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

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.