Peanuts Original Production Cel Key Set-Up: Lucy Van Pelt, Peppermint Patty

Lucy Van Pelt, Peppermint Patty

MEDIUM: Original Production Cel on Printed Background
IMAGE SIZE: 12.5" x 10.5"
PRODUCTION: You're a Good Sport, Charlie Brown (1975)
SKU: CCV5923

ABOUT THE SPECIAL: You’re a Good Sport, Charlie Brown prime-time animated television special which originally aired on October 28, 1975.  The story line follows Charlie Brown, Peppermint Patty, and Snoopy, as the Masked Marvel, as they participate in a charity motocross race.

Peanuts is a syndicated daily and Sunday American comic strip written and illustrated by Charles M. Schulz. The strip's original run extended from 1950 to 2000, continuing in reruns afterward. Peanuts is among the most popular and influential in the history of comic strips, with 17,897 strips published in all, making it "arguably the longest story ever told by one human being". The characters from Schulz's comic have also appeared in 53 animated specials, 8 animated television series, and 6 theatrical films.

ABOUT THE MEDIUM: Original production cels are one-of-a-kind pieces of art that were used in the creation of an animated film or television show. Each has been hand-painted by studio artists on a piece of celluloid acetate and has been photographed over a background painting to create a frame of the finished production.

Original Production Cel "Key Set-Ups" contain the first or last poses in an animation sequence. Key Set-Ups are often presented on the scene's original background.