>>77044906I don't know if I'd call the original Peanuts strips depressing, but if you're already depressed in the first place, reading about Charlie Brown's social failures probably doesn't help.
I used to read the old paperbacks of the early Peanuts strips (those from the 1950s and 1960s) when I was a kid and my overwhelming impression was that it was a pretty sad affair all around, at least with regards to Charlie Brown.
Then again, I suppose the fact that Charlie Brown keeps soldiering on, despite his pretty shitty social life, could give some readers cause for optimism.
