Over five decades of solitary and deeply personal work, Charles Schulz drew 17,897 Peanuts comic strips, producing a body of work that constitutes not only the richest achievement in comic strip history but also the most resonant sports strip of all time. Thousands of Peanuts panels are filtered through Schulz’s love of sports, a collective subcategory that perhaps more than any other delivers the essence of his work.
Charles M. Schulz created some of the world’s most recognizable young characters, but Peanuts was not his only foray into the funny pages. Sometime in the mid-1950s, Schulz developed a concept for a workplace humor strip featuring adults. He titled it Hagemeyer, after his close friend from the Army.
This fall, Craft Recordings will celebrate Halloween with a collectible, pumpkin-shaped vinyl album featuring Vince Guaraldi’s evocative music from It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown. Pressed on orange wax, the 45-RPM LP features 17 selections from the 1966 animated TV special, including the timeless “Linus and Lucy,” “The Great Pumpkin Waltz,” and the ghoulish “Graveyard Theme.
Honoring the “everyman” creator, Charles “Sparky” Schulz, “Who Are You, Charlie Brown?” celebrates the significance and global multi-generational popularity of the comic strip and its timeless artistry and design to profile the man whose simple characters would touch the lives of millions through the decades and become beloved cultural icons.
Vince Guaraldi added a new dimension to Peanuts TV specials. There is no mistaking when you hear the theme song, Linus and Lucy. It’s a magical youthful strut to our innocence. Record Store Day 2021 is celebrating the 1964 re-issue of A Boy Named Charlie Brown by Vince Guaraldi Trio Set in vinyl by Craft Recordings.
Charles M. Schulz with simple line drawings was able to convey a whole set of emotions. The wholesomeness of those lines became jaggier with age but tapped into the universality of happiness. Peanuts: Happiness Is Having a Friend A Fill-In Book taps into the Peanutsverse with some of the most iconic images of the Peanuts gang.
Peanuts were written and drawn by one man for 50 years. In those 50 years, politics crept in a subtle manner but left a deep imprint. Charles M. Schulz never wanted Peanuts to be a gag comic strip. Peanuts were cerebral at times. Laughter was never the end goal. Peanuts stood above the heap of comic strips from the beginning. Unlike Pogo where politics was the main raison d’etre. Pogo is a brilliantly drawn strip but has lost its meaning with the advancement of time. Peanuts driving force has always been about simplicity at the core. This is why Peanuts is timeless.
In the seventies, everyone was crazy about peanuts, the comic strip about depressed children that showed that life was pointless and effort was futile.
Sports company PUMA teams up with Peanuts for a new line of footwear, apparel, and accessories for adults and kids featuring Charles M. Schulz’s classic characters. The two iconic brands come together to create a fun collection revolving around sport and the Peanuts gang.
The Peanuts’ Dell comics, originally printed from 1957-1962, are collected for the first time!
Did you know that Charles M. Schulz created the unofficial California Golden Seals mascot? His name was Sparky Seal. Schulz
There was a real little red-haired girl (Donna Mae Johnson) in Charles M. Schulz’s life. He loved her and proposed
The thing I love about Charles M. Schulz’s art is the simplicity. Simple squiggles and lines are sometimes more powerful
“Good Grief,” a widely recognized expression, achieved fame through its association with Charles M. Schulz’s beloved comic strip, Peanuts.
It’s the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown! The Phil Roman directed animated short might not be as popular as the Christmas
