Shermy of the Peanuts gang, Charlie Brown's oldest friend. With the distinction of appearing in the very first strip and setting the tone for oddball comment to come. Made from a Linus head and Charlie Brown winter coat body and hunting hat. Schulz drew two types of heads: round and squash-shaped. I had to widen Shermy's skull with green putty to make him look older. I also inserted thick card into his legs to make him taller. His hair is plastic string fitted piece by piece on end for a crew cut. The baseball was luckily a Christmas ornament. The bat is made from a pen. I want each Peanuts character to have an iconic prop, and nobody else had baseball equipment. I painted him and Dullcoted, then drew on the features with an .003 art marker. Shultz named Shermy after a childhood friend, but phased him out, saying, "I only used Shermy when a character needed someone boring to talk to." Hey, a boring friend who listens - pure gold
