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Charles Schulz - Peanuts Daily Comic Strip Original Art, dated 8-5-54 (United Feature Syndicate, 195

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Charles Schulz - Peanuts Daily Comic Strip Original Art, dated 8-5-54 (United Feature Syndicate, 195
<B>Charles Schulz - Peanuts Daily Comic Strip Original Art, dated 8-5-54 (United Feature Syndicate, 1954).</B></I> Linus offers Snoopy a taste of his thumb. Aak -- Phooey! -- that'll teach him not to beg! The paper measures an overall 6.5" x 29", with an image area of 5" x 24". The strip has been folded between panels two and three (this is very common with <I>Peanuts</B></I> dailies, as Schulz would fold them in half in order to mail them to the syndicate), but otherwise is in Excellent condition. Charles Schulz recounted the development of Snoopy: "I'd always been drawing little dogs in the [Li'l Folks] strip, so I named one Snoopy, the one I would be using the most. The real dog who was the forerunner of Snoopy was named Spike. He was bigger than the beagle that Snoopy turned out to be, but he was kind of a wild dog marked in a way similar to Snoopy." Part of the charm of this early example is the much more naturalistic behavior of the beloved beagle. This art is sure to be hotly pursued, so get your bids in early. <BR><BR><B>Important notice:</B> Heritage usually auctions material at the rate of 200-250 lots per hour. On some occasions eBay Live bid software or the Internet may not be able to keep up with the pace of the auction. We recommend placing a realistic absentee bid now as insurance to avoid disappointment. Occasionally the auctioneer may eliminate or reject an eBay Live bid, and the auctioneer may also reopen a lot after the close of the eBay live bidding (usually because we missed an audience bid), and may reject your bid even if it shows you as the winning bidder. By bidding via eBay Live, you agree that Heritage may award the lot to another bidder at its sole discretion under the circumstances described above or any other reasonable circumstances. Since eBay bids are not shown to us until we open the lot on the floor, we treat those bids just like floor bids. In most cases the floor responds before the eBay bid is presented to us, due to Internet lag time, so for consistency we have made it a policy that floor bids are always considered first over tie eBay live bids. Also please note that all Heritage lots purchased through eBay Live carry a 20% Buyer's Premium. Please make sure you read the Terms and Conditions before you bid.