Charles M. Schulz
Selected Bibliography
Happiness is a Warm Puppy (1962)
Charlie Brown and Snoopy (1964)
It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (1967)
A Boy Named Charlie Brown (1969)
Li’l Beginnings (2003)
The Complete Peanuts (2004)
Charles M. Schulz (November 26, 1922-February 12, 2000) was born in Minneapolis in 1922. His love of drawing inspired him to take a course in cartooning at an art school in Minneapolis during his senior year at St. Paul Central High School. He was drafted into the army in 1943. When he returned from World War II in Europe, he began drawing the cartoon L’il Folks for the St. Paul Pioneer Press and contributed cartoons to the Saturday Evening Post.
In 1950, Schulz created the popular comic strip Peanuts, which was nationally syndicated and eventually appeared in more than two thousand newspapers worldwide. Some of the characters in the cartoon were based on real people Schulz met in Minnesota. During his career he wrote 40 books, 30 TV specials, and 4 full-length films. Schulz retired weeks before his death in 2000.
More information about Charles M. Schulz from the Minnesota Historical Society.