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Mar 31, 20222 min read

Peanuts: Charlie Brown, His Friends, and Baseball (1961 – Part 1)

by Paul Semendinger

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I always enjoyed Charles Schulz’s famous Peanuts comic strips. Like so many people, those characters were a big part of my childhood.

A number of years ago, a collection of books (The Complete Peanuts) was produced that chronicle the complete and entire collection of every single Peanuts comic strip. With every single strip available, I decided to set about reading the entire collection. It is fascinating seeing how the strip and the characters developed over time.

I thought it would be fun to chronicle here the history of how Charles Schulz used baseball in the Peanuts strips.

I hope you enjoy this historical look back at Charlie Brown and his friends and the wonderful game of baseball…

Each comic strip comes from the wonderful site: Peanuts Wiki..

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THE 1961 “SEASON” (Part 1)

Note – The 1961 season comprised 37 strips. I broke this into 3 articles.



























ON DECK – The 1961 Peanuts Season (Part 2)

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PREVIOUS ARTICLES IN THIS SERIES:

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