Everything about it was different.” - cartoonist Garry Trudeau, creator of “Doonesbury,” 2000. “Peanuts was the first (and still the best) postmodern comic strip. Laid-back and quietly amusing, and when he introduced that funny dog, all hell broke loose.” - Hank Ketcham, creator of “Dennis the Menace,” 2001. orphans and Charlie Brown was for sure an image of his creator. Even Lucy had her fans.” – Sarah Boxer, The Atlantic, 2015. By 1960, the main characters - Charlie Brown, Linus, Schroeder, Snoopy - had their roles and their acolytes. “I like to think that Peanuts and identity politics grew up together in America. ““For decades, 'Peanuts' was our own daily security blanket,” former president Barack Obama, 2016. “The reader doesn’t just look at Charlie Brown, Linus, Lucy, and Snoopy but reads them as musical notes in a silently heard composition of hilarity, cruelty, and occasional melancholy.” – graphic novelist Chris Ware in The New Yorker, 2019. “"Today, as a generation of artists who grew up during the 'golden age' of 'Peanuts' come to prominence, its presence in the ideas and ambitions of contemporary art seems more powerful and relevant than ever." - Claire Cattarall, senior curator for the Somerset House Trust, London, 2019. Schulz was that great a talent." – author Jonathan Franzen, 2019. Almost every day I can quote some strip that fits the moment.
"I have memorized the first 20 years of the 'Peanuts' canon. The hopeful and hapless Charlie Brown, the joyful Snoopy, the soulful Linus-even the ‘crabby’ Lucy-give voice, day after day, to what makes us human.” – former president Bill Clinton, 2000. “For 50 years, his keen eye, his good and generous heart, and his active brush and pen have given life to the most memorable cast of characters ever to enliven our daily papers. Characters like Lucy and Peppermint Patty refused to be defined or dominated by the boys, whether in social interactions, school, or sports.” - Blake Scott Ball, “Charlie Brown’s America,” 2021. “From the very beginning, Schulz was an advocate for strong, independent females. More akin to great literary characters like Huck Finn and Holden Caulfield.” - Stephan Pastis of Santa Rosa, creator of “Pearls Before Swine,” 2022. Plus, the characters, particularly Charlie Brown, had a depth that was way beyond other characters on the comics page. It was smart, heady, stuff that put faith in you, the reader, to fully understand.
“I think for me it was the dry tone that stuck out.
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