Manga Biographies: Charles M. Schulz the Creator of Snoopy and Peanuts | 
pickI came to the Peanuts comics long after they‘d stopped being published - I‘ve always loved grumpy Lucy. I‘m new to manga style biographies but I really enjoyed this, it lays out Charles “Sparky” Schulz life in a simple manner, concentrating on his major milestones both at work and with family. I especially enjoyed learning how diligent he was, and how far in advance he completed his work - he never grew out of being anxious about being late.
dabbe My favorite cartoonist of all time. I started collecting his comic books in the early 70s. I wrote him a “fan“ letter back in the 1980s, and he sent me a signed comic strip. 😱 It's hanging in my house to this day. He was so kind that he called me at his expense to ask me which characters I wanted in the strip! What a man. 🤩 7d
thegirlwiththelibrarybag @dabbe, thank you for sharing that - how lovely to have such a memento, I can‘t imagine anyone being able to respond on such an individual level these days. Which characters did you choose? 6d
dabbe @thegirlwiththelibrarybag My mom was the 1st Peanuts fan in our family, and Snoopy and Woodstock were her favorites. So, I asked for the two of them and gave it to her for her 50th birthday in 1988. I inherited it when she died in 2011. It's my most prized possession. 6d
thegirlwiththelibrarybag @dabbe ♥️ 6d
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