Peanuts by Charles Schulz for November 01, 1991
October 31, 1991
November 02, 1991
Transcript:
Charlie Brown, Lucy and Linus lean on the wall. Charlie Brown asks, "Halloween is over, and the 'Great Pumpkin' didn't show up again, did he?"<BR><BR> Lucy responds, "No, she didn't, did she?"<BR><BR> Lucy says, "Never even occurred to you, did it?" Linus holds his head.<BR><BR>
MrJamie1062 over 10 years ago
No, I GUESS it HAD NEVER occurred to Linus, that the Great Pumpkin could actually be a SHE—-after all, the GP does not exist, so, if you THINK about it, you could have ANY fictional being(whether it exists in folklore, like Santa Claus, or not, like the Great Pumpkin), you could have them be EITHER male OR female, really. Schulz was clever, the way he could have his characters represent feelings of “surprise”, or “startledness,” in various ways(like he does with Linus, in Panels 3 and 4, by having Linus’ hair stand on end), or when he would draw someone doing a flip, to represent startled feelings, like being startled, at being yelled at.
tdoug1 over 8 years ago
Ahh No wonder it didn’t show up!