Combining Peanuts Strips with The Smiths Lyrics Works Like a Charm

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Neetzan Zimmerman

08/14/13 06:00PM

Filed to: This Is Art

Inspired by a 1986 Smiths gig poster that features a ponderous Charlie Brown, Bay Area graphic designer Lauren LoPrete decided to see what would happen if she combined other Morrissey-penned lyrics with random panels from Peanuts comic strips.

The result — This Charming Charlie — is the sort of existential genius that stands proudly alongside such predecessors as Garfield Minus Garfield and the Nietzsche Family Circus.

[H/T: Reddit via Laughing Squid, screengrabs via Tumblr]

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bluetile Neetzan Zimmerman 08/14/13 06:10PM

OK this is awesome

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Pöòt Neetzan Zimmerman 08/14/13 06:12PM

They served toast, jellybeans and popcorn at Thanksgiving because they didn't want to stumble into the abyss of endless turkey holocaust.

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MarcusHalberslam Neetzan Zimmerman 08/14/13 06:17PM

Dear God... this is fantastic.

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LeSamourai Neetzan Zimmerman 08/14/13 06:19PM

Complete and utter genius - they had me at the Peppermint Patty/Marcie one. The next line, of course - "you can pin and mount me, like a butterfly......"