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{{Short description|Comic strip by Charles M. Schulz}}
{{About|the comic strip|the edible legume|Peanut|other uses|Peanut (disambiguation)}}▼
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'''''Peanuts''''' (briefly subtitled '''''featuring Good ol' Charlie Brown''''') is a [[print syndication|syndicated]] [[daily strip|daily]] and [[Sunday strip|Sunday]] American [[comic strip]] written and illustrated by [[Charles M. Schulz]]. The strip's original run extended from 1950 to 2000, continuing in reruns afterward. ''Peanuts'' is among the most popular and influential in the history of comic strips, with 17,897 strips published in all,{{sfn|Bethune|2007}} making it "arguably the longest story ever told by one human being".{{sfn|Boxer|2000}} At the time of Schulz's death in 2000, ''Peanuts'' ran in over 2,600 newspapers, with a readership of roughly 355 million across 75 countries, and had been translated into 21 languages.{{sfn|Podger|2000}} It helped to cement the [[Yonkoma|four-panel gag strip]] as the standard in the United States,{{sfn|Walker|2002|p={{Page needed|date=January 2024}}}} and together with its merchandise earned Schulz more than $1 billion.{{sfn|Bethune|2007}} In 2015, a [[The Peanuts Movie|movie adaptation]] was released by [[Blue Sky Studios]].<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://movies.disney.com/the-peanuts-movie |title=The Peanuts Movie |language=en |access-date=2024-09-13 |via=movies.disney.com}}</ref>
''Peanuts'' focuses on a social circle of young children, where adults [[unseen character|exist but are rarely seen or heard]]. The main character, [[Charlie Brown]], is meek, nervous, and lacks self-confidence. He is unable to fly a kite, win a baseball game, or kick a football held by his irascible friend [[Lucy van Pelt|Lucy]], who always pulls it away at the last instant.<ref>''The World Encyclopedia of Comics,'' edited by [[Maurice Horn]], published in 1977 by Avon Books</ref> ''Peanuts'' is a literate strip with philosophical, psychological, and sociological overtones, which was innovative in the 1950s.<ref>{{Cite web|title = comic strip :: The first half of the 20th century: the evolution of the form|url = https://www.britannica.com/art/comic-strip/The-first-half-of-the-20th-century-the-evolution-of-the-form|website = Encyclopædia Britannica|access-date = December 10, 2015}}</ref> Its humor is psychologically complex and driven by the characters' interactions and relationships. The comic strip has been adapted in animation and theater.
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''Peanuts'' touched on religious themes on many occasions, especially during the 1960s. The classic television special ''[[A Charlie Brown Christmas]]'' from 1965, features the character [[Linus van Pelt]] quoting the [[King James Version]] of the Bible (Luke 2:8–14) to explain to Charlie Brown what Christmas is all about (in personal interviews, Schulz mentioned that Linus represented his spiritual side). Because of the explicit religious material in ''A Charlie Brown Christmas'', many have interpreted Schulz's work as having a distinct Christian theme, though the popular perspective has been to view the franchise through a secular lens.<ref>{{Citation |last=Lind |first=Stephen J. |title=Reading Peanuts: The Secular and the Sacred |url=http://www.english.ufl.edu/imagetext/archives/v4_2/lind/ |access-date=August 31, 2010 |publisher=[[ImageTexT]]}}</ref>
During the week of July 29, 1968, Schulz debuted the African American character Franklin to the strip, at the urging of white Jewish Los Angeles schoolteacher Harriet Glickman. Though Schulz feared that adding a black character would be seen as patronizing to the African American community, Glickman convinced him that the addition of Black characters could help normalize the idea of friendships between children of different ethnicities. Franklin appeared in a trio of strips set at a beach, in which he first gets Charlie Brown's beach ball from the water and subsequently helps him build a sand castle, during which he mentions that his father is in Vietnam.
