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Charles Schulz

December 18, 2019 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 am

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History Alive is a program of first-person portrayals of historical figures by presenters who have conducted scholarly research on their characters. Charles Schulz (1922-2000) was a cartoonist best known as the creator of the Peanuts comic strip that featured Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Linus, and all the rest of the gang. A veteran of World War II, Schulz’s first Peanuts strip was published in 1950 in seven newspapers. At the time of his death in 2000 it was appearing in 2,600 papers around the world. Schulz recognized that comics were not just a medium for children. His ability to connect with people through a four-panel strip using dry humor, sarcasm, wit, and melancholy resulted in an ongoing daily narrative that lasted nearly 50 years. The popularity of his characters worldwide put them in demand for television specials, merchandise, movies, books, theatrical productions, commercials, with NASA spacecraft named in their honor.

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Date:
December 18, 2019
Time:
10:00 am - 12:00 am
Event Category:

Venue

West Virginia University Creative Arts Center
One Fine Arts Drive
Morgantown, WV 26506-6111 United States
Phone
(304)957-9876

Organizer

Jerry McGonigle
Phone
(304) 290-8999
Email
jerry.mcgonigle@mail.wvu.edu