Charles M. Schulz
Born	Charles Monroe Schulz November 26, 1922 (1922-11-26) Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Died	February 12, 2000 (aged 77) Santa Rosa, California, USA
Cause of death	colon cancer
Occupation	Cartoonist
Known for	Peanuts comic strip (1950 – 2000)
Religious beliefs	Church of God (Anderson), secular humanist in his later life
Spouse	Joyce Halverson (1951 – 1972) Jean Forsyth Clyde (1973 – 2000)
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Charles Monroe Schulz (November 26, 1922^[1] – February 12, 2000) was a 20th-century American cartoonist best known worldwide for his Peanuts comic strip. Events 43 BC - The Second Triumvirate alliance of Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus ("Octavian" later "Caesar Augustus" Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1429 - English Forces under Sir John Fastolf defend a supply convoy carrying rations to the army besieging Orleans from attack by the 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. The twentieth century of the Common Era began on A cartoonist is a person who specializes in drawing Cartoons Traditionally much of this work was and still is humorous and is intended primarily for entertainment purposes Peanuts is a syndicated daily and Sunday Comic strip written and illustrated by Charles M A comic strip is a sequence of drawings that tells a story Currently in the Western world, most comic strips are written and drawn by a Comics artist

Contents 1 Life and career 2 Death 3 Awards 4 Legacy 5 Religion 6 Influences 7 See also 8 References 9 Further reading 10 External links

Life and career

Charles Monroe Schulz was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and grew up in Saint Paul. Saint Paul ( abbreviated St Paul) is the capital and second most populous city in the U He was the only child of Carl Schulz, who was German, and Dena, who was Norwegian. ^[2] His uncle nicknamed him "Sparky" after the horse Spark Plug in the Barney Google comic strip. Barney Google and Snuffy Smith, originally Barney Google, is a long-running American Comic strip created in 1919 by Billy De Beck.

Schulz loved drawing and sometimes drew his dog, Spike. Spike ate unusual things, like pins and tacks. Schultz drew a picture of Spike and sent it to Ripley's Believe It or Not! Then, his drawing appeared in the comic published by Robert Ripley with the caption "A dog that eats pins, tacks, and razor blades is owned by Charles F. Ripley's Believe It or Not! is a franchise founded by Robert Ripley, which deals in bizarre events and items so Robert LeRoy Ripley ( December 25, 1890 - May 27, 1949) was an American Cartoonist, Entrepreneur and amateur Schulz of St. Paul, Minn. Drawn by 'Sparky'" His middle initial was mistaken in the caption.

Schulz attended St. Paul's Richard Gordon Elementary School, where he skipped two half-grades. See also Primary education An elementary school is an institution where children receive the first stage of Compulsory education known as elementary He became a shy timid teenager, perhaps as a result of being the youngest in his class at Central High School. Central High School of Saint Paul, is the oldest high school in the state of Minnesota, United States.

After his mother died in February 1943, he was drafted into the United States Army and was sent to Fort Campbell in Kentucky. The United States Army is a military organization whose primary mission is to "provide necessary forces and capabilities. Fort Campbell is a United States Army installation located between Hopkinsville, Kentucky, and Clarksville, Tennessee, and is home The Commonwealth of Kentucky ( is a state located in the East Central United States of America. He was shipped to Europe two years later to fight in World War II with the U.S. 20th Armored Division. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The 20th Armored Division was an Armored division of the United States Army in World War II. Schulz attained the rank of Staff Sergeant and was awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge. For the Brush-footed butterfly Species, see Athyma selenophora. The Combat Infantryman Badge (CIB is an award of the United States Army which is presented to those officers warrant officers and enlisted soldiers in the grade

After leaving the army in 1945, he returned to Minneapolis where he took a job as an art teacher at Art Instruction, Inc. — he had taken correspondence courses before he was drafted. Distance education, or distance learning, is a field of education that focuses on the Pedagogy and Andragogy, technology and instructional systems design Schulz, before having his comics published, began doing lettering work for a Catholic comic magazine titled Timeless Topix, where he would rush back and forth from dropping off his lettering work and teaching at Art Instruction Schools, Inc.

