1940s in comics appears in "All Winners Comics" #19, published by Timely Comics. "Sazae-san", by Machiko Hasegawa debuts in Fukunichi Shimbun. "Li'l Folks", the first comic strip by "Peanuts" creator Charles M. Schulz, debuts mainly in Schulz's hometown paper, the "St. Paul Pioneer Press", on June 22. "Li'l Folks" can almost be regarded as an embryonic version of "Peanuts", containing characters and themes which were to reappear in the later strip: a well-dressed young man with a fondness for Beethoven a la Schroeder, a dog with a striking resemblance to Snoopy, and even a boy named Charlie Brown. The Association of Comics Magazine
Patty (Peanuts) character has appeared in numerous "Peanuts" television specials, cinematic films, theatrical plays, and video games. In the 2015 film "The Peanuts Movie", her last name is given as Swanson. This name never appeared in the comic strip or in any official Peanuts media during Schulz's lifetime and is thus not canon. An early conception of the character was created by Schulz for his comic strip "Li'l Folks" (which is like an embryonic stage of "Peanuts"). Schulz then reused the character for "Peanuts," and there, he named her Patty. The first published strip in which Patty was featured was in the