Progression of the Peanuts cartoons
The Peanuts cartoons were originally known as "Lil' Folks" and was first found in the St. Paul Pioneer Press. After a while, his cartoons became known as Peanuts to meet the expectations of the man he was working for at the time. Though he never liked the name Peanuts, he kept it. The first strip (shown above) was published by seven different newspapers on October 2, 1950.
Peanuts grew in popularity in the 1960's and many characters were soon added. Peppermint Patty first appeared in Peanuts in 1966. After the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968, Schulz included a black character named Franklin on July 31, 1968. And in 1970 Snoopy's best friend Woodstock appeared.
In 1965 the first Peanuts movie, A Charlie Brown Christmas, first came out. Your a Good Sport, Charlie Brown and A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving, which both won Emmy awards in 1967, soon followed. Later Your a Good Man Charlie Brown became a Broadway hit and the musical still plays today. Snoopy and Charlie Brown even went to the moon with the Apollo X crew after the modules had been named after them. In 1965 characters from Peanuts were on the cover of TIME.
Soon Peanuts was so popular that it was read by 355 million people. Schulz soon created over 18,250 cartoon strips. These cartoon strips featured in 2,600 newspapers across 75 different countries in 21 different languages. All this happened within half a century. Peanuts became so popular that Schulz was earning 3-4 million dollars annually.
Peanuts grew in popularity in the 1960's and many characters were soon added. Peppermint Patty first appeared in Peanuts in 1966. After the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968, Schulz included a black character named Franklin on July 31, 1968. And in 1970 Snoopy's best friend Woodstock appeared.
In 1965 the first Peanuts movie, A Charlie Brown Christmas, first came out. Your a Good Sport, Charlie Brown and A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving, which both won Emmy awards in 1967, soon followed. Later Your a Good Man Charlie Brown became a Broadway hit and the musical still plays today. Snoopy and Charlie Brown even went to the moon with the Apollo X crew after the modules had been named after them. In 1965 characters from Peanuts were on the cover of TIME.
Soon Peanuts was so popular that it was read by 355 million people. Schulz soon created over 18,250 cartoon strips. These cartoon strips featured in 2,600 newspapers across 75 different countries in 21 different languages. All this happened within half a century. Peanuts became so popular that Schulz was earning 3-4 million dollars annually.