===1970s–1990s===
In 1975, the panel format was shortened slightly horizontally, and shortly thereafter the lettering became larger to compensate. Previously, 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. Beginning on [[February 29|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.{{Citation needed|date=June 2007}}<!--- Each sentence of this section requires separate citations/references: Starting in the 1980s his artistic line started to shake. This became more noticeable in the 1990s, along with his format change; depending on one's view, the art deteriorated at this point, especially where character expression was concerned, however this is highly subjective and difficult to estimate.-->
In the late 1970s, during Schulz's negotiations with [[United Feature Syndicate]] over a new contract, syndicate president William C. Payette hired superhero comic artist [[Al Plastino]] to draw a backlog of ''Peanuts'' strips to hold in reserve in case Schulz left the strip. When Schulz and the syndicate reached a successful agreement, United Media stored these unpublished strips, the existence of which eventually became public.<ref>{{cite web | title = Comic Book Legends Revealed #401 | first = Brian | last = Cronin |date = January 11, 2013 | website = [[Comic Book Resources]] | url = http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2013/01/11/comic-book-legends-revealed-401/ | access-date = May 7, 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130116063259/http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2013/01/11/comic-book-legends-revealed-401/ | archive-date = January 16, 2013 | url-status =
In the 1980s and the 1990s, the strip remained the most popular comic in history,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.4to40.com/recordbook/index.asp?id=322&category=human | title=Most Syndicated Comic Strip, Peanuts, Charles Schulz, USA | access-date=June 9, 2007 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930181330/http://www.4to40.com/recordbook/index.asp?id=322&category=human | archive-date=September 30, 2007 | url-status=dead | df=mdy-all }}</ref> even though other comics, such as ''[[Garfield]]'' and ''[[Calvin and Hobbes]]'', rivaled ''Peanuts'' in popularity. Schulz continued to write the strip until announcing his retirement on December 14, 1999, due to his failing health.
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[[File:Last peanuts comic.png|thumb|upright=1.5|Final [[Sunday strip]], which came out February 13, 2000: a day after the death of Charles M. Schulz]]
The last three ''Peanuts'' strips were run from Saturday, January 1, 2000, through Monday, January 3, 2000. The Saturday strip showed a snowball fight between Peppermint Patty and Marcie and Charlie Brown and Linus, with Snoopy sitting behind the fight trying to figure out how to throw a snowball. The strip was notable because, in addition to it being the last daily strip with a story, Schulz's health had deteriorated to the point where the lettering in the strip had to be done by computer.
The Sunday strip featured the last appearances of Peppermint Patty and Marcie, with Peppermint Patty playing a game of football in the rain by herself. Marcie comes up, carrying an umbrella and remarking that everyone has gone home. Peppermint Patty laments that they never shook hands and said "good game".<ref>https://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/2000/01/02 {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}</ref>
The January 3 strip consisted of a drawing of Snoopy sitting atop his doghouse with his typewriter, as he had done many times over the course of the strip's lifespan. The drawing was accompanied by a printed note from Schulz which officially announced his retirement from drawing and thanking his readers for their support.
Although a series of reruns of older strips would begin on January 4, 2000, there were still six unpublished Sunday strips that Schulz had completed. The first of these ran on January 9, featuring Rerun and Snoopy playing in the snow.<ref>https://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/2000/01/09 {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}</ref> The second featured the last appearance of Woodstock, as he and Snoopy in one last fantasy sequence are called upon by George Washington to chop firewood.<ref>https://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/2000/01/16 {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}</ref> Rerun makes his final appearance in the fourth, trying to paint something other than flowers in art class, and Sally makes her last appearance in the fifth conversing with Charlie Brown about love letters.
