Peanuts – Charles M. Schultz – © 2005, United Feature Syndicate, Inc
Today marks the first appearance of the Peanuts comic strip by Charles M. Schultz. Appearing in seven newspapers on October 2, 1950 the strip grew to be one of the most popular in history and at its height was running in 2600 papers throughout the world.
Charlie Brown and the Gang were just part of my early life. I seemed to relate to the downtrodden and “born loser” insecurity reflected in Charlie Brown’s character. Who couldn’t relate to the first Peanuts strip?
First Peanuts Comic Strip – Charles M. Schultz – October 2, 1950 – © United Feature Syndicate, Inc
The strip evolved from Shultz’s earlier effort called Li’l Folks which appeared in his hometown paper in St. Paul Minnesota but was syndicated as Peanuts, a name Schultz later admitted he never cared for.
Peanuts ran until a day after Schultz’s death, February 13th, 2000, and has run since as re-printings.
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