Mad #117

Mar 1968 · EC · 0.30 USD

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“Will Success Spoil Charlie Brown?”

In "Will Success Spoil Charlie Brown?", a former friend of Charlie Brown returns to the Peanuts neighborhood to find the once-simple world of the strip transformed by fame and fortune. Written by Larry Siegel and illustrated by Jack Rickard, this 1968 satire skewers celebrity culture through a familiar yet altered landscape, with the cover by Norman Mingo capturing the story’s wry, ironic tone.

writer Larry Siegel · artist, inker Jack Rickard · cover Norman Mingo

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writer Larry Siegel

artist, inker Jack Rickard

cover pencils, inks Norman Mingo

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In a parody of “Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?”, a former friend of Charlie Brown of the Peanuts comic strip visits the old neighborhood and finds that the characters of the strip have let success change them.

Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).

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