According to this person,
yes:
Snoopy even
passed for a human in many circumstances — Peppermint Patty referred to
him as the “funny-looking kid with a big nose,” and took him to her
school dance. And thus, the ‘humanizing’ of Snoopy also meant that the
real kids were used less and less. Snoopy filled their roles, and
eventually, many human characters were discarded altogether. By the 80s,
Shermy and Patty, who started the strip with Charlie Brown and Snoopy
in 1952, were gone, or reduced to brief cameos. Violet and her high bred
snobbery were gone. Frieda, who used to challenge Snoopy more than any
of the other characters, was also gone. Instead, we got more strips of
Snoopy in cute costumes.
What do I say? Maybe. It's like asking if The Fonz killed
Happy Days: he's still the coolest. Do we really give a shit about Shermy & Co.?
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