Schroeder (Peanuts) arrives with a toy violin and asks Schroeder if he could play Beethoven on it, and Schroeder scoffs at such an absurd idea. Peppermint Patty once called Schroeder a "miniature Leonard Bernstein" after she heard him whistling a classical piece during a ball game shortly after she was introduced to the strip and briefly took over management of the team. Schroeder's other distinguishing mark as a character is his constant refusal of Lucy's love. Lucy is infatuated with Schroeder, and frequently lounges against his piano while he is playing, professing her love for him. But Beethoven was a lifelong bachelor,
Sally Forth (Greg Howard comic strip) Craig MacIntosh, with Marciuliano continuing to write even after Alaniz retired from full-time work on the "Sally Forth" product line. Sally Forth (Greg Howard comic strip) Sally Forth is a daily comic strip created by Greg Howard in 1982 and distributed by King Features Syndicate, focusing on the life of a white American middle-class mother at home and work. Sally's name—and the name of the eponymous cartoon strip—is a play on words—"to sally forth" means to set out on an adventure. In 1991 Craig MacIntosh began doing the drawing. In 1999, Howard quit writing as well and turned the task