Charlie Brown, the main character of the comic, is a well-intentioned, but incompetent, indecisive child who loses every game or race. Lucy, who is a mean girl, poisons everyone's life.
Although his brother Linus interprets the outside world wisely, he protects himself against its dangers by sucking his thumb and holding his blanket, which he never leaves with him, against his cheek. Schroeder, the artist of the group, plays pieces from Beethoven with his toy piano, and he is the only person that Lucy can't get enough of.
The most interesting character in the comic is Charlie Brown's dog, Snoopy. Over time, he ceased to be just another dog. He is a dog that thinks, dreams, plays games, writes his memories with a typewriter, collects records and paintings, and is often superior to other children. With these features, it creates an unreal element in the comic. Schulz has a simple line that does not contain unnecessary details. He bases his humor on the contradictions between the personalities of his characters, taking care not to lose their childishness. With this world of little people he creates, he expresses the thoughts, dreams, fears, joys, and passions of real-life adults.
Charles Monroe "Sparky" Schulz (November 26, 1922 – February 12, 2000) was an American cartoonist and the creator of the comic strip Peanuts, featuring his two best-known characters, Charlie Brown and Snoopy. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential cartoonists in history, and cited by many cartoonists as a major influence, including Jim Davis, Murray Ball, Bill Watterson, Matt Groening, and Dav Pilkey.
His popularity stems from the fact that, in addition to the cuteness of his characters, many people find the ordinary Charlie Brown, who has never achieved any significant success, close to them.
Life story
Charles Monroe Schulz was born on November 26, 1922, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and grew up in Saint Paul. He was the only child of Carl Schulz and Dena Halverson and was of German and Norwegian descent. His uncle called him "Spark" after the Spark Plug in Billy DeBeck's Barney Google comic strip, which Schulz enjoyed reading.
Schulz loved to draw and drew the family dog, Spike, who sometimes ate unusual things such as pins and tacks.
Schulz attended Richards Gordon Elementary School in Saint Paul, where he skipped two grades. Perhaps as a result of being the youngest in his class at Central High School, he became a shy, reserved teenager.
In February 1943, Schulz's mother Dena died after a long illness. At the time of her death, he learned that she had cancer. Schulz was very close to his mother and her death had a significant impact on him.
As a staff sergeant with the 20th Armored Division in Europe during World War II, he served as a squad leader of a .50-caliber machine gun team. Schulz said that during the battle, he had only one opportunity to fire his machine gun, but he forgot to reload it, and the German soldier he could have fired at willingly surrendered. Years later, Schulz spoke with pride about his wartime service.
In late 1945, Schulz returned to Minneapolis. He wrote for Timeless Topix, a Roman Catholic comics magazine, and in July 1946 he took a job at Art Instruction, Inc., where he reviewed and graded students' work.
On February 12, 2000, Schulz died in his sleep of colon cancer at his home in Santa Rosa, California, at the age of 77.