Charles M. Schulz, Peanuts Fame

Posted by Tel Asiado Nov 26, 2008

This day, November 26 (1922), Charles Monroe Schulz, creator of Peanuts, is born, in St. Paul, Minnesota. He was the only child of Carl Schulz (German) and Dena Halverson (Norwegian.) He was nicknamed "Sparky" which was taken by his uncle after the horse Spark Plug in another comic strip Barney Google.

Schulz was an American comic artist whose cartoon Peanuts became the top and most widely syndicated comic strip of all time. It was launched October 2, 1950. He has published numerous books, and won many major awards in his lifetime, including Emmy awards for his animated specials and the Congressional Gold Medal. His worldwide recognition and success started when the United Feature Syndicate ran his first comic strip installment called "Peanuts." The rest is history.

His creation is loved by people from all walks of life, ordinary and celebrities, to dignitaries and powerful leaders. There is always someone or a mutliple of his characters that anyone, young or old, can relate to - be it lovable Charlie Brown and his winsome beagle pet Snoopy, Linus, Lucy, Peppermint Patty, and the rest of the gang.

Charles Schulz died of colon cancer at the age of 77, on February 12, 2000. The characters he created live on, and so does his memory, to millions of his admirers.