The final ''Peanuts'' strip, as shown here, ran on February 13, 2000, the night after Schulz died from a heart attack. It consisted of two small panels across the top and a large panel at the bottom. The title panel shows Charlie Brown talking to someone on the telephone, who is apparently asking to speak to Snoopy. Charlie Brown responds by telling the caller "
The larger panel at the bottom consisted of a larger scale drawing of the final daily strip, with Snoopy against a blue sky background. Above his head, several panels from past strips were overlaid. Underneath these panels, the full note that Schulz had written to his fans was printed (part of it had been omitted in the final daily strip). It read as follows:
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==Characters==
[[File:Robensstraße Aachen offizielles Peanuts-Mural Vicki Scott März 2021 (2).jpg|thumb|Official [[mural]] of the ''Peanuts'' in [[Aachen]]]]
{{Main|List of Peanuts characters}}
===Charlie Brown===
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Charlie Brown is a young boy. He is the main character, acting as the center of the strip's world and serving as an [[everyman]].{{sfn|Boxer|2015}}{{sfn|Eco|1985}}{{sfn|Warner|2018}} While seen as decent, considerate, and reflective, he is also awkward, deeply sensitive, and said to suffer from an [[inferiority complex]]. Charlie Brown is a constant failure: he can never win a ballgame; he can never successfully fly a kite.{{sfn|Eco|1985}}{{sfn|Yawar|2015}} His sense of determination regardless of the certainty of failure can be interpreted as either self-defeating stubbornness or admirable persistence. When he fails, however, he experiences pain and anguish through self-pity.{{sfn|Yawar|2015}} The journalist [[Christopher Caldwell (journalist)|Christopher Caldwell]] observed this tension between Charlie Brown's negative and positive attitudes, stating: "What makes Charlie Brown such a rich character is that he's not purely a loser. The self-loathing that causes him so much anguish is decidedly not self-effacement. Charlie Brown is optimistic enough to think he can earn a sense of self-worth."{{sfn|Caldwell|2000}} Schulz named Charlie Brown after a colleague of his while working at [[Art Instruction Schools|Art Instruction]], whose full name was Charlie Francis Brown.{{sfn|Inge|2000|p=38}}
Readers and critics have explored the question as to whether Schulz based Charlie Brown on himself. This question often carried the suggestion that the emotionally sensitive and depressed behavior of Charlie Brown drew from Schulz's own life or childhood experiences.{{sfn|Inge|2000|p=5}}{{sfn|Inge|2000|p=44}}{{sfn|Inge|2000|p=66}} Commenting on the tendency of these conclusions being drawn, Schulz said in a 1968 interview, "I think of myself as Charles Schulz. But if someone wants to believe I'm really Charlie Brown, well, it makes a good story."{{sfn|Inge|2000|p=62}} He explained in another interview that the comic strip as a whole is a personal expression, and so it is impossible to avoid all the characters presenting aspects of his personality.{{sfn|Inge|2000|p=66}} Biographer [[David Michaelis]] made a similar conclusion, describing Charlie Brown as simply representing Schulz's "wishy-washiness and determination".{{sfn|Michaelis|2007|p=258}} Regardless, some profiles of Schulz confidently held that Charlie Brown was based on him. All in all, Charlie Brown is a purely wholesome character.{{sfn|Inge|2000|p=65}}
===Snoopy===
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In addition to the core cast, other characters appeared regularly for a majority of the strip's duration:
* '''[[Sally Brown]]''' is the younger sister of Charlie Brown. She has a habit of fracturing the English language to comical effect.{{sfn|Inge|2010|p=175}} She reacts negatively to school and homework due to dealing with dogmatic memorization and obeying ambiguous instructions. She otherwise confidently delivers speeches in oral exams, using wordplay and puns while framing her topics with theatrics and suspense.{{sfn|Wong|2018}}
* '''[[Schroeder (Peanuts)|Schroeder]]''' is a boy who is fanatic about [[Ludwig van Beethoven|Beethoven]]. Each year he celebrates Beethoven's birthday, though on occasion he does forget and struggles to forgive himself. In this relatively innocent role, he serves as an outlet for the expressions of other characters.{{sfn|Inge|2010|p=82}} He most recognizably appears in the strip playing music on his toy piano,{{sfn|Michaelis|2007|p=254}}{{sfn|Inge|2010|pp=158–159}} as the catcher on Charlie Brown's baseball team and the romantic foil to Lucy's unrequited affections who is always after a kiss especially when it's Beethoven's birthday.
