The Writing of Charlie Brown

During the week, I read the comics and short stories of Charlie Brown, and the Peanuts Gallery. It was a well read, drawn well, and had some humor that stayed relevant today. However while I was reading it something felt off about it. Not in terms of the writing, or the drawings but rather in terms of how easy they were to understand. It may have to do with how short each comic is, and how they're written primarily for children, but writing in The Peanuts felt so much easier than what it was before.
Another thing I noticed while reading the comics were the fact that they felt too simple compared to the animations of Charlie Brown that would follow soon during the 1960's. One thing that sets the two apart aside from the fact one is animated, and one is drawn out is the style of animation the show follows. The design is similar to the comics which makes it unique, and memorable in its own style, but by todays standards of animation, it feels a little too simple.
At the end of the day, both the comic, and the cartoon are meant to appeal to children, and I do not discourage them for doing so. In fact I commemorate them, it's just to me The Peanuts doesn't seem as complicated, or as hard to follow as it used to be for me. And for me that's a good thing.