SNOOPY!!!
Snoopy first made his appearance on the strip on October 4, 1950, two days after the strip premiered, and was identified by name on November 10. Schulz was originally going to call him "Sniffy", until he discovered that name was used in a different comic strip. It isn't clear just who's dog Snoopy is because in the strip, of February 2, 1951 Charlie Brown accuses Snoopy of following him, only to be told by Patty that Snoopy isn't following Charlie Brown but merely lives in the same direction. Indeed many early strips show Snoopy interacting with Shermy and Patty without Charlie Brown making Snoopy appear to belong to everyone.
Snoopy was a silent character for the first two years of his existence, but on May 27, 1952 he verbalized his thoughts to readers for the first time via a thought balloon; Schulz would utilize this device for nearly all of the character's appearances in the strip thereafter. In addition to Snoopy's ability to "speak" his thoughts to the reader, many of the human characters in Peanuts have the uncanny knack of reading his thoughts and responding to them.
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Snoopy's first appearance: October 4th, 1950
(Good thing he became more interesting!)
1 comment:
Sniffy makes ALOT of sense!
And from my experience with Beagles, they are not very hard to read...they are either...hungry, sad or hungry...pretty easy most times.
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