The story of the Peanuts gang goes all the way back to the late 1940s. In the city of St. Paul, Minnesota, a young comic artist named Charles M. Schulz started publishing a weekly comic called Li’l Folks in his hometown newspaper. Li’l Folks ended up getting dropped in 1950, but the cloud had a silver lining. Schulz took his best strips to a newspaper, and they decided his work was good enough to be published nationally.
Peanuts began as a daily strip, with a regular cast of characters such as Snoppy, Charlie Brown, Lucy, and Peppermint Patty. Schulz did everything himself, from the drawings to the writing. Though the topics he chose were often lighthearted, he got into serious subjects as well, He even used the strip to comment on issues
Peanuts began as a daily strip, with a regular cast of characters such as Snoppy, Charlie Brown, Lucy, and Peppermint Patty. Schulz did everything himself, from the drawings to the writing. Though the topics he chose were often lighthearted, he got into serious subjects as well, He even used the strip to comment on issues