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Charles M. Schulz

26 Nov 1922 - 12 Feb 2000

Charles Monroe "Sparky" Schulz (November 26, 1922 – February 12, 2000) was an American cartoonist and creator of the comic strip Peanuts (which featured the characters Charlie Brown and Snoopy, among many others). He is widely regarded as one of the most influential cartoonists of all time, cited by cartoonists including Jim Davis, Bill Watterson, Matt Groening, and Dav Pilkey.

Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on November 26, 1922, Schulz was the only child of Dena and Carl Schulz. From birth, comics played an important role in Schulz’s life. At just two days old, an uncle nicknamed him “Sparky” after the horse Spark Plug from the Barney Google comic strip, and throughout his youth he and his father shared a Sunday morning ritual reading the funnies. Schulz always knew he wanted to be a cartoonist and was very proud when Ripley’s newspaper feature, Believe it or Not, published his drawing of the family dog in 1937.

Schulz put his artistic ambitions on hold during World War II while serving as a machine-gun squad leader, though he regularly sketched episodes of daily army life in his sketchbook. Following his discharge in 1945, Schulz returned to St. Paul to pursue a cartooning career. Between 1947 and 1950, he drew a weekly comic panel for the St. Paul Pioneer Press and also sold seventeen comic gags to The Saturday Evening Post. After many rejection slips, Schulz finally realized his dream of creating a nationally-syndicated daily comic strip when Peanuts debuted in seven newspapers on October 2, 1950. By 1965, Schulz was twice honored with the Reuben Award by the National Cartoonists Society for his talents, and Peanuts was an international success.

When Schulz announced his retirement for health reasons in December 1999, Peanuts was in more than 2,600 newspapers worldwide; he died shortly thereafter, on Saturday, February 12, 2000, just hours before the final Peanuts Sunday strip appeared in newspapers.

Sources: Charles M. Schulz on Wikipedia; Biography of Charles M. Schulz on Charles M. Schulz Museum

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  • Cover of: It's Your Turn Snoopy: Selected Cartoons from 'You're the Guest of Honor, Charlie Brown', Vol. 1

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  • Cover of: You're a Brave Man, Charli Brown: Selected Cartoons from 'You Can Do It, Charlie Brown', Vol. II

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  • Cover of: Think Thinner, Snoopy: Selected Cartoons from 'Don't Hassle Me with Your Sighs, Chuck', Vol. 2

    First published in 1975 4 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Who's the Funny-Looking Kid With the Big Nose?: Cartoons from 'You Need help, Charlie Brown' and 'The Unsinkable Charlie Brown'

    First published in 1976 4 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Snoopy's facts & fun book about planes: based on the Charles M. Schulz characters

    First published in 1979 4 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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Comic books, strips, Pictorial American wit and humor, Children's fiction, Humor, form, comic strips & cartoons, Cartoons and comics, Comic strips, Comic books, Fiction, Caricatures and cartoons, Juvenile fiction, Comic books, strips, etc., Snoopy (fictitious character), fiction, Dogs, Brown, charlie (fictitious character), fiction, Literature, Juvenile literature, Children, Charlie Brown (Fictitious character), Snoopy (Fictitious character), Humor, Wit and humor, collection:peanuts, Love, American wit and humor, pictorial, Dogs, fiction
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Charlie Brown (Fictitious character), Snoopy (Fictitious character), Snoopy (fictitious character), Charles M. Schulz (1922-2000), Charlie Brown (fictitious character), Charles M. Schulz, Lucy Van Pelt (fictitious character), Snoopy (fictional character), Linus Van Pelt (fictitious character), P.D. Eastman, Lucy Van Pelt (Fictitious character), Woodstock (fictitious character), Charlie Brown (fictional character), Linus Van Pelt (Fictitious character), Charlie Brown, Schroeder (fictitious character), Woodstock (Fictitious character), Lucy van Pelt (Fictitious character), Manfred von Richthofen (1892-1918), Marcie (fictitious character), Peppermint Patty (fictitious character), Red Baron (fictitious character), Sally Brown (fictitious character), Snoopy, Woodstock (fictional character)
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1980, 20th century, Random House Home Video, charlie brown, 1914-1918, 1922-2000, 1947-1950, 1950-1952, 1950-1970, 1967, 1980-1981, 1992, Beginner Book Video, Charles M. Schulz, Charlie Brown, Disney's Favorite Stories Collection Brings You 4 Fun Filled Classic Children's Stories On Videocassette., P.D. Eastman, Peanuts, Production Design by Maurice Noble, Saying "Eres Tu Mi Mama?", the baby bird saying "eres tu mi mama?', ¿Eres tú mi mamá? Por P.D. Eastman

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April 29, 2024 Edited by dcapillae remove wrong name
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