I feel like Peanuts was one of the non-adventure strips to really utilize day-to-day storytelling (that’s true, at least for me). What’s fun is that the characters and their quirks work on the day-to-day level of dramatic build as well as in the one-offs that tie into the strip has a whole. Here are three from last week that really stand out. First, a Charlie Brown freakout:
Next, some report card humor that rings true decades later (when grades are less and less a thing in many schools):
And then finally, a Lucy and Schroeder piece that captures their dynamic perfectly:
(images from gocomics.com)