July 27, 2017 through January 14, 2018 | Upstairs Changing Gallery
In spite of his popularity with fans, Pig Pen was featured in just over 100 of the 17,897 Peanuts comic strips that Schulz created. Generating new storylines suited to Pig Pen’s messiness proved challenging for Schulz, who explained, “Usually, I just run out of ideas for him, but somehow he keeps hanging in there.” From his 1954 debut, to his last appearance in 1999, Pig Pen evolved in the way that Schulz portrayed his dirtiness. Through a display of original sketches, comic strips and ephemera, discover the creative ways Schulz brought Pig Pen, with his cloud of dust in tow, into the world of Peanuts.