Schulz's first made money for his comics when he sent in a drawing to The Saturday Evening Post. The Saturday Evening Post was a weekly Magazine published in the United States from August 4, 1821 to February 8, Schulz received $40 for the first drawing, and was asked to send more. Schulz sent in more comics similar to the first one. He received $40 for each of those. After sending a total of 13 cartoons in, Schulz ended his partnership with SEP.

Schulz's first regular cartoons, Li'l Folks, were published from 1947 to 1950 by the St. Paul Pioneer Press; he first used the name Charlie Brown for a character there, although he applied the name in four gags to three different boys and one buried in sand. Li'l Folks, the first Comic strip by Peanuts creator Charles M The St Paul Pioneer Press is a Newspaper based in St Paul Minnesota, primarily serving the Twin Cities metropolitan area Charles "Charlie" Brown is the main character in the Comic The series also had a dog that looked much like Snoopy. Snoopy is a Fictional character in the long-running Comic strip Peanuts, by Charles M In 1948, Schulz sold a cartoon to the Saturday Evening Post; the first of seventeen single-panel cartoons by Schulz that would be published there. The Saturday Evening Post was a weekly Magazine published in the United States from August 4, 1821 to February 8, In 1948, Schulz tried to have Li'l Folks syndicated through the Newspaper Enterprise Association. Schulz would have been an independent contractor for the syndicate, unheard of in the 1940s, but the deal fell through. Li'l Folks was dropped in January, 1950.

Later that year, Schulz approached the United Feature Syndicate with his best strips from Li'l Folks, and Peanuts made its first appearance on October 2, 1950. United Media is a large editorial column and Comic strip Newspaper syndication service based in the United States, owned by The E Events 1187 - Siege of Jerusalem: Saladin captures Jerusalem after 88 years of Crusader rule Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The strip became one of the most popular comic strips of all time. He also had a short-lived sports-oriented comic strip called It's Only a Game (1957 – 1959), but abandoned it due to the demands of the successful Peanuts. It's Only a Game was a sports-and-game-oriented comics panel by Charles M From 1956 to 1965 he also contributed a single-panel strip ("Young Pillars") featuring teenagers to Youth, a publication associated with the Church of God (Anderson).

Charlie Brown, the principal character for Peanuts, was named after a co-worker at the Art Instruction Schools; he drew much of his inspiration, however, from his own life:

• Like Charlie Brown, Schulz's father was a barber and his mother a housewife. Art Instruction Schools, better known to many as Art Instruction Inc
• Schulz had a dog when he was a boy. Unlike Snoopy the beagle, it was a pointer. Eventually, it was revealed that Snoopy had a desert-dwelling brother named Spike. In the Comic strip, Peanuts by Charles M Schulz, Snoopy was often stated to have seven siblings
• Spike's residence, outside of Needles, California, was likely influenced by the few years (1928 – 1930) that the Schulz family lived there; they had moved to Needles to join other family members who had relocated from Minnesota to tend to an ill cousin. Needles ( Mojave ʼAha Kuloh) is a city located on the western banks of the Colorado River in San Bernardino County, California. ^[3]
• Schulz was also shy and withdrawn.
• Schulz's "Little Red-Haired Girl" was Donna Johnson, an Art Instruction Schools accountant with whom he had a relationship. The Little Red-Haired Girl is an unseen character in the Peanuts comic strip by Charles M The Little Red-Haired Girl is an unseen character in the Peanuts comic strip by Charles M She rejected his marriage proposal, but remained a friend for the rest of his life.
• Linus and Shermy were both named for good friends of his (Linus Maurer and Sherman Plepler, respectively). Linus van Pelt is one of the characters in Charles M Schulz 's Comic strip Peanuts. Shermy was one of the four original characters in the Comic strip Peanuts, by Charles Schulz.
• Lucy was inspired by Joyce Halverson, his first wife. Lucille "Lucy" van Pelt is a Fictional character in the syndicated Comic strip Peanuts, written
• Peppermint Patty was inspired by Patricia Swanson, one of his cousins on his mother's side. Patricia "Peppermint Patty" Reichardt is a Fictional character featured in Charles M ^[4]

Schulz moved briefly to Colorado Springs, Colorado. The City of Colorado Springs is a Home Rule Municipality that is the County seat and most populous city of El Paso County, Colorado, He painted a wall in that home for his daughter Meredith, featuring Patty, Charlie Brown and Snoopy. The wall was removed in 2001 and donated to the Charles M. Schulz Museum in Santa Rosa, California. Santa Rosa is the County seat of Sonoma County California, United States The restored artwork by Schulz is printed in the paperback edition of Chip Kidd's book Peanuts: The Art of Charles M. Schulz.

