m_f@midwest.socialM to Peanuts@midwest.socialEnglish · 21 days ago6 December 1950midwest.socialimagemessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up131arrow-down11
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minus-squarem_f@midwest.socialOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·21 days agoThis strip is adapted from the Li’l Folks comic strip from January 9, 1949:
minus-squarethreelonmusketeerslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-221 days agoIs “Sparky” a pseudonym used by Schulz?
minus-squarem_f@midwest.socialOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·20 days agoYep! 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
This strip is adapted from the Li’l Folks comic strip from January 9, 1949:
Is “Sparky” a pseudonym used by Schulz?
Yep!
Doesn’t say why he started using his real name with Peanuts, though