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6 December 1950 (midwest.social)

submitted 2 months ago by m_f@midwest.social to c/peanuts@midwest.social

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[–] m_f@midwest.social 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This strip is adapted from the Li'l Folks comic strip from January 9, 1949:

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Is "Sparky" a pseudonym used by Schulz?

[–] m_f@midwest.social 2 points 2 months ago

His uncle called him "Sparky" after the horse Spark Plug in Billy DeBeck's comic strip Barney Google, which Schulz enjoyed reading.

Doesn't say why he started using his real name with Peanuts, though