Her first appearance

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While most of the Peanuts characters would not appear until 1950 or later, Sally Brown shows up in this ad from 1934!

A forlorn woman sits on the grass, while a nearby friend says "Look at Sally Brown all alone over there. Didn't you think Mr. Bill Gordon fell for her at first?" Another woman: "Well, yes, but you know why she's all alone now, don't you?" A third says: "She's awfully pretty, but men can't forgive one fault, that hint of perspiration odor in underthings."

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Peanuts for penguins

In late October 1957, newspaper reporter Rolla Crick meant to be visiting the US Navy’s south pole station (Amundsen-Scott) only briefly, but the engine on the US Navy Neptune that had brought him and others there had  broken down and they were all stuck to stay there for weeks. That’s …

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Charlie Brown, (at) All American?

There’s been a little editing back-and-forth over at Wikipedia about what is put in the “nationality” field for the various Peanuts kids. Thing is, in what is considered absolute canon — the strip itself — this question is never actually answered. Most of the time that you see the word …

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Something hatted, something hated

I’d been wondering about this for a while, so I decided to finally check the dates to see which was the inspiration and which the copy. Meanwhile, to bring us into the present moment…. artificial “intelligence”, how I hate you. Share the news!