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No. 622: I've never thought much of formulaic verse anyway

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I've never thought much of formulaic verse anyway

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Permanent URL: https://mezzacotta.net/itoons/?comic=622

Strip by: Muk

{Charlie Brown is standing at a counter}
Charlie Brown: Yes, Ma'am, I'd like to buy a book of poems for this girl in my class...
{Beat}
{Charlie Brown shows the book to Snoopy}
Charlie Brown: Pretty neat, huh?
Charlie Brown: It's a book of romantic poetry I bought for a girl in my class...
{Charlie Brown shows the book to Sally}
Sally: What's this?
Charlie Brown: A book of poetry... I'm giving it to a girl in my class...
Charlie Brown: Wouldn't you like to have someone who loves you give you a book of poetry?
{Charlie Brown and Linus are in class. Charlie Brown hands the book to Linus.}
Charlie Brown: Do me a favor, Linus... Go across the room, and give this book of poems to that girl for me... I'm too shy...
Linus: What will I say to her?
Charlie Brown: Say anything... Just be smooth...
Linus: Sorry, Charlie Brown... She says she doesn't care for poetry... She says she doesn't even like to read
{Linus gives the book back to Charlie Brown}
Linus: Why don't you give it to someone who appreciates poetry?
{Charlie Brown is back at the store}
Charlie Brown: Yes, Ma'am... Remember me?
Charlie Brown: I was in here a few days ago and bought a book of poems for a girl in my class...
Charlie Brown: She didn't like it... Can you think of anything else I might buy for her?
Charlie Brown: Something that would really impress her, and make her like me more than anyone she's ever known...

The author writes:

My take on a "Less Humour, More Story!" style experiment for Peanuts.

Original Peanuts strips: 1994-12-12, 1994-12-13, 1994-12-14, 1994-12-15, 1994-12-16, 1994-12-17.