Introduction to the characters of Peanuts Comics, introduction to Peanuts Comics

Peanuts is a feature-length American comic book written by Charles Schultz. The cartoon was first published in the American press on October 2, 1950, and ceased to be updated on February 13, 2000, when the author died of illness, with a total of more than 17,000 cartoons. Published in 2,600 newspapers worldwide, the comic has 350 million readers in 75 countries and has been translated into 21 languages1.

The main characters of the comics are Charlie Brown and his Migru Hare Retriever Snoopy. At the same time, in the different eras of "Peanuts"**, the comics appeared such as Schroeder, Lucy, Linus, Pig-Pen, Sally Brown and other well-known personality characters, and it was also the first daily comic in the history of world comics to interpret the story with multiple characters. The story of Peanuts is centered on the perspectives of Charlie Brown and Snoopy, and the various characters who appear in the comics observe this seemingly ordinary and subtle world.

Charles Schultz firmly believes in "drawing interesting pictures", carefully conceives every storyline of the comics, portrays the image of each character, and polishes the dialogue of each character. Therefore, each cartoon in "Peanuts" is centered on fresh creativity, and at the same time, it also focuses on reflecting the changes in the social environment of the United States at that time, expressing the author's thoughts on the development of contemporary society.

Peanuts Comics was first released on October 2, 1950, with Charlie Brown, Shermie, and Petty as the main characters. In the early days, many of the most popular and obscure characters, including Snoopy, were on stage. None of the characters in the comics were created by Charles Schultz based on people he knew, but most of the characters in the comics took the names of friends

For example, Charlie Brown is the name of a friend of his while working at an art institute in Minneapolis, USA, Schrode is the surname of a caddie at a golf course in St. Paul, USA, and Linus is the name of Linus Maurer, a classmate from correspondence school. The image of the famous character Snoopy was created by Schultz in the form of a puppy raised when he was thirteen years old, and is somewhat similar to the original image of Snoopy.

The comic book does not have a specific main plot setting, and the story generally revolves around the ordinary daily life of Charlie Brown and Snoopy, and their friends. The work does not specify where the characters live, and Schultz initially set them in an area where American veterans live, but eventually this concept was abandoned due to the increasing abstraction and fantasy of the comic theme. The off-site concept that does not appear on screen in the comics also plays an important role, such as the underground space of Little Red-haired Girl and Snoopy's Doghouse.

Schultz believes that everyone can fully imagine what a little girl looks like and what the inside of the kennel looks like, and if you have to draw it in detail, you will only be disappointed.

Before signing with the United Media Newspaper Group in 1950, Schultz published 15 cartoons about children in the local newspaper The Saturday Evening Post. Later he worked in the São Paulo Herald newspaper (stPaul Pioneer Press) entitled "The Little One" (L'il folks), which was the prototype of Peanuts Comics.

After signing the contract, the newspaper group needed to name the comic strip, and the staff decided to name it "Peanuts" in order to facilitate the publication. At first, Schultz thought the name of the comic was undignified, and felt that it was rude to name the work with such a word. But because the company valued his future potential, Schultz had no choice but to give in.