Here we have two characters we have already spoken of but not seen. The dog is Snoopy, a never-named breed, but, by popular definition, closely allied to a beagle - whilst the boy is Charlie Brown.
Snoopy was the fourth character to appear in the comic strip, on October the 4th, 1950, walking on all fours. But he was not called Snoopy until November the 10th, and he remained silent right until March the 16th, 1952, when suddenly his thoughts were inscribed in a bubble above his head. And he was resolute about remaining on all fours until January the 9th, 1956, when he stood up on his hind legs for the first time. Curiously, he was not stated to be Charlie Brown`s dog for some time after, that only happened on September the 1st, 1958.
The name Charlie Brown was actually part of another comic strip, "Li`l Folks", also by Charles M. Schultz, but he had no defined character. It was first used on May the 30th, 1948. Many fans believe that this strip was practise for what came later, and there was also a dog in it, called Rover, who looked much like Snoopy. Then, on October the 2nd, 1950, the "Peanuts" strip started, with a cartoon of two children sitting on a bench as another approaches, really too far away to be that visible, though the caption reads "Well ! Here comes Ol` Charlie Brown". Then he comes into view and passes. The two children on the bench were Patty, who we spoke of yesterday, and Shermy. He changed a bit over time, but first his clothing, as, on December the 21st, 1950, his plain shirt was replaced by a natty number with a zig-zag design.
The reverse of this sticker, once translated, tells us that it is one of twelve different stickers issued with "La Vache Qui Rit" - or "The Laughing Cow". However if the back is missing just look at the front of the card, because "La Vache Qui Rit" appears along the bottom frameline to the right. Up one of the sides it says "(c) [dates] - United Features Syndicate, Inc." These dates differ, see table below. Some of the pictures are also in vertical format, with a long picture. and some are in horizontal format, with a tall picture.
The characters shown, titles, and translations, in alphabetical order, rather than how they appear on the back of the sticker, are as follows :
| H/V - | colour - |
characters - |
wording - | dates |
| H - | blue - | Snoopy, Lucy - |
"Avec un sourire ca va mieux / it feels better with a smile - |
1952 - 1958 |
| V - | blue - | Snoopy, Woodstock - | "C`est bon d`avoir un copain" / it`s good to have a friend - |
1958 - 1965 |
| H - | yellow - | Patty, Snoopy - |
"Dites-le avec des fleurs" / say it with flowers - |
1950 -1958 |
| V - | blue & green - | Snoopy - | "Et vive la peche a la ligne" / and long live fishing - |
1958 |
| V - | yellow - | Snoopy, skateboard - | "Et vive le sport" / and long live sport - |
1958 |
| V - | yellow, pink - | Snoopy - | "J`en fais toujours trop" / I always do too much - |
1958 |
| H - | pink, green - | Snoopy - | "Je suis en pleine forme" / I am in good shape - |
1958 |
| V - | orange | Snoopy, Charlie Brown - | "L`homme est le meilleur ami du chien" / man is a dog`s best friend |
1950 -1958 |
| V - | yellow - | Snoopy - | "Moi, j`aime les espaces verts" / I like green spaces - |
1958 |
| V - | yellow - | Snoopy - | "Moi, j`prefere la marche a pied!" / I prefer walking - |
1965 |
| V - | pink, yellow | Snoopy - | "On devrait construire les villes a la campagne" / we should build cities in the countryside |
1958 |
| H - | green | Snoopy, Woodstock - | "Un toit pour chacun" / a roof for everyone |
1958 - 1965 |