumb answers.
dsukenick about 11 years ago
Franklin was never in enough.
davidf42 almost 9 years ago
Here is a list of the Peanuts kids and pets introduced so far, in the order of their appearance, along with the dates.1. Shermy – 10-02-502. Patti – 10-02-503. Charlie Brown – 10-02-504. Snoopy – 10-04-505. Violet Gray – 02-07-516. Schroeder – 05-30-517. Lucy Van Pelt – 03-03-528. Linus Van Pelt – 09-19-529. Pigpen – 07-13-5410. Charlotte Braun – 11-30-5411. Sally Brown – 08-23-5912. Frieda – 03-06-6113. Faron – 05-23-6114. Little Red Haired Girl – 11-19-6115. 555 95472 – 09-30-6316. 3 95472 – 10-17-6317. 4 95472 – 10-17-6318. Roy – 06-11-6519. Peppermint Patty – 08-22-6620. Jose Peterson – 03-30-6721. Woodstock – 04-04-6722. Franklin – 07-31-68
P1zZa123 almost 9 years ago
Actually, the reason Franklin appeared was because when Martin Luther King Jr. got assassinated, lots of fans for Peanuts brought up the idea about including a black character.Source: http://content.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,2022745,00.html
EvanHernandez over 7 years ago
franklin’s first appearence
Joliet Jake over 6 years ago
A few days late, but happy 50th anniversary to one of the seminal moments in comics history.
PatrickASL almost 5 years ago
Welcome to the strip, Franklin!
Best Commenter Ever almost 4 years ago
This was exactly 40 years before the day I was born! And important too!
Nate Wright! about 3 years ago
FlRST APPEARANCE OF FRANKLIN
Kid Wizard almost 2 years ago
Cool. I seem to remember him coming in later.
ziyad.kaliski8 over 1 year ago
Franklin!
FrostbiteFalls about 1 year ago
Schulz had to endure a few waa-waa-waa responses from sniveling bigots after he introduced Franklin. What business did those mooks have reading Peanuts in the first place?