Peanuts comic book issue 6

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Usually, the Peanuts preview has a portion of a story… but instead you get a whole short tale here! You can buy the full issue in your favorite comic book store starting tomorrow. (Click on each page to enlarge.)

By the way, that story is penciled by the talented Vicki Scott… who I just learned is drawing a story from one of my scripts for issue 8, which makes two of my stories that’ll be in that issue. Corrected later: not sure what I was thinking; I have one story in issue 7, but as of now I only know of one story that will end up in issue 8. More stories are on their way, but I’m not sure in which issue.

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