# 25 Funniest ‘Peanuts’ Comics from the 1960s That Prove Charles M. Schulz Is Unbeatable

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/25-funniest-peanuts-comics-from-the-1960s-that-prove-charles-m-schulz-is-unbeatable/
- Published: 2026-11-15T09:00:17+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-15T13:49:18+00:00
- Original publisher: Polygon
- Original article: https://www.polygon.com/funniest-peanuts-comics-1960s/
- Topics: Gaming

## Key points

- Linus’s school presidential campaign satirises real-world politics.
- His support reaches 92 per cent before a major twist.
- The article recommends reading the full 25-day comic arc.

## Summary

Charles M. Schulz’s 1964 Peanuts storyline about Linus running for school president turned the US election season into a month-long comic satire. Its jokes about political slogans, campaigning and the press helped make the arc one of the strip’s funniest, while giving it a resonance that the article says still feels relevant.

The campaign begins on 5 October, after Lucy persuades Linus to run and becomes his campaign manager; Charlie Brown is chosen as his running mate. Linus gives rousing speeches, including one about “moral decline”, and at one point polls at 92 per cent before a major turn on 21 October. The article recommends reading the 25-day story as a whole, and notes that Sunday strips were written to stand alone because some readers only received Sunday papers.

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