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[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

This strip is adapted from the Li'l Folks comic strip from January 9, 1949:

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Is "Sparky" a pseudonym used by Schulz?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

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