25 years

Schulz/Peanuts news

Today is 25 years since Charles Schulz passed away. Tomorrow is 25 years since the final Peanuts strip ran.

And yet, Peanuts is far from gone. The material is more available than it was when the strip was actually being created, with the entire run collected into books and available online as well. It is still around in culture, not just in product (although certainly there is oh so much of that), but in the way we express ourselves, from the ever-present use of Lucy-pulls-the-football analogies in politics to the (often very abused) cartoons that flood our social media feeds. There are specials and sponsorships, theme parks and movies. It is oh so integrated into our cutlure…

…and as long as Peanuts is around, Schulz is never truly gone. (Though Lucy may disagree.)

Share the news!
RSS
Follow by Email
Facebook
fb-share-icon
Schulz/Peanuts news
The War on Snoopy

I subscribe to the print edition of The Onion, which is America’s Finest (made-up) News Source. This is actually a paper with a long history, but switched to web only for a while. When they came back to print, I jumped on board to help fund this very special outlet that …

Schulz/Peanuts news
Police vs. Peanuts on Parade

Peanuts ends up in the news in strange ways at times. There was a Snoopy float in the New Orleans Mardi Gras parade this year…. but everyone on the float got kicked off by the cops. Why? Well, as you may know, at Mardi Gras the folks on the floats …

Schulz/Peanuts news
Peanuts ownership changes

For those who like to keep track on big picture Peanuts business, there’s been a shift in ownership of Peanuts Holdings LLC, the owners of the key Peanuts intellectual property. Since 2018, the ownership has been split between the Schulz family, who owned 20%; WildBrain, who owned 41%, and Sony …