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The first phase of Lucy's angerness from the strip

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As a lifelong Peanuts reader, I was absolutely tickled to see Schulz handling adult situations like this. No 'whomp-whomp' trombone sound from the cartoons, or offsite adults regularly alluded to in the 50's-60's (etc) comics, just ALL ADULTS.

Like, whoa...

And... of course this one ("Woman Boss") was not very nice, altho containing of some humor, perhaps. But really, that could be said about loads of his style, so what am I bitching about, anyway?

Back to the point-- "Hagemeyer" was a test by Schulz in the mid-50's to branch to a different style. There are, if I understand correctly, seven total strips, none of them published. I don't know the intended order whatsoever, but this is my best-effort to post this one in decent quality.

In terms of other strips Schulz did, check this out:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s_Only_a_Game_(comic_strip)

With a lot of these you'll need to try to take yourself back to the period in order to appreciate the humor. For example, the first comic is about a lad in a soda shop who had no money to buy a delicious ice-cream soda, hence trying to hang on to his fragile dignity. :S

If you remember Our Gang / The Little Rascals, this is a perfect Spanky situation.

As for the last comic, uh.......

"Sparky" is Charles Schulz, of course, and these are his pre-Peanuts work:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li%27l_Folks

These come from the superb, incredible Fantagraphics collection:
https://www.fantagraphics.com/collections/peanuts

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Charlie Brown stands in the lane smiling as Violet fiddles with the camera and says, "Smile!"

He says, "Well why didn't you shoot?! Why didn't you shoot while I was..."

He pauses, surprised, as she clicks the camera

He concludes, "....Smiling?"

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"Lucy and Patty are playing tennis."

dialogue-text,"Patty: Hit it Lucy! Hit it!

Patty: Well, Good Grief! Why did't you hit it?! You didn't even try!

Lucy: I did too!

Lucy: But I couldn't lift the racket!"

emotion-body-position,"standing, facing right, holding, trying, sweating, struggle, heavy, arms out, mouth open, looking left, mad, upset, angry, tongue out "

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Lucy approaches Charlie Brown on the lane as he rides his tricycle. She says, "I'll tell you what, Charlie Brown..."

She runs along beside him and continues, "I've got a baby brother at home..I'll trade you him for your tricycle!"

He rides off and asks, "Absolutely not! What would good would a baby brother do me?" She replies, "I knew you'd say that, and I don't blame you at all..."

She concludes, "He's no good to me, either!"

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The first reference to Linus

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The first phase of Shermy's disappearance from the strip. He only appears seven times for the rest of the year

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Charlie Brown watches as Snoopy rushes by with his tongue hanging out. He asks, "Hey, Snoopy! What's your hurry?"

Snoopy stops and barks in reply.

Charlie Brown barks a question and Snoopy replies in a bark.

They both rush off with their tongues hanging out.

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Charlie Brown stands on the field talking to Patty who is sitting on the steps. He says, "Gimme some candy!" She replies, "I don't think it would be good for you, Charlie Brown."

They walk down the lane and she eats and continues, "I thought of offering you some, but I didn't want to see you get sick..."

He starts crying and says, "This is very touching...someone is actually looking out for my welfare..." She continues eating and says, "I knew you'd see it that way."

Unmoved, he reaches out and demands, "Gimme some candy!"

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Charlie Brown holds an ice-cream cone out to Lucy. He says, "Here you are, Lucy."

She says, "I'd rather have the chocolate one."

Plop! He looks as she drops the ice-cream and exclaims, "Whoops!"

She says, "On second thought, maybe I'll take the vanilla!"

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Charlie Brown stands on a rise, positioning his golf-club.

He prepares to swing the golf-club.

He swings the club forcefully and the ball moves slightly.

He kicks the ball and exclaims, "That's the trouble with playing with these cheap balls!"

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Schroeder is sitting next to Charlie Brown on the curb. He says, "Guess what I'm whistling, Charlie Brown..." He starts to whistle.

He starts as Charlie Brown guesses, "'Old Black Joe'? 'Take Me Out To The Ball Game'? 'Home On The Range'?"

Schroeder turns to him and replies, "Nope...it was the last half of the tenth measure of Sinding's (?) Op. 32, No. 3."

Charlie Brown replies, "Y'know, I almost said that...I don't know why I didn't!"

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Lucy and Charlie Brown stand lapping up their ice-cream cones.

Patty approaches and Charlie Brown explains, "We're having an ice-cream cone eating race..."

Patty asks, "Who's ahead?"

He replies, "Lucy...by two laps!"

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Patty approaches Charlie Brown as he crouches on the ground wearing his cap and mitt. She asks, "Why won't you let Schroeder play on your team?"

He turns to her and exclaims, "Do you think I'm crazy?! He can't see a thing!"

She asks, "Are his eyes that bad?" He replies, "His eyes are perfect..."

He points to Schroeder who is wearing a huge hat that covers his eyes. He says, "But look at that cap!"

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Snoopy leans on the piano watching Schroeder play.

Schroeder stops as Snoopy climbs atop the piano and looks over at the keys.

He sits in front of Schroeder by the keys.

Schroeder sighs and walks away as Snoopy takes over playing the piano.

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Snoopy and Charlie Brown are sitting on the curb.

Violet walks by and says, "Hello, there, you cute little puppy dog!"

Charlie Brown turns to a blushing Snoopy and mimics, "Hello, there, you cute little puppy dog!"

He runs off laughing as Snoopy chases him.

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