Charles M. Schulz

26 Nov 1922 – 12 Feb 2000

100 works on record

Biography

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](https://schulzmuseum.org/about-schulz/) on Charles M. Schulz Museum

Works

Young pillars

Bleib am Ball, Charlie Braun!

You've Got to be You, Snoopy

Peanuts cook book

Good Morning, Snoopy!

This Is Your Life, Charlie Brown

Snoopy's Book of Colors

Snoopy stars as the fearless leader

The Wonderful World of Peanuts

Snoopy and his friends

Snoopy Stars as the Entertainer

You're an Ace, Snoopy!

Snoopy swings into action

Sally's Christmas Miracle

The Charlie Brown Dictionary

This Is the Best Time of Year, Charlie Brown

Snoopy stars as the legal beagle

School's Out, Charlie Brown!

Snoopy and the Peanuts Gang

Snoopy Stars in the Pursuit of Pleasure

Guess Who, Charlie Brown?

The Wisdom of Charlie Brown

Born Crabby

Have no fear, Snoopy!

The Complete Peanuts, 1961 to 1962

Snoopy Stars as the Great Pretender

What Was Bugging Ol' Pharaoh?

Get Back to Nature, Snoopy

We're All in this Together

Hallo, Snoopy!

Hats Off to You, Charlie Brown

All This and Snoopy Too

Snoopy's weekender

You've Got It Made, Snoopy

The Complete Peanuts, 1959 to 1960

You're Barking Up the Wrong Tree, Snoopy

Zieh Leine, Charlie Braun!

Brothers & sisters

Snoopy

The Complete Peanuts, 1983 to 1984

Happy Birthday!

What Next, Charlie Brown?

You're Something Special, Snoopy!

Way Beyond Therapy

You're on the Wrong Foot Again, Charlie Brown

You've Had It, Charlie Brown

You're So Smart, Snoopy

Blaze the Trail, Snoopy

Charlie Brown, Snoopy and Me

Go for It, Charlie Brown

The Peanuts Grand Piano Book

Pop! Goes the Beagle

The Complete Peanuts, 1957 to 1958

Happy New Year, Charlie Brown

Sweet Dreams, Charlie Brown

It's Party Time, Snoopy

You're a Knockout, Charlie Brown

You're Not for Real, Snoopy!

You're On Your Own, Snoopy

Happy birthday, lieber Beethoven!

Slide, Charlie Brown! Slide!

How Romantic, Charlie Brown

Inattaquable Snoopy

The Round-Headed Kid and Me

Snoopy and the twelve days of Christmas

Nothing Echoes Like an Empty Mailbox

Who Was that Dog I Saw You With, Charlie Brown?

The Joy of a Peanuts Christmas

Life Is a Circus, Charlie Brown

Its' Chow Time, Snoopy

Hold the Fort, Snoopy!

Kick the ball, Marcie!

A Peanuts Valentine

My Life with Charlie Brown

Classroom Peanuts

Snoopy's book of opposites

Lucy rules OK?

Bienvenido Charlie Brown

And the beagles and the bunnies shall liedown together

Hardi! Peanuts

Snoopy c'est les vacances!

Gott sei Dank, Charlie Braun

Security is an eye patch

Snoopy a des proble mes

Carlitos, no sueltes la cometa

Linus

Le chef des briquets

Fun with Peanuts

Carlitos, estás en forma

Snoopy's word book

胸懷壯志的史奴比 = Snoopy

Vois la vie en rose, Snoopy

Have a Ball, Snoopy

Peanuts à vendre

Snoopy, poisson d'Avril

Snoopy und die Peanuts-Knirspe

L' irrésistible Charlie Brown

Carlitos da en el clavo

Snoopy's a little help from my friend

Te fais pas de bile, Charlie Brown