This was posted on another list, and while the comic itself isn’t a CIDU, I find Lucy’s comment opaque:
Why is she saying “This time will be so differ[ent]”? It’s always the same for her, at least usually!
The mashup is apparently from the 2011 book The Romita Legacy, about the career of comic book artist John Romita Sr.: https://www.hoopladigital.com/comic/the-romita-legacy-tom-spurgeon/13304781
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She’s in the process of promising Charlie Brown that this time will be so different, honest.
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I agree with Dvandom — she has not changed, she is still planning to fool Charlie Brown, even to the extent of [starting to] issue a false reassurance.
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