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The curators say the strips, three of which were acquired from a private collector last year and will be on show for the first time, are “a rare opportunity to see characters differing from the beloved Peanuts Gang”. But some similarities are clear. Irascible, overbearing and loud, the storeroom manager Ms Hamhock could easily be Charlie Brown’s nemesis, Lucy van Pelt, grown up. And it is not difficult to see Elmer Hagemayer, a meek and compliant worker whose cheerfulness and opt...