Charlie Rose interview with Schulz

Now available on DVD is Charlie Rose’s interview with Schulz. I don’t recall this one, but if it is truly from May of 1997 as it says, I doubt it’s too focused on the 50th anniversary of the strip (as the Amazon description mentions), which was still more than 3 years away at the time. (And, sigh, they misspell Schulz’s name on the DVD case.)

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The real Linus’s real cartooning

Like many Peanuts fans, I knew that the character of Linus was named after Linus Maurer, who worked at Art Instruction alongside Schulz. Like seemingly fewer fans, I knew that Maurer himself had been a syndicated cartoonist… but for some reason I never saw any of his strip before today. …

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Campaign Peanuts redux

I don’t normally just repost my blog entries… but this one seems as relevant now as when I first posted it in 2019. Only the word “many” seems dated. Of the many presidential candidates, I think Schulz only mentioned one in Peanuts. which isn’t to say that you can’t find …

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I suspect that’s not Schulz

The only thing I have to say about this ad from 1967 is “no”.   40 SHARES Share Tweet this thing Follow the AAUGH Blog