* '''[[Pig-Pen]]''' is a boy who is physically dirty, normally appearing with a cloud of dust surrounding him. Schulz acknowledged that the scope of his role is limited, but he continued to make appearances because of his popularity with readers.{{sfn|Inge|2000|p=96}}
* '''[[Franklin (Peanuts)|Franklin]]''' is an [[African American]] boy who first appeared at the suggestion of a reader following the [[assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.]] Since it was Schulz's intention to achieve this without being patronizing, he is a relatively normal character who mainly reacts to the oddness of other characters.{{sfn|Gertler|2012}}
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==Reception==
Schulz received the [[National Cartoonists Society]] Humor Comic Strip Award for ''Peanuts'' in 1962, the [[Reuben Award]] in 1955 and 1964 (the first cartoonist to receive the honor twice), the [[Elzie Segar]] Award in 1980, and the [[Milton Caniff]] Lifetime Achievement Award in 1999. ''[[A Charlie Brown Christmas]]'' won a [[Peabody Award]] and an [[Emmy]]; ''Peanuts'' cartoon specials have received a total of two [[Peabody Award]]s and four [[Emmys]]. For his work on the strip, Schulz has a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] (as does Snoopy) and a place in the [[William Randolph Hearst]] Cartoon Hall of Fame. ''Peanuts'' was featured on the cover of ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' on April 9, 1965, with the accompanying article calling it "the leader of a refreshing new breed that takes an unprecedented interest in the basics of life."<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,898627,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070320023243/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,898627,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 20, 2007 |title=Comics: Good Grief |magazine=
The strip was declared second in a list of the "greatest comics of the 20th century" commissioned by ''[[The Comics Journal]]'' in 1999.<ref>Tom Spurgeon, Art Spiegelman, Bart Beatty et al., "The Top 100 English-Language Comics of the Century," ''[[The Comics Journal]]'' 210 (February 1999)</ref> The top-ranked comic was [[George Herriman]]'s ''[[Krazy Kat]]'', a strip Schulz admired (and in fact was among his biggest inspirations), and he accepted the ranking in good grace, to the point of agreeing with it.<ref>{{cite press release | title =Fantagraphics Books to publish "The Complete Peanuts" by Charles M. Schulz | publisher =Fantagraphics | date =October 13, 2003 | url =http://www.snoopy.com/comics/peanuts/news/news_101303.html | access-date =November 30, 2006 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20060925135105/http://snoopy.com/comics/peanuts/news/news_101303.html | archive-date =September 25, 2006 | url-status =live | df =mdy-all }}</ref> In 2002 ''[[TV Guide]]'' declared Snoopy and Charlie Brown tied for 8th<ref>{{cite press release | title =D'oh! Bugs Bunny Edges Out Homer Simpson | publisher =TV Guide | date =July 26, 2002 }}</ref> in its list of the "Top 50 Greatest Cartoon Characters of All Time",<ref>{{cite web |url=http://archives.cnn.com/2002/SHOWBIZ/TV/07/30/cartoon.characters.list/ |title=Breaking News, U.S., World, Weather, Entertainment & Video News |publisher=Archives.cnn.com |access-date=May 21, 2015 |archive-date=April 4, 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050404044955/http://archives.cnn.com/2002/SHOWBIZ/TV/07/30/cartoon.characters.list/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> published to commemorate its 50th anniversary.