Schulz's family returned to Minneapolis and stayed until 1958. They then moved to Sebastopol, California, where Schulz built his first studio. Sebastopol ( pronounced /səˈbæstəˌpʊl/ is a town in Sonoma County, California, United States, approximately north of San Francisco It was here that Schulz was interviewed for the unaired television documentary A Boy Named Charlie Brown. Some of the footage was eventually used in a later documentary titled Charlie Brown and Charles Schulz. The original documentary is available on DVD from The Charles M. Schulz Museum.

Schulz's father died while visiting him in 1966, the same year his Sebastopol studio burned down. By 1969, Schulz had moved to Santa Rosa, California, where he lived and worked for more than 30 years. Santa Rosa is the County seat of Sonoma County California, United States

Schulz had a long association with ice sports, as both figure skating and ice hockey featured prominently in his cartoons. Figure skating is an athletic Sport in which individuals pairs or groups perform spins, jumps, footwork and other intricate and challenging Ice hockey, often referred to simply as hockey, is a team Sport played on Ice. In Santa Rosa, he was the owner of the Redwood Empire Ice Arena, which opened in 1969. The Redwood Empire Ice Arena (commonly known as Snoopy 's Home Ice) is a popular Northern California indoor Ice rink located in Santa Rosa California Schulz's daughter Amy served as a model for the figure skating in the 1980 television special She's a Good Skate, Charlie Brown. She's a Good Skate Charlie Brown is one of many Prime-time animated TV specials based upon the popular Comic strip Peanuts Schulz also was very active in Senior Ice Hockey tournaments; in 1975, he formed Snoopy's Senior World Hockey Tournament at his Redwood Empire Ice Arena, and in 1981, Schulz was awarded the Lester Patrick Trophy for outstanding service to the sport of hockey in the United States. Snoopy's Senior World Hockey Tournament (commonly known as the " Snoopy Tournament " is a major amateur Ice hockey tournament held every summer at Redwood The Lester Patrick Trophy has been has presented by the National Hockey League and USA Hockey since 1966 to honor a recipient's contribution to Ice hockey In 1998, he hosted the 1st ever Over 75 Hockey Tournament (although goalies could be younger - 60). In 2001, Saint Paul renamed The Highland Park Ice Arena the "Charles Schulz Arena" in his honor.

The first full-scale biography of Schulz, Schulz and Peanuts: A Biography, by David Michaelis, was released in October 2007. October 2007 is the tenth month of that year It began on a Monday and 31 days later ended on a Wednesday. The book has been heavily criticized by the Schulz family, while Michaelis maintains that there is "no question" his work is accurate. ^[5] However, fellow artist Bill Watterson (creator of Calvin & Hobbes) feels that the biography does justice to Schulz's legacy, while giving insight into the emotional impetus of the creation of the strips. William B "Bill" Watterson II (born July 5, 1958) an American Cartoonist, is the author of the Comic strip Calvin and Hobbes Calvin and Hobbes is a Comic strip written and illustrated by Bill Watterson, following the humorous antics of Calvin, an imaginative ^[6]

In light of David Michaelis' biography and the controversy surrounding his interpretation of the personality that was Charles Schulz, responses from his family reveal some intimate knowledge about the Schulz's persona beyond that of mere artist. [1]

Death

Peanuts ran for nearly 50 years without interruption and appeared in more than 2,600 newspapers in 75 countries. In November 1999 Schulz suffered a stroke, and later it was discovered that he had colon cancer that had metastasized. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) A stroke is the rapidly developing loss of brain functions due to a disturbance in the blood vessels supplying blood to the brain Colorectal cancer, also called colon cancer or large bowel cancer, includes Cancerous growths in the colon, Rectum and Metastasis ( Greek: displacement μετά=next + στάσις=placement, plural metastases) sometimes abbreviated mets, Because of the chemotherapy and the fact he could not read or see clearly, he announced his retirement on December 14, 1999. Chemotherapy, in its most general sense refers to treatment of disease by chemicals that kill cells specifically those of micro-organisms or Cancer. Events 1287 - St Lucia's flood: The Zuider Zee sea wall in the Netherlands collapses killing over 50000 people Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) This was difficult for Schulz, and he was quoted as saying to Al Roker on The Today Show, "I never dreamed that this would happen to me. Albert Lincoln "Al" Roker Jr (born August 20 1954 is an American television broadcaster best known as the weather anchor for NBC 's Today Today, also referred to as The Today Show, is an American morning news and talk show airing weekday mornings on NBC. I always had the feeling that I would stay with the strip until I was in my early eighties, or something like that. But all of sudden it's gone. I did not take it away. This has been taken away from me. "

