Charles Schulz: The Man Behind Charlie Brown

NorthBay biz-15 November 2022

“Charlie Brown is the ultimate loser. That is both his magic and his destiny.”—Charles Schulz, creator, Peanuts.

November 26, 2022 marks the centennial of the birth of Charles M. Schulz, creator of the beloved Peanuts comic strip. It seems his role as a cartoonist was preordained. Two days following Schulz birth in Minneapolis, Minn., an uncle nicknamed him “Sparky” after Spark Plug the racehorse in the comic strip Barney Google. READ MORE.