The first “Peanuts Day” retrospective ten weeks ago seemed to be reasonably popular, so here is another collection of Peanuts references and parodies, in honor of what would have been Charles M. Schulz’s 102nd birthday.
Back when it was originally published, Aaron submitted this Tom Falco comic, which was part of the 100th birthday tribute:
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It’s pretty clear that Jason needs what Lucy is selling.
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This “Cleats” strip was published early in the 2004 season, back when Kevin Brown was still a popular new acquisition for the Yankees, months before he became the notorious losing pitcher in game 7 of the ACLS (which at one point the Yankees had led 3:0). Kevin Brown retired just 16 months later, before the start of the 2006 season; I think Charlie Brown would have understood how he felt.
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Only one of those three characters on the wall is actually missing.
Mark Parisi frequently references Peanuts in “Off the Mark“. To his credit, he produces extremely accurate renditions of all the characters:
Those who don’t know history are doomed to repeat it:
Various cartoonists seem to enjoy letting Charlie Brown have his moments of retroactive glory:
Snoopy finally gets his due as well:
If Charlie Brown had only known what was really happening:
And finally:
Comics I Don't Understand 
MAD Magazine used to do a lot of stuff on newspaper comics, especially Peanuts during its peak years. There was an article showing Charlie Brown and the gang corrupted by success (Pigpen only used expensive imported dirt), another aged them (teenaged Linus and Violet find a new use for his blanket), and yet another presented the flip side of Snoopy’s WWI fantasy with the Red Baron as a Charlie Brown-styled loser.
MAD also parodied “Happiness is a Warm Puppy” with “Misery is a Cold Hot Dog”. Part of the joke was replacing the Peanuts gang with characters from other strips, including Junior Tracy.
I love the Arlo & Janis and the Red and Rover.
Shouldn’t the packing “Peanuts” be static-clinging to everything?