Charles Schulz Original Drawing of PEPPERMINT PATTY & WOODSTOCK, Peanuts, Snoopy For Sale
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Charles Schulz Original Drawing of PEPPERMINT PATTY & WOODSTOCK, Peanuts, Snoopy:
$5500.00
ORIGINAL DRAWING BY CHARLES M. SCHULZPEPPERMINT PATTY Feeding WOODSTOCK!
Charles Schulz Short BioCharles Schulz, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on November 26, 1922, launched his comic stripPeanutsin 1950. Featuring hero Charlie Brown, over the years the strip would run in more than 2,000 newspapers and in many languages.Peanutsalso expanded into TVspecials like the Emmy-winningA Charlie Brown Christmas,as well as books and a huge merchandise collection. Schulz died on February 12, 2000.In the early 1960s, Schulz was approached by a young TVproducer named Lee Mendelson for the purpose of filming a documentary. Although the documentary never aired, their meeting marked the start of a lifelong collaboration, and they soon teamed up to create the televisionspecialA Charlie Brown Christmasin 1965. Featuring the animation of Bill Melendez, and a delightful score by jazz musician and composer Vince Guaraldi, the program was honored with both an Emmy and a Peabody Award in 1966. Additional TVspecials soon followed, withCharlie Brown\'s All-StarsandIt\'s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brownboth airing that year.
Underscoring their standing as pop culture superstars, thePeanutscharacters graced the cover ofTimeand were the subject of a hit song by The Royal Guardsmen. A stage production ofYou’re A Good Man, Charlie Browndebuted in New York City in 1967, and two years later, the feature-length filmA Boy Named Charlie Brownopened at the Radio City Music Hall.
On February 12, 2000, the night before his finalPeanutscartoon was published, Schulz died in his sleep. At the time,Peanutswas reaching readers in 21 languages across some 2,600 newspapers in 75 countries. Altogether, Schulz produced more than 18,000 strips over nearly 50 years of work.