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Snoopy has been the personal safety mascot for NASA astronauts since 1968,<ref>{{Citation|title=10 Things You Didn't Know About Space Exploration|url=https://www.usnews.com/articles/news/national/2007/09/19/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-space-exploration.html|publisher=Usnews.com|access-date=October 12, 2007}}</ref> and NASA issues a [[Silver Snoopy award]] to its employees or contractors' employees who promote flight safety. The black-and-white communications cap carrying an [[headset (audio)|audio headset]] worn since 1968 by the [[Apollo program|Apollo]], [[Skylab]], and [[Space Shuttle program|Space Shuttle]] astronauts was commonly referred to as a [[Snoopy cap]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/spacesuits/home/clickable_suit_nf.html|title=Learn About Spacesuits|date=November 13, 2008|publisher=[[NASA]]|access-date=15 March 2017|archive-date=December 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225233404/https://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/spacesuits/home/clickable_suit_nf.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
The [[Apollo 10]] [[Apollo Lunar Module|lunar module]]'s [[call sign]] was ''Snoopy'', and the [[Apollo command and service module|command module]]'s call sign was ''Charlie Brown''.<ref>{{Citation|title=NEWSROOM for February 14, 2000|url=http://edition.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0002/14/nr.00.html|work=CNN|access-date=October 12, 2007|archive-date=August 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806082853/http://edition.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0002/14/nr.00.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> While not included in the mission logo, Charlie Brown and Snoopy became semi-official mascots for the mission.<ref name="NASA1">{{cite web|url=http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/mirrors/images/images/pao/AS10/10075088.jpg|title=Snoopy on Apollo 10|access-date=October 17, 2007|archive-date=October 25, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071025181648/http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/mirrors/images/images/pao/AS10/10075088.jpg|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="NASA2">{{cite web|url=http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/mirrors/images/images/pao/AS10/10075138.jpg|title=Charlie Brown and Snoopy at Apollo 10 Mission Control|publisher=Science.ksc.nasa.gov|access-date=October 17, 2007|archive-date=June 19, 2001|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010619231200/http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/mirrors/images/images/pao/AS10/10075138.jpg|url-status=dead}}</ref> Charles Schulz drew an original picture of Charlie Brown in a spacesuit that was hidden aboard the craft to be found by the astronauts once they were in orbit. This drawing is now on display at the [[Kennedy Space Center]].
The name of the Brazilian rock band [[Charlie Brown Jr. (band)|Charlie Brown Jr.]], formed in 1992, is named after the character Charlie Brown. The idea came about when [[Chorão]], the band's lead singer, ran over a coconut water stand where there was an image of the character printed on the facade of the establishment.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Acidente envolvendo cantor Chorão fere 4 pessoas |url=https://www.estadao.com.br/cultura/musica/acidente-envolvendo-cantor-chorao-fere-4-pessoas/ |access-date=2024-08-03 |website=Estadão |language=pt-br}}</ref>
''Peanuts on Parade'' is [[St. Paul, Minnesota]]'s tribute to ''Peanuts''.<ref>{{Citation |last=Karlson |first=Karl J. |title='Peanuts' coming to the riverfront |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2000/LOCAL/westcentral/06/29/pio.peanuts/index.html |access-date=October 12, 2007 | work=CNN | date=June 29, 2000}}</ref> It began in 2000, with the placing of 101 {{convert|5|ft|m|adj=mid|-tall|spell=in}} statues of Snoopy throughout the city of Saint Paul. The statues were later auctioned at the [[Mall of America]] in [[Bloomington, Minnesota]]. In 2001, there was "Charlie Brown Around Town", 2002 brought "Looking for Lucy", and in 2003, "Linus Blankets Saint Paul".<ref>[http://www.travellady.com/Issues/April03/LinusBlanketsStPaul.htm Linus Blankets St. Paul] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130507105821/http://www.travellady.com/Issues/April03/LinusBlanketsStPaul.htm |date=May 7, 2013 }}</ref> Permanent bronze statues of the Peanuts characters are found in Landmark Plaza in downtown St. Paul.<ref>{{Citation |title=Ten Great Places to Visit in Downtown Saint Paul |url=http://www.stpaul.gov/leisure/tengreatplaces.html |access-date=October 12, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050308091221/http://www.stpaul.gov/leisure/tengreatplaces.html|archive-date=March 8, 2005}}</ref>
