#1950s snoopy

[superbeachbum27]

This must be that 1950s snoopy, what a crackhead 🤣

snoopy of the day

[gameraboy2]

Peanuts, February 13, 1952

[kafkasapartment]

Empire State Building, New York, 1955. Elliott Erwitt. Gelatin silver print.

[chaeryeos]

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[desertangels70s]

Vintage Avon Snoopy soap dish

[without-ado]

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[picturebookshelf]

You Don't Look 35, Charlie Brown! (1985)

Story and Art: Charles M. Schulz

[ifelllikeastar]

Snoopy's name was originally supposed to be Sniffy.

Shultz remembered his mother once saying that "If the family were to get another dog, it should be named Snoopy." Snoopy had appeared nameless in "Peanuts" strips before, but the first use of the dog's name was November 10, 1950.

[driveintheaterofthemind]

Peanuts (May18th1952)

Art by Charles Schulz

[peanutsoutofcontext]

[yippeecanine]

i love when snoopy looks over the tv like that he is so silly 

snoopy of the day

[gameraboy2]

1958 Snoopy Valentine

[linesonscreens]

Let's Read Peanuts (Yes, all of it) - December 1952

There are lots of great strips I just don't have room to comment on. I strongly encourage everybody to read the full month at the official GoComics page. Today's month starts HERE.

Dec 6, 1952

Heh.

Dec 8, 1952

Honestly it's not a bad look.

Dec 9, 1952

Did that just make him cry?

Dec 11, 1952

Gah! Please never do that again!

Dec 19, 1952

No no no! If you just outright lie then of course he will brush you off without a second thought. You've got to start with something somewhat true and then slowly work in the bullshit over time. Maybe throw in a death threat and a passive aggressive snipe at his sexuality to twist the knife a little.

God, it's like you four year olds from 1952 have never even been on social media.

Dec 21, 1952

I mean, it's more than I've gotten this year.

Dec 23, 1952

One of many things that I think sets Peanuts apart from other strips is how well Schulz depicts depression (probably because he almost certainly suffered from it). You might think depression is just a sad feeling similar to grief but it's actually more of an irrational pessimism coupled with a persistent sense dread. Your brain doesn't exactly lie to you but instead tells you the most negative version of the truth possible which can lead you to some very irrational conclusions. You feel fine, it's the ~world~ that's broken (and keeps giving you these useless pennies).

Er, not that I know anything about all that.

Anyways, Schulz perfectly captures this in a way that's honest and sincere but also entertaining and kid-friendly. Which is pretty damn impressive when you think about it.

Thoughts:

End of the year character design recap time!

Again, not doing every character every year for my own sanity since the cast will be getting very large. CB and Snoopy will be constants but the rest will get rotated in/out:

Charlie Brown

October 1950

December 1950

December 1951

December 1952

Snoopy

October 1950

December 1950

December 1951

December 1952

Lucy

March 1952

December 1952

(why can't I make this one picture smaller? Am I doing something wrong?)

Linus

September 1952

December 1952

Schroeder

May 1951

December 1951

December 1952

The main thing I'm noticing is that everybody looks twice as old as they did last year while the expression work is getting a bit more complex and nuanced. Charlie Brown's head is literally half the size it was in 1950, Schroeder has aged up into an actual character and has shed a lot of his UPA stylization, Snoopy's face is becoming a bit more blocky and angular, and Lucy's eyes no longer make her look like some kind of cursed doll. Big improvements all around I think.

Linus... got a shirt. Look it's only been 3 months what do you want from me?

There's also a lot more detail in the backgrounds now which is creating a wonderful sense of these characters existing in an actual environment. Schulz is also surprisingly good at drawing plants and nature which adds a nice organic softness to his world. It's all actually making me kind of annoyed at the animated adaptations because they always go for something loose and minimalistic for their backgrounds and I think they would have really benefited form the contrast something more solid and detailed would have provided.

Finally his paneling and compositions are god tier. I mean, god damn.

Anyways that's it for 1952, I hope you all enjoyed it. Next up: 1953!

[graffitipath]

Snoopy Artwork By Tom Everhart 👨‍🎨

[desertangels70s]

[pueblomuerto]

Charlie Brown meeting Snoopy for the first time, 1950. I'm posting this because I'm missing my dog Pototo, he passed away 6 months ago, my life changed since then.