Flying Squid to Comic Strips@lemmy.world • 9 months agoUnpublished First Peanuts Strip - Francesco Marciulianolemmy.worldimagemessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up1540
arrow-up1540imageUnpublished First Peanuts Strip - Francesco Marciulianolemmy.worldFlying Squid to Comic Strips@lemmy.world • 9 months agomessage-square22fedilink
minus-squareripcordlinkfedilink27•edit-29 months agoI feel like a nerd that my first thought was “but the strip was originally named Lil Folks this doesn’t make any sense”. Nerrrrrd
minus-squareNielsBohronlinkfedilinkEnglish9•9 months agoIt does kind of make sense if you know Schultz was from Minnesota and Minnesotans call all little kids “peanut” So, “Lil Folks” to “Peanuts” is a really logical choice and people from the upper Midwest might not even notice the difference!
minus-squareripcordlinkfedilink3•edit-29 months agoNah. It was a named forced on him that referenced the “peanut gallery” and he always kind of hated it. But eventually he felt like he had to stick with it. Edit: nerrrrrrrrrrd
minus-squareNielsBohronlinkfedilinkEnglish3•9 months agoHuh, I guess maybe Minnesotans calling kids “peanut” came from the comic strip, instead of the other easy around. TIL. Thanks, nerd ;)
I feel like a nerd that my first thought was “but the strip was originally named Lil Folks this doesn’t make any sense”.
Nerrrrrd
It does kind of make sense if you know Schultz was from Minnesota and Minnesotans call all little kids “peanut”
So, “Lil Folks” to “Peanuts” is a really logical choice and people from the upper Midwest might not even notice the difference!
Nah. It was a named forced on him that referenced the “peanut gallery” and he always kind of hated it. But eventually he felt like he had to stick with it.
Edit: nerrrrrrrrrrd
Huh, I guess maybe Minnesotans calling kids “peanut” came from the comic strip, instead of the other easy around. TIL.
Thanks, nerd ;)