An early influence on cartoonist Charles Schulz and an inspiration for his "Peanuts", "Skippy" is considered one of the classics of the form. In "Vanity Fair", humorist Corey Ford described it as "America's most important contribution to humor of the century", while comics historian John A. Lent wrote, "The first half-century of the comics spawned many kid strips, but only one could be elevated to the status of classic... which innovated a number of sophisticated and refined touches used later by Charles Schulz and Bill Watterson..." Comics artist Jerry Robinson said,