The Complete Peanuts Family Album. Andrew Farago
THE COMPLETE PEANUTS FAMILY ALBUM
opposite and above: Style Guide art – CSCA
51VIOLET
VIOLET
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iolet Gray is the second girl to move into Charlie
Brown’s neighborhood. She and Patty hit it off
right away, and the two become best friends almost imme-
diately—much to Charlie Brown’s chagrin, as he is often on
the receiving end of their criticism.
Violet comes from an affluent family and can be a
bit pretentious at times. One of her favorite activities is
organizing parties with Patty and deciding which kids
should be excluded from the festivities. All the same,
she’s happy to join her friends in all their activities,
whether playing house, making mudpies, or playing
leftfield on Charlie Brown’s baseball team.
As with her friend Patty, Violet’s role declined over
time. As new characters were introduced, she was
relegated to the background or made to deliver the
setup for other character’s punchlines. “Some characters
just don’t seem to have enough personality to carry
out ideas,” Charles Schulz observed of Violet and his
other early cast members. “They’re just almost born
straight men.”
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“It’s a scientific fact that
at our age girls are
smarter than boys!”
—Violet
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opposite, top: Violet model sheet – CSCA | opposite, bottom: Spot art from strip
– Charles M. Schulz |
above center: Style Guide art – CSCA | above: Spot art from
Happiness is a Warm Puppy – Charles M. Schulz |
right: Mudpies Like Mother Used to
Make, Peanuts Digital Edition – CSCA
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left and opposite: Spot art
from strips – Charles M. Schulz
55CHARLOTTE BRAUN
W
hat’s in a name? Although Charlotte Braun’s name
is strikingly similar to Charlie Brown’s, their
personalities couldn’t be more different. The brash, loud
Charlotte Braun is everything that the wishy-washy Charlie
Brown is not, and her abrasive nature failed to endear her
to the gang—and to readers.
Peanuts fan Elizabeth Swaim was unimpressed with
Charlotte Braun, an opinion she shared in a letter to
Charles Schulz. Schulz wrote a personal response, and that
letter is now part of the Library of Congress archives.
Dear Miss Swaim,
I am taking your suggestion regarding Charlotte
Braun and will eventually discard her. If she appears
anymore it will be in strips that were already completed
before I got your letter or because someone writes in
saying that they like her. Remember, however, that you
and your friends will have the death of an innocent
child on your conscience. Are you prepared to accept
such responsibility? Thanks for writing, and I hope
that future releases will please you.
Sincerely,
Charles M. Schulz
Charlotte made her final appearance on February 1, 1955,
just a few months after this exchange.
CHARLOTTE BRAUN
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