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Charles M. Schulz was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1922 and grew up in Saint Paul. He gained a reputation worldwide as a cartoonist for his work on Peanuts. He died in 2000.
Jake Tapper is an American journalist and author. He is the Chief Washington Correspondent and anchor of the CNN weekday television news show The Lead.
It's impossible to think of another popular art form that reaches across generations the way the daily comic strip does... at the pinnacle of that long tradition, there was Charles Schulz
* Seattle Times *
Charles Schulz was an American treasure - an artist, philosopher, and keen observer of human life
- Bill Clinton,
The world of <i>Peanuts</i> is a microcosm, a little human comedy for the innocent reader and for the sophisticated
- Umberto Eco,
Republishing <i>Peanuts</i> in one gorgeous volume after another is really the first time we can truly take a step back, appreciate Schulz's work as a whole and ultimately wrap our arms around the accomplishment of Charles Schulz. Sometimes, happiness is a warm book
* Huffington Post *
These timely re-issues illustrate not only the skill and subtle brilliance of his work but also the origins of the form beyond simple merriment
* Sunday Times *
All sorts of important writers have marvelled at the glorious simplicity of [Schulz's] draftsmanship and his unerring jokecraft, all underpinned by a quiet melancholy and stoicism . . . by some miracle, the entire <i>Peanuts</i> oeuvre is gradually being republished in this country, by Canongate . . . in lavishly appointed hardback . . . Unlike almost everything you read as a child, they are actually better than you remember them
* Spectator *
As essential as pop texts get
* The Onion *
Charles Schulz was, plain and simple, a great artist and philosopher... But most importantly, he teaches all ages that if you can learn to laugh at the things that cause you the most pain you will be the strongest of all. <i>Peanuts</i>: a real way of life
- John Waters,
<i>Peanuts</i> was, is, and will continue to be the finest comic in the world. Bravo
- Ray Bradbury,
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Biographical note
Charles M. Schulz was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1922 and grew up in Saint Paul. He gained a reputation worldwide as a cartoonist for his work on Peanuts. He died in 2000.
Jake Tapper is an American journalist and author. He is the Chief Washington Correspondent and anchor of the CNN weekday television news show The Lead.