Peanuts characters, and Charles Schulz have been recognized several times in U.S. commemorative postage stamps. A Peanuts World War I Flying Ace U.S. stamp was released on May 17, 2001. The value was 34 cents, first class.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://arago.si.edu/index.asp?con=1&tid=2044894|title=Arago: Peanuts Comic Strip Issue|publisher=Arago.si.edu|access-date=May 21, 2015|archive-date=February 2, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150202140539/http://arago.si.edu/index.asp?con=1&tid=2044894|url-status=dead}}</ref> A Charlie Brown Christmas forever stamp was issued on Oct. 2, 2015.<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 30, 2015 |title=Charlie Brown Christmas Forever Stamps |url=https://about.usps.com/news/national-releases/2015/pr15_053.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603084340/https://about.usps.com/news/national-releases/2015/pr15_053.htm |archive-date=June 3, 2023 |access-date=December 4, 2023 |website=U.S. Postal Service}}</ref> In 2022, the U.S. Postal Service commemorated the 100th anniversary of Schulz's birth with postage stamps honoring him "alongside his beloved characters".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cartoonist Charles M. Schulz Honored Alongside His Beloved Characters With New Forever Stamps |url=https://about.usps.com/newsroom/national-releases/2022/0930-usps-charles-m-schulz-forever-stamps.htm |date=2022-09-30 |access-date=2023-12-03 |website=about.usps.com}}</ref>
In 2001, the [[Sonoma County, California|Sonoma County]] Board of Supervisors renamed the Sonoma County Airport, located a few miles northwest of [[Santa Rosa, California]], the [[Charles M. Schulz–Sonoma County Airport|Charles M. Schulz Airport]] in his honor. The airport's logo features Snoopy as the World War I Flying Ace (goggles/scarf), taking to the skies on top of his red doghouse (the ''Sopwith Camel''). A bronze statue of Charlie Brown and Snoopy stands in Depot Park in downtown Santa Rosa.<ref>{{Citation |last=Russell |first=Sabin |title=No laughing matter: statue of 'Charlie Brown' missing |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/06/06/BAGKUD46RI1.DTL |access-date=October 12, 2007 |work=San Francisco Chronicle | date=June 6, 2005}}</ref>
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Coinciding with these reprints were smaller paperback collections published by [[Fawcett Publications]]. Drawing material from the main reprints, this paperback series began with ''The Wonderful World of Peanuts'' in 1962 and continued through ''Lead On, Snoopy'' in 1992.
Charles Schulz had always resisted republication of the earliest ''Peanuts'' strips, as they did not reflect the characters as he eventually developed them. However, in 1997 he began talks with [[Fantagraphics Books]] to have the entire run of the strip, which would end up with 17,897 strips in total, published chronologically in book form.<ref>{{cite news | url=
===''The Complete Peanuts''===
{{Main|The Complete Peanuts}}
The entire run of ''Peanuts'', covering nearly 50 years of comic strips, was reprinted in [[Fantagraphics Books|Fantagraphics]]' ''[[The Complete Peanuts]]'', a 26-volume set published over a 12-year period, consisting of two years per volume published every May and October. The first volume (collecting strips from 1950 to 1952) was published in May 2004; the volume containing the final newspaper strips (including all the strips from 1999 and seven strips from 2000, along with the complete run of ''[[Li'l Folks]]''<ref>{{cite web|title=The Complete Peanuts: 1999–2000|url=http://www.fantagraphics.com/peanuts25/|publisher=[[Fantagraphics Books]]|access-date=March 24, 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310171307/http://www.fantagraphics.com/peanuts25/|archive-date=March 10, 2016|df=mdy-all}}</ref>) was published in May 2016,<ref>{{cite web|title=THE COMPLETE PEANUTS 1955–1956|url=http://www.snoopy.com/comics/peanuts/news/news_042005.html|publisher=Snoopy|date=March 22, 2004|access-date=October 12, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050924151820/http://snoopy.com/comics/peanuts/news/news_042005.html|archive-date=September 24, 2005}}</ref> with a twenty-sixth volume containing outside-the-daily-strip ''Peanuts'' material by Schulz appeared in the fall of that year. A companion series, titled ''Peanuts Every Sunday'' and presenting the complete Sunday strips in color (as the main ''Complete Peanuts'' books reproduce them in black and white only), was launched in December 2013; this series will run ten volumes, with the last expected to be published in 2022.
