![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Schulz knew the real-life Charlie Brown and Little Red Haired Girl. In an interview toward the end of his life, he referred to D-Day as the “most important day of our century.” 2. He commemorated Veterans Day and referenced some of his fellow WWII veterans such as Bill Maudin, who was himself a famous cartoonist. Schulz’s comics held markings of his military service. Nearly 32,000 people died at the camp during its 12 years of operation, and 30,000 survivors were inside the camp at the time of liberation. The 20th Armored Infantry Division, where Schulz was a staff sergeant, played a role in liberating the Dachau concentration camp in Germany. Schulz’s Army division helped liberate Dachau concentration camp. After Schulz died in 2000, media scholar Robert Thompson on the NewsHour compared the 50-year story of Charlie Brown and his friends to classic 19th-century epic, calling it “arguably the longest story told by a single artist in human history.”īelow, check out some things you might not have known about that story and its creator. ![]() Nearly 18,000 strips later, the comic strip had been translated into more than 20 languages and had a readership of 355 million people in 75 countries. “The Peanuts Movie” came out this week, a CGI adaptation of the popular comic strip by Charles Schulz. These characters, their quirks and their signature sayings have appeared throughout pop culture for more than 65 years. ![]()
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