Schulz died in Santa Rosa of complications from colon cancer at 9:45 p. m. on February 12, 2000, at age 77. Events 1429 - English Forces under Sir John Fastolf defend a supply convoy carrying rations to the army besieging Orleans from attack by the 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. He was interred in Pleasant Hills Cemetery in Sebastopol.

The last original strip ran the day after his death. In it, a statement was included from Schulz that his family wished for the strip to end when he was no longer able to produce it. Schulz had previously predicted that the strip would outlive him, with his reason being that comic strips are usually drawn weeks before their publication. As part of his will, Schulz had requested that the Peanuts characters remain as authentic as possible and that no new comic strips based on them be drawn. United Features has legal ownership of the strip, but his wishes have been honored, although reruns of the strip are still being syndicated to newspapers. Print syndication is a form of syndication in which News articles columns, or Comic strips are made available to Newspapers, Magazines New television specials have also been produced since Schulz's death, but the stories are based on previous strips.

Schulz had been asked if, for his final Peanuts strip, Charlie Brown would finally get to kick that football after so many decades. His response: "Oh, no! Definitely not! I couldn't have Charlie Brown kick that football; that would be a terrible disservice to him after nearly half a century. "

He was honored on May 27, 2000, by cartoonists of 42 comic strips paying homage to him and Peanuts. Events 927 - Simeon the Great, Tsar of Bulgaria, dies 1120 - Richard III of Capua is anointed 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. ^[7]

Awards

Schulz received the National Cartoonist Society Humor Comic Strip Award in 1962 for Peanuts, the Society's Elzie Segar Award in 1980, their Reuben Award for 1955 and 1964, and their Milton Caniff Lifetime Achievement Award in 1999. The National Cartoonists Society is the world's largest organization of professional Cartoonists It presents the Reuben Awards. The National Cartoonists Society is the world's largest organization of professional Cartoonists It presents the Reuben Awards. He was also a hockey fan; in 1981, Schulz was awarded the Lester Patrick Trophy for outstanding contributions to the sport of hockey in the United States, and he was inducted into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame in 1993. The United States Hockey Hall of Fame is a museum located in Eveleth, Minnesota. On June 28, 1996, Schulz was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, adjacent to Walt Disney's. Events 1098 - Fighters of the First Crusade defeat Kerbogha of Mosul. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) The Hollywood Walk of Fame is a Sidewalk along Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street in Hollywood Los Angeles California, USA, that Walter Elias Disney (December 5 1901 – December 15 1966 was a multiple Academy Award -winning American Film producer, director, Screenwriter A replica of this star appears outside his former studio in Santa Rosa. Schulz is a recipient of the Silver Buffalo Award, the highest adult award given by the Boy Scouts of America, for his service to American youth. The Silver Buffalo Award is the national-level distinguished service award of the Boy Scouts of America. The Boy Scouts of America ( BSA) is the largest youth organization in the United States with over five million

On June 20, 2000 the United States Congress posthumously awarded Schulz the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest civilian honor the US legislature can award. Events 451 - Battle of Chalons: Flavius Aetius ' defeats Attila the Hun. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Not to be confused with the Medal of Honor, sometimes called the "Congressional Medal of Honor" which is the highest military decoration of the United States Schulz's widow, Jean, accepted the award on behalf of her late husband.

Schulz was inducted into the United States Figure Skating Hall of Fame in 2007. The United States Skating Hall of Fame serves as a repository for the sport of Figure skating.

Legacy

The greatest legacy Charles Schulz leaves behind is his creation, Charlie Brown, Snoopy, and the rest of the Peanuts gang.