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# Please keep this a concise summary of Peanuts in animation
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[[File:VinceBillLee 64.jpg|thumb|[[Vince Guaraldi]]
The strip was first adapted into animation in ''[[The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show]]''. A TV documentary, ''[[A Boy Named Charlie Brown (1963 film)|A Boy Named Charlie Brown]]'' (1963), featured newly animated segments, but
The characters continue to be adapted into animation even after the comic strip ended in 2000, with the latest television special ''[[Snoopy Presents: Welcome Home, Franklin|Welcome Home, Franklin]]'' made in 2024. {{sfn|Davis|2022}}{{Update inline|date=March 2024}} A series of cartoon shorts premiered on [[iTunes]] in 2008, ''[[Peanuts Motion Comics]]'', which directly lifted themes and plot lines from the strip.{{sfn|Warner Bros.|2008}} In 2014, the French network [[France 3]] debuted ''[[Peanuts (TV series)|Peanuts by Schulz]]'', a series of episodes each consisting of several roughly one-minute shorts bundled together.{{sfn|O'Brien|2014}} The latest feature-length film, ''[[The Peanuts Movie]]'', was released in 2015 by [[20th Century Fox]] and [[Blue Sky Studios]].{{sfn|Rechtshaffen|2015}} Two ''Peanuts'' Apple TV+ series, ''[[Snoopy in Space]]'' and ''[[The Snoopy Show]]'', both premiered in 2019 and 2021, respectively.{{sfn|Petski|2019}}{{sfn|Keller|2019}}{{sfn|Martoccio|2020}}{{sfn|Johnson|2021}} The characters also make a guest appearance in ''[[Mariah Carey's Magical Christmas Special]]'' in 2020.{{sfn|Arnold|2020}} On November 6, 2023, a new feature film from [[WildBrain Studios|WildBrain]] and Peanuts Worldwide was announced by Apple TV+
[[File:Schulz_star.jpg|thumb|[[Charles M. Schulz|Charles Schulz]]'s [[Hollywood walk of fame]] star. It features the 'television receiver' honor, which is for contribution to broadcast television.]]
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In 1980 (with a new edition published in 1990), the [[Funk & Wagnalls]] publishing house also produced a children's encyclopedia called the ''Charlie Brown's 'Cyclopedia''. The 15-volume set features many of the Peanuts characters.
In April 2002, [[List of licensed and localized editions of Monopoly: USA#P|The Peanuts Collectors Edition Monopoly]] board game was released by USAopoly. The game was created by Justin Gage, a friend of Charles and Jeannie Schulz. Gage dedicated the game to Schulz in memory of his passing.
===Amusement parks===
[[File:Snoopy_Bounce_at_Cedar_Point_Camp_Snoopy_entrance_(1572).jpg|thumb|Camp Snoopy, at Cedar Point]]
In 1983, [[Knott's Berry Farm]], in Southern California, was the first theme park to license the ''Peanuts'' characters, creating the first [[Camp Snoopy]] area and making Snoopy the park's mascot. Knott's expanded its operation in 1992 by building an indoor amusement park in the [[Mall of America]], called ''[[Nickelodeon Universe|Knott's Camp Snoopy]]''. The Knott's theme parks were acquired by the national amusement park chain [[
Snoopy is currently the official mascot of all the
In 2008, [[Cedar Point]] introduced [[Planet Snoopy]], a children's area where Peanuts Playground used to be. This area consists of family and children's rides relocated from Cedar Point's sister park [[Geauga Lake]] after its closing. The rides are inspired by Peanuts characters. The area also consists of a "Kids Only" restaurant called Joe Cool Cafe (there is a small menu for adults). In 2010, the [[Nickelodeon Central]] and [[Nickelodeon Universe]] areas in the former [[Paramount Parks]] ([[California's Great America]], [[Canada's Wonderland]], [[Carowinds]], [[Kings Dominion]], and [[Kings Island]]) were replaced by [[Planet Snoopy]]. In 2011, Cedar Fair announced it would also add Planet Snoopy to [[Valleyfair]], [[Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom]], and [[Worlds of Fun]], replacing the Camp Snoopy areas. ″Carowinds″ Planet Snoopy was rethemed to Camp Snoopy. Planet Snoopy is now at every
Also, the ''Peanuts'' characters can be found at [[Universal Studios Japan]] in the Universal Wonderland section along with the characters from ''[[Sesame Street]]'' and ''[[Hello Kitty]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://schulzmuseum.org/universal-studios-japan/ |title=Charles M. Schulz MuseumVisiting Universal Studios Japan – Charles M. Schulz Museum |publisher=Schulzmuseum.org |date=October 30, 2013 |access-date=May 21, 2015}}</ref> and in the Snoopy's World in Hong Kong.
