7 Greatest Peanuts Comic Strips of the 1990s, Ranked for Their Lasting Charm

Advice for a lonely Charlie Brown

Charlie Brown often turns to Lucy for advice, paying five cents to share his worries. In one strip, he tells her he feels lonely, and Lucy listens before suggesting dance lessons.

Charlie worries that nobody will dance with him. Lucy’s response shifts the focus away from winning other people’s attention and toward taking a chance on himself.

Lucy’s bleak view of Snoopy

In another strip, Lucy visits Snoopy’s doghouse and tells the sleeping dog he is unimportant. The remark is harsh, especially since Snoopy is simply resting. Snoopy appears undisturbed. His relaxed outlook suggests that worrying about his importance is not worth losing sleep over.

Snoopy’s Christmas card mystery

Snoopy often imagines himself as a writer, tapping away at his typewriter, and he has a romantic streak. In one strip, he decides to send a girl a Christmas card. Lucy objects to calling her “sweetheart,” but the bigger problem is that Snoopy cannot remember the girl’s name.