Charles M. Schulz
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Description
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
Books
The Complete Peanuts, 1953 to 1954
Collects all the "Peanuts" comic strips as originally published in newspapers, including both daily and Sunday strips.
Snoopy, flying ace to the rescue
Instead of doing what other dogs do, Charlie Brown's dog imagines himself chasing the German World War I pilot, the Red Baron.
How to Draw Peanuts
Provides instructions for drawing Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Linus, Lucy, Woodstock, Schroeder, and other familiar characters from Charles M. Schulz's famous comic strip.
It's a Dog's Life, Snoopy
Celebrate your favorite times with the Peanuts gang in this compilation of two complete Peanuts books. It's a dog's life, Snoopy, brings all the beloved Peanuts friends together for great times and hilarious fun. Then, Charlie Brown faces some of life's little challenges with the help of Snoopy, Peppermint Patty, Lucy, Linus, and the rest of the gang in It's a big world, Charlie Brown.
It's a Big World, Charlie Brown
Life isn't always easy for Charlie Brown. Between that pesky kite-eating tree, a complete lack of valentines in his mailbox and his troubles on the pitcher's mound, it can be downright disheartening.
Peanuts Every Sunday 1952-1955
his glorious compilation of Peanuts Every Sunday is the debut volume that collects, for the first time ever, all the Peanuts strips that ran in everyone's newspaper on Sundays- each comic strip reproduced in vibrant, warm full color! In this luxurious hardcover reprinting that years 1952 through 1955, Charles Schulz introduces Schroeder, Lucy, and Linus to his archetypal Peanuts cast of Charlie Brown and Snoopy.
Here's to You, Mom!
A collection about Mothers, based on the Peanuts comic strip by Charles M. Schulz.
Siblings
Anna Quindlen writes about her family, both her own siblings and her observations of her own children as siblings. Accompanied by photographs of Quindlen's children and other siblings.
Thank Goodness for People
Despite Charlie Brown's sufferings, Linus's insecurities, Lucy's shrewishness, Snoopy's pleas for affection, and Schroeder's obsession with Beethoven, the Peanuts gang stays together.
A Kiss on the Nose Turns Anger Aside
In this book, Linus is devastated when Lucy uses his blanket as a kite and lets go of the string, sending the blanket soaring into the stratosphere. Luckily the air corps is called in and rescues the blanket from being drowned at sea. Little sister Sally decides she's not the going-to-school type and tries to get a deferment from kindergarten. And Frieda torments everyone by talking about her naturally curly hair. This wonderful collection of strips is from 1962.