Editor’s Dispatch: Happy 100th Birthday, Charles Schulz!
ByTea Fougner
Hi, all! I hope you are recovering from your Thanksgiving feasts if you celebrate!
Today, Saturday, November 26, is a very important day for comics history: the 100th birthday of Charles “Sparky” Schulz, the creator of Peanuts, one of the most beloved comic strips of all time.
Usually, we only post about birthdays related to King Features comics, but Mr. Schulz was such an inspiration and good friend to so many of our cartoonists and had so much influence on the direction of not just comics but pop culture in the 20th century that we wanted to celebrate his legacy. Patrick McDonnell, the creator of MUTTS, spearheaded this project in collaboration with the Charles M. Schulz Museum to celebrate this special birthday!
As you look around Comics Kingdom today, you will see many of cartoonists have contributed to this celebration by honoring Mr. Schulz in their comic strips. Here is a collection where you can see them all together!
Todd the Dinoaur by Patrick RobertsCrankshaft by Tom Batiuk and Dan DavisRhymes With Orange by Hilary Price & Rina PIccoloThe Lockhorns by Bunny Hoest and John ReinerDaddy Daze by John KovaleskiOn the Fastrack by Bill HolbrookHi & Lois by Brian Walker, Greg Walker, Chance Browne, and Eric ReavesZits by Jerry Scott and Jim BorgmanCurtis by Ray BillingsleyMazetoons by Joe WosSlylock Fox by Bob Weber, Jr.Hagar the Horrible by Chris BrowneMary Worth by Karen Moy and June BrigmanThe Brilliant Mind of Edison Lee by John HambrockZippy the Pinhead by Bill GriffithThe Family Circus by Jeff KeaneDennis the Menace by Scott Ketcham, Marcus Hamilton, and Ron FerdinandShoe by Susie MacNelly & Ben LansingBlondie by Dean Young & John MarshallSix Chix by Stephanie PiroBeware of Toddler by George GantMutts by Patrick McDonnellMacanudo by LiniersMarvin by Tom ArmstrongBizarro by Wayno & PiraroSally Forth by Francesco Marciuliano and Jim KeefeArctic Circle by Alex HallattArctic Circle by Alex HallattArctic Circle by Alex HallattArctic Circle by Alex HallattArctic Circle by Alex HallattArctic Circle by Alex HallattBeetle Bailey by Mort, Greg, Brian, and Neal WalkerDustin by Steve Kelley and Jeff Parker
