NEWS 2020/07/20
Oh, good grief! Incredibly, it was 70 years ago this fall when Minneapolis-born cartoonist Charles M. Schulz, first introduced the world to his now-legendary PEANUTS comic strip. The beloved PEANUTS characters have since become iconic — woven into the fabric of American culture. Truth be told, it’s tough to imagine many people whose lives haven’t been touched in some wonderful way over the years by the charming cast of Charlie Brown, Lucy, Snoopy, Woodstock, Pig-Pen, Linus, Peppermint Patty, Franklin and Schroeder — their engaging escapades while experiencing life in an innocent, alternative universe where adults are never seen and only rarely heard. Throughout the strip’s original 50-year run (1950-2000), Schultz also produced several animated made-for-TV specials, including A Charlie Bro...