Editing Peanuts (section)

==Reception==
Schulz received the [[National Cartoonists Society]] Humor Comic Strip Award for ''Peanuts'' in 1962, the [[Reuben Award]] in 1955 and 1964 (the first cartoonist to receive the honor twice), the [[Elzie Segar]] Award in 1980, and the [[Milton Caniff]] Lifetime Achievement Award in 1999. ''[[A Charlie Brown Christmas]]'' won a [[Peabody Award]] and an [[Emmy]]; ''Peanuts'' cartoon specials have received a total of two [[Peabody Award]]s and four [[Emmys]]. For his work on the strip, Schulz has a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] (as does Snoopy) and a place in the [[William Randolph Hearst]] Cartoon Hall of Fame. ''Peanuts'' was featured on the cover of ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' on April 9, 1965, with the accompanying article calling it "the leader of a refreshing new breed that takes an unprecedented interest in the basics of life."<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,898627,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070320023243/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,898627,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 20, 2007 |title=Comics: Good Grief |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |date=April 9, 1965 |access-date=May 21, 2015}}</ref>

The strip was declared second in a list of the "greatest comics of the 20th century" commissioned by ''[[The Comics Journal]]'' in 1999.<ref>Tom Spurgeon, Art Spiegelman, Bart Beatty et al., "The Top 100 English-Language Comics of the Century," ''[[The Comics Journal]]'' 210 (February 1999)</ref> The top-ranked comic was [[George Herriman]]'s ''[[Krazy Kat]]'', a strip Schulz admired (and in fact was among his biggest inspirations), and he accepted the ranking in good grace, to the point of agreeing with it.<ref>{{cite press release | title =Fantagraphics Books to publish "The Complete Peanuts" by Charles M. Schulz | publisher =Fantagraphics | date =October 13, 2003 | url =http://www.snoopy.com/comics/peanuts/news/news_101303.html | access-date =November 30, 2006 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20060925135105/http://snoopy.com/comics/peanuts/news/news_101303.html | archive-date =September 25, 2006 | url-status =live | df =mdy-all }}</ref> In 2002 ''[[TV Guide]]'' declared Snoopy and Charlie Brown tied for 8th<ref>{{cite press release | title =D'oh! Bugs Bunny Edges Out Homer Simpson | publisher =TV Guide | date =July 26, 2002 }}</ref> in its list of the "Top 50 Greatest Cartoon Characters of All Time",<ref>{{cite web |url=http://archives.cnn.com/2002/SHOWBIZ/TV/07/30/cartoon.characters.list/ |title=Breaking News, U.S., World, Weather, Entertainment & Video News |publisher=Archives.cnn.com |access-date=May 21, 2015 |archive-date=April 4, 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050404044955/http://archives.cnn.com/2002/SHOWBIZ/TV/07/30/cartoon.characters.list/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> published to commemorate its 50th anniversary.

Schulz was included in the touring exhibition "Masters of American Comics". His work was described as "psychologically complex", and his style as "perfectly in keeping with the style of its times."<ref name="Masters"/>

Despite the widespread acclaim ''Peanuts'' has received, some critics have alleged a decline in quality in the later years of its run, as Schulz frequently digressed from the more cerebral socio-psychological themes that characterized his earlier work in favor of lighter, more whimsical fare. For example, in an essay published in the ''[[New York Press]]'' at the time of the final daily strip in January 2000, "Against Snoopy", [[Christopher Caldwell (journalist)|Christopher Caldwell]] argued that Snoopy, and the strip's increased focus on him in the 1970s, "went from being the strip's besetting artistic weakness to ruining it altogether".<ref name=":0">{{cite web |url=http://nypress.com/against-snoopy/ |title=Against Snoopy |work=New York Press |first=Christopher |last=Caldwell |date=January 4, 2000}}</ref>