In 2000, the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors rechristened the Charles M. Schulz - Sonoma County Airport in his honor. Sonoma County, located on the northern coast of California, is one of the northernmost counties of the nine county Greater San Francisco Bay Area, U Charles M Schulz - Sonoma County Airport is an airport located a few miles northwest of Santa Rosa and south of the city of Windsor The airport's logo features Snoopy in goggles and scarf, taking to the skies on top of his red doghouse.

The Charles M. Schulz Museum and Research Center in Santa Rosa opened on August 17, 2002, two blocks away from his former studio and celebrates his life's work and art of cartooning. The Charles M Schulz Museum and Research Center is a Museum dedicated to the works of Charles Schulz, creator of the Peanuts comic strip Events 986 - A Byzantine army was destroyed in the pass of Trajan's Gate by the Bulgarians under the Comitopuli See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. A bronze statue of Charlie Brown and Snoopy stands in Depot Park in downtown Santa Rosa.

The Jean and Charles Schulz Information Center at Sonoma State University is one of the largest libraries in the CSU system and the state of California with a 400,000 volume general collection and with a 750,000 volume automated retrieval system capacity. Sonoma State University is a public coeducational business and Liberal arts college affiliated with the California State University system The $41. 5 million building was named after Schulz and his wife donated a large sum of the money, $5 million, needed to build and furnish the structure. The library opened in 2000 and now stands as one of the largest buildings in the university.

Peanuts on Parade has been Saint Paul, Minnesota’s tribute to its favorite native cartoonist. It began in 2000 with the placing of 101 five-foot tall statues of Snoopy throughout the city of Saint Paul. Every summer for the next 4 years statues of a different Peanuts character were placed on the sidewalks of Saint Paul. In 2001 there was Charlie Brown Around Town, 2002 brought Looking for Lucy, then in 2003 along came Linus Blankets Saint Paul, ending in 2004 with Snoopy lying on his doghouse. The statues were auctioned off at the end of each summer, so some remain around the city but others have been relocated. Permanent, bronze statues of the Peanuts character are also found in Landmark Plaza in downtown Saint Paul.

For the past five years, Forbes Magazine has rated Schulz the second "highest paid deceased person" in America (after Elvis Presley), with his estate continuing to garner income totaling more than $32 million since his passing. According to the book "Where Are They Buried?" (as well as other sources), Charles M. Schulz's income during his lifetime totaled more than $1. 1 billion, a true testament to the impact Schulz had on three generations of Americans who grew up with the Peanuts gang and "good Ol' Charlie Brown. "

Religion

Schulz touched on religious themes in his work, including the classic television cartoon, A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965), which features the character Linus van Pelt quoting the King James Version of the Bible Luke 2:8-14 to explain "what Christmas is all about. A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965 is the first of many Prime-time animated TV specials based upon the popular Comic strip " In personal interviews Schulz mentioned that Linus represented his spiritual side.

Schulz, reared in the Lutheran faith, had been active in the Church of God (Anderson) as a young adult and then later taught Sunday school at a United Methodist Church. Lutheranism is a major branch of Western Christianity that identifies with the teachings of the sixteenth-century German reformer Martin Luther The Church of God (Anderson is a non-denominational Holiness movement believing group of Christians with roots in Wesleyan Pietism and also The United Methodist Church is the largest Methodist denomination and the second largest Protestant denomination in the United States. But, he remained a member of the Church of God (Anderson) until his death.

In an interview in the late 1980s, Schulz stated that his philosophical views had changed over the years:

I do not go to church anymore. . . I guess you might say I've come around to secular humanism, an obligation I believe all humans have to others and the world we live in. Secular humanism is a humanist philosophy that upholds Reason, Ethics and Justice, and specifically rejects the Supernatural "^[8]

In the 1960s, Robert L. Short interpreted certain themes and conversations in Peanuts as being consistent with parts of Christian theology, and used them as illustrations during his lectures about the gospel, and as source material for several books, as he explained in his bestselling paperback book, The Gospel According to Peanuts. Robert L Short (born 1932) is a former Presbyterian minister, best known as the author of the bestselling 1965 book The Gospel According Christian Theology is discourse concerning Christian faith Christian theologians use biblical Exegesis, rational analysis and argument This article is about the canonical books of the New Testament The Gospel According to Peanuts is a best-selling 1965 book written by Presbyterian minister Robert L

