Lucy van Pelt first appeared in the Peanuts strip 65 years ago today on March 3, 1952. In the first strips featuring Lucy, she was depicted as a wide-eyed baby who often caused trouble for her unseen parents. Schulz soon began drawing Lucy as a more mature little girl, and she eventually became the bossy, crabby, “fussbudget” we know and love today. 🎂 | Charles M. Schulz Museum

The best thing Scott Van Pelt saw today? Gunnar Henderson's grand slam 💥 | SportsCenter

Best Cartoon Ever | Lucy Cartoon

Best Cartoon Ever | Lucy Cartoon

We Really Don’t Appreciate Lucy Van Pelt. The lessons she taught us need to be studied. She’s been unfairly labeled as an antagonist because of her recurring prank of pulling the football away from Charlie Brown, but she was teaching him resilience and perseverance!! No matter her repeated betrayal, Charlie Brown went to try to kick that football EVERY time. She instilled in him the audacity of hope!! She taught him the value of persistence even in the face of inevitable setbacks and to top it a