Happy Birthday Charles

Cartoonist Charles Schultz of Peanuts fame was born on November 26, 1922.  He died on February 12, 2000.  He lives on through his cartoon characters Lucy, Charlie Brown, Linus, Snoopy, Woodstock and many others.  

Today would have been his 100th birthday.  To honor him many cartoonists have included his characters in their comic strips.  See the Boston Globe comic page for those examples.  I’ve included two here.

Most of us have grown up with Snoopy and all the rest.  I’ve also experience him and his wisdom in a book about him and his work: “The Parables of Peanuts” by Robert L. Short (2002).  And who can forget “A Charlie Brown Christmas?”

Schultz’s brilliance will live on forever. At its height, Peanuts was published daily in 2,600 papers in 75 countries, in 21 languages. Over nearly 50 years, Schulz drew 17,897 published Peanuts strips.  

Deacon David Pierce