Influences

Schulz counted George Herriman (Krazy Kat), Roy Crane (Wash Tubbs), Elzie C. Segar (Thimble Theater) and Percy Crosby (Skippy) among his influences. George Joseph Herriman ( August 22, 1880 &ndash April 25, 1944) was an American Cartoonist, best known for his comic strip Krazy Kat is a Comic strip created by George Herriman that appeared in U Royston Campbell Crane ( November 22, 1901 - July 7, 1977) who signed his work Roy Crane, was an American cartoonist and Wash Tubbs was a Comic strip created by Roy Crane that ran from April 14, 1924 to 1988. Elzie Crisler Segar ( December 8, 1894 &ndash October 13, 1938) was an American Cartoonist, best known as the creator of Popeye the Sailor Man is a fictional hero famous for appearing in comic strips and animated films as well as numerous TV shows Percy Leo Crosby ( December 8, 1891 &ndash December 8, 1964) was a U Skippy was an American Comic strip written and drawn by Percy Crosby that ran from 1923 to 1945

It would be impossible to narrow down three or two or even one direct influence on [Schulz's] personal drawing style. The uniqueness of Peanuts has set it apart for years. . . That one-of-kind quality permeates every aspect of the strip and very clearly extends to the drawing. It is purely his with no clear forerunners and no subsequent pretenders.

—Good Grief: The Story of Charles M. Schulz, Rheta Grimsley Johnson, p. Rheta Grimsley Johnson is an award-winning Reporter and Columnist for King Features Syndicate of New York 68

See also

• Art Linkletter's House Party, an instance of non-Peanuts illustration work. Art Linkletter's House Party or House Party was an American daytime TV variety/talk show which aired on CBS Radio from January

References

Further reading

• David Michaelis (2007). "Schulz and Peanuts: A Biography". Harper. ISBN 0066213932.
• M. Thomas Inge (Ed. ) (2000). Charles M. Schulz: Conversations. Jackson, MS: Univ. Press of Mississippi. ISBN 1-57806-305-1.
• Rheta Grimsley Johnson (1989). Rheta Grimsley Johnson is an award-winning Reporter and Columnist for King Features Syndicate of New York Good Grief: The Story of Charles M. Schulz. New York: Pharos Books. ISBN 0-88687-553-6.
• Derrick Bang with Victor Lee. (2002 reprinting) 50 Years of Happiness: A Tribute to Charles M. Schulz. Santa Rosa, California: Charles M. Schulz Museum. ISBN 0-9685574-0-6
• Chip Kidd (Ed. Chip Kidd (born September 12 1964 is an American Author, editor, and Graphic designer, best known for his innovative book covers ) (2001). Peanuts: the Art of Charles M. Schulz. New York: Pantheon Books. ISBN 0-375-42097-5.
• Derrick Bang (Ed. ) (2003). Charles M. Schulz: Li'l Beginnings. Santa Rosa, Charles M. Schulz Museum. ISBN 0-9745709-1-5.
• Charles M. Schulz (1980). "Charlie Brown, Snoopy, and Me. " Doubleday & Company, Inc. , Garden City, New York. ISBN 0-385-15805-X

External links

• Obituary, NY Times, February 14, 2000 Charles M. Events 842 - Charles the Bald and Louis the German swear the Oaths of Strasbourg in the French and German 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Schulz, 'Peanuts' Creator, Dies at 77
• Snoopy.com: Official Peanuts Website
• Schulz's home page
• Charles Schulz Museum
• Peanuts Collector Club
• Congressional Gold Medal
• Charles Schulz interviewed on National Public Radio, December 1990 (12 minutes)
• Charles M. Schulz at Find A Grave Retrieved on 2008-02-05
• National Cartoonists Society
• Redwood Empire Ice Arena
• Works by or about Charles M. Schulz in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
• [2] (Good Ol' Charles Schulz, American Masters series, PBS, October 2007)

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NAME	Schulz, Charles Monroe
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	American cartoonist, creator of the "Peanuts" comic strip
DATE OF BIRTH	November 26, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH	Saint Paul, Minnesota
DATE OF DEATH	February 12, 2000
PLACE OF DEATH	Santa Rose, California

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