Editing Charles M. Schulz (section)

===''Peanuts''===
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At its height, ''Peanuts'' was published daily in 2,600 papers in 75 countries, in 21 languages. Over nearly 50 years, Schulz drew 17,897 published ''Peanuts'' strips.{{sfnp | Kidd | Spear | 2015 | loc=back cover }} The strips, plus merchandise and product endorsements, produced revenues of more than $1 billion per year, with Schulz earning an estimated $30 million to $40 million annually.<ref name="NYTobit"/> During the strip's run, Schulz took only one vacation, a five-week break in late 1997 to celebrate his 75th birthday; reruns of the strip ran during his vacation, the only time that occurred during Schulz's life.<ref>{{cite news |title=Good grief! Schulz takes leave to mark 75th birthday |url=https://www.southcoasttoday.com/article/19971126/news/311269935 |work=[[The Standard-Times (New Bedford)|The Standard-Times]] |date=November 26, 1997 |access-date=June 19, 2015}}</ref>

The first collection of ''Peanuts'' strips was published in July 1952 by [[Rinehart & Company]]. Many more books followed, greatly contributing to the strip's increasing popularity. In 2004, [[Fantagraphics]] began their ''Complete Peanuts'' series. ''Peanuts'' also proved popular in other media; the first animated TV special, ''[[A Charlie Brown Christmas]]'', aired in December 1965 and won an Emmy award.<ref>{{cite book |last=Crump |first=William D. |date=2013 |title=The Christmas Encyclopedia |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MdGoAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA67 |edition=3rd |location=Jefferson, North Carolina |publisher=[[McFarland & Company]] |page=67 |isbn=978-0-7864-6827-0}}</ref> Numerous TV specials followed, the latest being ''[[Snoopy Presents: Welcome Home, Franklin]]'' in 2024. Until his death, Schulz wrote or co-wrote the TV specials and carefully oversaw their production.

[[File:CharlesMShultzJun96.jpg|thumb|right|Schulz receiving his star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] at [[Knott's Berry Farm]] in June 1996]]
[[Charlie Brown]], the principal character of ''Peanuts'', was named after a co-worker at Art Instruction Inc. Schulz drew much from his own life, some examples being:
* Like Charlie Brown's parents, Schulz's father was a barber and his mother a housewife.{{sfn|Larkin|1999|p=6}}
* Like Charlie Brown, Schulz had often felt shy and withdrawn. In an interview with [[Charlie Rose (talk show)|Charlie Rose]] in May 1997, Schulz observed, "I suppose there's a melancholy feeling in a lot of cartoonists, because cartooning, like all other humor, comes from bad things happening."<ref>{{cite web|last=Kleon|first=Austin|date=October 17, 2007|url=http://austinkleon.com/2007/10/17/charles-schultz-on-charlie-rose|title=CHARLES SCHULZ ON CHARLIE ROSE|work=austinkleon.com}}</ref>
* Schulz reportedly had an intelligent dog when he was a boy. Although this dog was a [[Pointer (dog breed)|pointer]], not a [[beagle]] like Snoopy, family photos confirm a certain physical resemblance.{{sfn|Larkin|1999|p=7}}
* References to Snoopy's brother [[Snoopy#Siblings|Spike]] living outside of [[Needles, California]], were influenced by the few years (1928–30) the Schulz family lived there; they moved to Needles to join other family members who had relocated from Minnesota to tend to an ill cousin.<ref name="Needles">{{harvnb|Johnson|1989|pp=30–36}}</ref>
* Schulz's inspiration for Charlie Brown's unrequited love for the [[Little Red-Haired Girl]] was [[Little Red-Haired Girl#Inspiration|Donna Mae Johnson]], an Art Instruction Inc. accountant with whom he fell in love. When Schulz finally proposed to her in June 1950, shortly after he had made his first contract with his syndicate, she turned him down and married another man.{{sfn|Johnson|1989|p=}}
* [[Linus van Pelt|Linus]] and [[Shermy (Peanuts)|Shermy]] were named for his good friends [[Linus Maurer]] and Sherman Plepler, respectively.<ref name=sitribune>{{cite news|first=Carole|last=Kelleher |title=Linus Maurer, 1926–2016 |url=http://www.sonomanews.com/news/5179817-181/linus-maurer-1926-2016?artslide=0 |work=Sonoma Index–Tribune |date=February 4, 2016 |access-date=February 14, 2016}}</ref>
* [[Peppermint Patty]] was inspired by Patricia Swanson, one of his cousins on his mother's side. Schulz devised the character's name when he saw peppermint candies in his house.<ref name="mich">{{harvnb|Michaelis|2007|p=335}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2000/03/26/charlie-browncharlie-brown-was-the-name-of/|title=Charlie Brown was the name of one of...|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|date=March 26, 2000}}</ref>
* [[Sally Brown|Sally]] calls [[Linus Van Pelt|Linus]] her "Sweet Babboo."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Charles M. Schulz Museum - Sally first called Linus her "Sweet Babboo" 42 years ago today in a strip published on January 27, 1977. 💕 The term of endearment "Sweet Babboo" was inspired by the phrase Jean Schulz initially coined for her husband, Charles Schulz. Unfortunately for Sally, Linus repeatedly dismisses her affectionate use of the expression. {{!}} Facebook |url=https://www.facebook.com/schulzmuseum/photos/a.110604408053/10157069273093054/ |access-date=2023-11-15 |website=www.facebook.com |language=en}}</ref> The term of endearment was inspired by a phrase Jean Schulz used for her husband,&nbsp;"I called him, 'Sweet Babboo' and instead of saying, 'O, that's clever, I think I'll use that,' it just showed up six weeks later in the comic strip!"<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-10-02 |title=Jean Schulz Remembers Peanuts' Origins as Comic Strip Turns 70 - CBS San Francisco |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/jean-schulz-remembers-peanuts-origins-as-comic-strip-turns-70/ |access-date=2023-11-15 |website=www.cbsnews.com |language=en-US}}</ref>