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An exhibition titled ''Good Grief, Charlie Brown! Celebrating Snoopy and the Enduring Power of Peanuts'' opened at [[Somerset House]] in London on 25 October 2018, running until 3 March 2019. The exhibition brought together [[Charles M. Schulz]]'s original Peanuts cartoons with work from a wide range of acclaimed contemporary artists and designers who have been inspired by the cartoon.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.somersethouse.org.uk/whats-on/good-grief-charlie-brown|title=Good Grief, Charlie Brown!|date=May 29, 2018|publisher=Somerset House Trust|access-date=September 27, 2018}}</ref>
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* {{cite web |last1=Bell |first1=Amanda |title=How to Watch A Charlie Brown Christmas |url=https://www.tvguide.com/news/how-to-watch-a-charlie-brown-christmas-2018/ |date=November 19, 2018b |website=TV Guide |access-date=25 January 2020 }}
* {{cite web|last1=Horn|first1=Alison|title=How you can watch 'It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown'|url=https://www.10news.com/entertainment/how-you-can-watch-it-s-the-great-pumpkin-charlie-brown-|date=October 18, 2018|website=ABC 10 News San Diego|access-date=25 January 2020}}
* {{cite web |last1=Murray |first1=Noel |title=The Charlie Brown And Snoopy Show: The Complete Animated Series |url=https://
* {{cite magazine |last1=Franich |first1=Darren |title='Happiness is a Warm Blanket, Charlie Brown' is terrible. Will kids care? |url=https://ew.com/article/2011/11/24/happiness-warm-blanket-charlie-brown-cartoon/# |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=November 24, 2011 |access-date=25 January 2020 }}
* {{cite web |last1=Stevens |first1=Dana |title=Good Grief: Why I love the melancholy Peanuts holiday specials. |url=https://slate.com/culture/2008/10/why-i-love-the-melancholy-peanuts-holiday-specials.html |website=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]] |date=October 31, 2008 |access-date=25 January 2020 }}
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* {{cite web |last1=Hardy |first1=DC |title=It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown and other Peanuts specials come to Apple TV+ |url=https://www.cultofmac.com/725808/holiday-peanuts-specials-apple-tv-plus-halloween-christmas-thanksgiving/ |website=Cult of Mac |date=October 19, 2020 |access-date=20 October 2020 }}
* {{cite web |last1=Arnold |first1=Chuck |title=Mariah Carey has sing-off with Ariana Grande, Jennifer Hudson in special |url=https://nypost.com/2020/12/04/mariah-carey-sing-off-with-ariana-grande-in-christmas-special/ |website=[[New York Post]] |date=December 4, 2020 |access-date=10 December 2020 }}
* {{cite web |last1=Johnson |first1=Kevin |title=The appealing Snoopy Show may stretch viewers' love for the iconic dog |url=https://
* {{cite web |last1=Goodwillie |first1=Ian |title=Peanuts: 10 Characters Who Disappeared Over The Years |url=https://www.cbr.com/peanuts-characters-disappeared-with-time-over-years/ |website=[[Comic Book Resources|CBR]] |date=February 22, 2021 |access-date=14 May 2021 }}
* {{cite web |last1=Davis |first1=Victoria |title='It's the Small Things, Charlie Brown' Celebrates Earth Day and the Schulz Legacy |url=https://www.awn.com/animationworld/its-small-things-charlie-brown-celebrates-earth-day-and-schulz-legacy |website=[[Animation World Network]] |date=April 15, 2022 |access-date=16 April 2022 }}
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* [http://gocomics.com/peanuts ''Peanuts'' at GoComics.com]
* [http://www.life.com/image/first/in-gallery/48981/good-grief-peanuts-turns-60 ''Peanuts'' Turns 60]. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101007130039/http://www.life.com/image/first/in-gallery/48981/good-grief-peanuts-turns-60|date=mdy}} – slideshow by ''[[Life (magazine)|Life]]''
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