14 November 2012
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| The Peanuts gang |
Peanuts is a daily comic strip written and illustrated by Charles M. Schulz, which ran from October 2, 1950, until the day after Schulz's death, February 13, 2000.
The strip is the most popular and influential in the history of the comic strip.
Top row : Woodstock, Snoopy and Charlie Brown
Bottom row : Franklin, Lucy van Pelt, Linus van Pelt, Peppermint Patty, and Sally Brown.
History
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1940's
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| The first strip from October 2, 1950. From left-to-right: Charlie Brown, Shermy, (original) Patty. |
Schulz first used the name Charlie Brown for a character there, although he applied the name in four gags to three different boys and one buried in sand. The series also had a dog that looked much like the early 1950s version of Snoopy.
In a 1987 interview, Schulz said of the title Peanuts : "It's totally ridiculous, has no meaning, is simply confusing, and has no dignity, and I think my humour has dignity." The periodic collections of the strips in paperback book form typically had either "Charlie Brown" or "Snoopy" in the title, not "Peanuts", because of Schulz's distaste for his strip's title.
1950's
1960-1970's
Peanuts did not shy away from cartoon violence. The most obvious example might be Charlie Brown's annual, futile effort to kick the football while Lucy holds it. At the last moment, she would pull the ball away just as he was kicking. The off-balance Charlie Brown would sail into the air and land on his back with a loud thud. There was also the ever-present (and often executed) threat by Lucy to "slug" someone, especially her brother Linus. Though violence would happen from time to time, only once or twice was a boy ever depicted hitting a girl (Charlie Brown, who accidentally hit Lucy; when Lucy complained about it, Charlie Brown went down to her psychiatric booth where she returned the slug much harder) August 8, 1965. Schulz once said, "There is nothing funny about a little boy being mean to a little girl. That is simply not funny! But there is something funny about a little girl being able to be mean to a little boy."
1980-1990's
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| Sunday strip came out February 13, 2000:one day after the death of Charles M. Schulz |
The daily Peanuts strips were formatted in a four-panel "space saving" format beginning in the 1950s, with a few very rare eight-panel strips, that still fit into the four panel mold. In 1975, the panel format was shortened slightly horizontally and shortly after the lettering became larger to accomodate the shrinking format. Beginning on Leap Day in 1988, Schulz abandoned the four-panel format in favor of three-panel dailies and occasionally used the entire length of the strip as one panel, partly for experimentation, but also to combat the dwindling size of the comics page.
Schulz continued the strip until he had to retire because of health reasons, he died the day before the final Sunday strip was published.
End of Peanuts
The final daily original Peanuts comic strip was published on January 3, 2000. At that point, five more original Sunday Peanuts strips had yet to be published.
On February 13, 2000, the day following Schulz's passing, the last ever Peanuts strip ran in papers. The strip began with Charlie Brown answering the phone with someone on the end presumably asking for Snoopy. Charlie Brown responded with "No, I think he's writing." The bottom panel consisted of the final daily strip in its entirety, reprinted in color, and included various Peanuts characters surrounding it. The very last strip consisted simply of Snoopy sitting at his typewriter in thought with a note from Schulz that read as follows:
Dear Friends,Fittingly, Charlie Brown was the only character to appear in both the first strip in 1950 and the last in 2000.
I have been fortunate to draw Charlie Brown and his friends for almost fifty years. It has been the fulfillment of my childhood ambition.
Unfortunately, I am no longer able to maintain the schedule demanded by a daily comic strip. My family does not wish "Peanuts" to be continued by anyone else, therefore I am announcing my retirement.
I have been grateful over the years for the loyalty of our editors and the wonderful support and love expressed to me by fans of the comic strip.
Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Linus, Lucy...how can I ever forget them...
— Charles M. Schulz
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