It’s the 75th Anniversary of Peanuts!
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The first Peanuts comic strip was published 75 years ago, on 2nd October 1950. Charles M. Schulz (1922 -2000) wrote and illustrated all 17.897 strips over nearly 50 years.
Shermy and Charlie became good friends later on. 😊 (image source: peanuts.fandom.com)
The first four characters in the comics were Shermy, Charlie Brown, Patty and Snoopy.
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Charlie and Snoopy became the main protagonists and, over the years, were joined by Schroeder, Lucy, Linus, Sally, Woodstock, Pepermint Patty, Marcie, Rerun, Spike and dozens of minor and supporting characters as well as some unseen and imaginary ones.
The last strip was published a day after Schulz passed, in February 2000.
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By then, Peanuts had appeared in over 2,600 newspapers, reaching 355 million readers in 75 countries, and was translated into 21 languages. The comic strip has also inspired several TV series and specials, as well as a few movies.
In one of the animated specials, also written by Charles W. Schultz, we could see how Charlie and Snoopy first met.
From the special Snoopy's Reunion (1991)
So, let’s celebrate in this thread one of the world’s greatest comic strips!!
Let us know who your favourite characters are and let’s share our favourite strips, videos, memes, pics and GIFs!!
As always, the music is very welcome, too!! Snoopy and I will be happy to dance!! 😁
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