Schulz, Charles M.

Schulz, Charles M. (Charles Monroe Schulz), 1922–2000, American cartoonist, b. Minneapolis, Minn. Creator of the enormously popular syndicated comic strip Peanuts (1950–2000), one of the world's most popular examples of the genre, Schulz expressed a droll yet tender philosophy through his strip's children and animals. Among its principal characters are Charlie Brown, a gentle, puzzled boy, usually failing, yet always persevering; Lucy, his bossy, know-it-all friend; Linus, a philosophical tyke with a security blanket; and Snoopy, a romantic, self-deluded beagle. One of the many collections of Peanuts comic strips published in book form is Peanuts Classics (1970). A number of cartoon television specials based on the strip have been made.

Bibliography

See his Charlie Brown, Snoopy and Me (1980); R. G. Johnson, Good Grief: The Story of Charles M. Schulz (1989).

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Schulz, Charles M. (Monroe) (1922–  ) cartoonist; born in Minneapolis, Minn. After studying art through a correspondence course and contributing free-lance cartoons to the Saturday Evening Post, he created in 1950 a newspaper comic strip tentatively titled Li'l Folks. The strip was accepted for syndication under the new title, Peanuts, and became the most successful cartoon strip in history. The childhood travails of Charlie Brown and his friends, Lucy, Linus, and his dog, Snoopy, have been immortalized in more than 30 animated television specials and three full-length cartoon films, and have made Schulz one of the wealthiest individuals in America.