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Schulz's impressive career is marked by a laundry list of awards and achievements. Schulz was the first cartoonist to win two Rueben Awards from the National Cartoonists' Society; the organization also awarded Schulz Best Humor Strip in 1962 and the Milton Caniff Lifetime Achievement Award. Schulz won Emmys for his television specials A Charlie Brown Christmas; A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving; You're a Good Sport, Charlie Brown; and Life is a Circus, Charlie Brown; A Charlie Brown Christmas and What Have We Learned, Charlie Brown also won Peabody Awards. In 1986, he was inducted into the Cartoonist Hall of Fame by the Museum of Cartoon Art. The Peanuts comic strip spawned toys, Hallmark greeting cards, Time magazine covers, television specials, amusement parks, a Broadway musical, a U.S. postage stamp and multiple corporate sponsorships. Foreign governments also praised Schulz: in 1978 he was awarded Cartoonist of the Year by the International Pavilion of Humor in Montreal; in 1990, the French Government named Schulz Commander of Arts and Letters; and in 1992, the Italian Minister of Culture awarded him the Order of Merit. Schulz has his own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and his own official day in California. After his death, his family accepted on his behalf the Congressional Medal of Honor. His work has appeared in exhibits worldwide, from the Houston Space Center to the Louvre in Paris.
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Biography |
Comics were always central to Charles M. Schulz's life — even his childhood nickname, Sparky, was taken from a comic strip. Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1922, Schulz would soon begin a half-century of writing and drawing the lives of Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Linus and the rest of their gang. His first comic, a sketch of his childhood black-and-white dog, was published in 1937 in Ripley's Believe It Or Not. Schulz took correspondence art classes throughout high school, and after graduating, served in the U.S. Army from 1940 to 1945. After his discharge, he returned to the Twin Cities and began writing and drawing his comic strip Lil' Folks for the Pioneer Press in 1947. His career as a cartoonist was flourishing: The Saturday Evening Post published seventeen of Schulz's single-paneled cartoons, and in 1950 Lil' Folks became syndicated. Renamed Peanuts — a title Schulz never liked — the comic strip debuted in seven newspapers nationwide. Eventually, it would run in more than 2,600 newspapers around the world. Schulz left Minnesota for California in 1951, along with his first wife and five children, where he later remarried and lived until his death from colon cancer in 2000.
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Major Works |
Books:
Peanuts (1952)
Snoopy and the Red Baron (1966)
Peanuts Treasury (1968)
A Boy Named Charlie Brown (1969)
The Charlie Brown Dictionary (1973)
Peanuts Jubilee: My Life and Art with Charlie Brown and Others (1975)
Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown (1976)
Happy Birthday, Charlie Brown (1979)
Charlie Brown, Snoopy and Me: And All the Other Peanuts Characters (1980)
You Don't Look 35, Charlie Brown! (1985)
Around the World in 45 Years: Charlie Brown's Anniversary Celebration (1994)
Peanuts: A Golden Celebration (1999)
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Television specials:
“A Charlie Brown Christmas” (1965)
“Charlie Brown's All-Stars” (1966)
“It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown” (1966)
“You're in Love, Charlie Brown” (1967)
“He's Your Dog, Charlie Brown” (1968)
“It Was a Short Summer, Charlie Brown” (1969)
“Play It Again, Charlie Brown” (1971)
“You're Not Elected, Charlie Brown” (1972)
“A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving” (1973)
“There's No Time for Love, Charlie Brown” (1973)
“It's a Mystery, Charlie Brown” (1974)
“It's the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown” (1974)
“You're a Good Sport, Charlie Brown” (1975)
“It's Magic, Charlie Brown” (1981)
“Someday You'll Find Her, Charlie Brown” (1981)
“A Charlie Brown Celebration” (1982)
“Is This Goodbye, Charlie Brown?” (1983)
“It's an Adventure, Charlie Brown” (1983)
“What Have We Learned, Charlie Brown?” (1983)
“It's Flashbeagle, Charlie Brown” (1984)
“Happy New Year, Charlie Brown!” (1986)
“Snoopy!!! The Musical” (1988)
“Why, Charlie Brown, Why?” (1990)
“Snoopy's Reunion” (1991)
“It's Christmastime Again, Charlie Brown” (1992)
“It's the Pied Piper, Charlie Brown” (created posthumously, 2000)
“He's a Bully, Charlie Brown” (created posthumously, with Justine Fontes, 2008)
Films:
A Boy Named Charlie Brown (1969)
Snoopy, Come Home (1972)
Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown (1977)
Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (and Don't Come Back!!) (1980)
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Scholarly Works |
Charles M. Schulz: 40 years of Life and Art, Giovanni Trimboli
Charles M. Schulz: Conversations, edited by M. Thomas Inge
Good Grief: The Story of Charles M. Schulz, Rheta Grimsley Johnson
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Charles M. Schulz
Hometown:
Minneapolis, Minnesota
November 26, 1922 -
February 12, 2000
Minnesota Ties:
Lived and worked in Minnesota until 1951
Education:
Took cartooning classes through Art Instruction Schools, where he later served as an instructor
Known for:
The Peanuts comic strip
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