Peanuts Halloween 1999: Happy Halloween! It's a Zamboni!

Who would complain about a single strip to celebrate Halloween in the Peanuts comics in 1999? This would be the last original Halloween-related strip Charles Schulz would create.  Linus never did get to see the Great Pumpkin, but we all know he's still out there, waiting patiently in the pumpkin patch.

Peanuts Halloween 1998: We're giving away a doughnut with every subscription to the "Great Pumpkin" newsletter

Happy Halloween!  We made it through a whole month of Halloween Peanuts comic strips!  This is the first of two installments to celebrate the day - the last two years of Halloween in the Peanuts comic strip.

Charles Schulz would stop creating original Peanuts comic strips in 1999.  The 1998 story line was the last multiple-strip celebration of Halloween, and it was a doozy, with 11 strips.

Peanuts Halloween 1997: ♪ ♫ ♪

A nice wordless Sunday panel celebrated Halloween in 1997.

Peanuts Halloween 1996: Are you the "Great Pumpkin"?

Linus' little brother, Rerun, finally gets talked into going door-to-door with Linus, but he's not so sure about it...

Peanuts Halloween 1994: I was hoping I could see the "Great Pumpkin" come flying in...

In 1994, Linus tried a new tactic to spy the Great Pumpkin...

Peanuts Halloween 1991: The "Great Pumpkin" didn't show up again, did she?

Linus recruits Snoopy to go door-to-door to tell everyone about the Great Pumpkin, with results he's probably come to expect.  What he didn't expect was Lucy's reaction the day after Halloween...

Peanuts Halloween 1988: You have a nice way of wording things

Another year with a single strip to celebrate Halloween, and this year, for unexplained reasons, Linus decided to forego the pumpkin patch...

Peanuts Halloween 1983: He was standing with his arms in the air like this...

While Linus waits in the pumpkin patch for the Great Pumpkin, whom should come along, but Snoopy's brother, Spike...

Peanuts Halloween 1976: Don't start in again about the "Great Pumpkin"!

A brief celebration of Halloween for Peanuts fans in 1976, but at least they got two full Sunday comics.

Peanuts Halloween 1970: The Great Pumpkin is a male chauvinist

There was no real Great Pumpkin story line in 1970; rather, Charles Schulz ran a series of mostly unrelated strips that had a Great Pumpkin theme.

Peanuts Halloween 1969: Are the "Head Beagle" and the Great Pumpkin the same person?

In 1969, Linus briefly (for two days) toyed with the idea that the "Head Beagle" and the Great Pumpkin were the same person.  After that, Peanuts fans were treated to a few more Halloween-themed strips.

Peanuts Halloween 1968: Where the Great Pumpkin is concerned, Gramma is very uptight

Only five Peanuts strips in 1968 celebrated Halloween. After a Sunday stand-alone strip, Linus continued his quest to see the Great Pumpkin, only to be foiled by his grandmother...