Happy 75th Birthday To Charles Schulz’s Peanuts

Happy Birthday Charlie Brown And Co

This year is the 75th anniversary of Charles Schulz’s worldwide phemonena strip Peanuts and here’s a fascinating documentary about Schultz and the genesis of the strip…

Here’s the 1950 debut of Peanuts

Here’s a little potted history of the strip courtesy of People Magazine

On Oct. 2, 1950, a comic strip called “Peanuts” appeared for the first time in nine American newspapers, starring a “lovable loser” named Charlie Brown.

Within its first 25 years, it became one of the most successful comic strips in history, syndicated daily in 1,655 newspapers around the globe.

It launched a multi-million dollar empire that included books, greeting cards, movies, television specials, and the long-running stage musical You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown.

Since then, the franchise has continued to roll out new films, despite its creator Charles M Schulz’s death from colon cancer in 2000 at age 77. Peanuts Worldwide is co-owned by Schulz’s family and the Canadian entertainment company WildBrain, with Apple TV+ owning the streaming rights and rights to create new “Peanuts” content. Schulz, who died the same week he retired, once said that his main character was his alter-ego — and like Charlie Brown, he was prone to bouts of depression, panic, and feeling unlovable.

Read the whole piece here

https://people.com/peanuts-turns-75-charles-m-schulz-life-facts-11820843#