Posted By Dan Greenfield on Nov 26, 2025 | 2 comments

A BIRTHDAY SALUTE to the late, great Charles M. Schulz — from Dick Tracy to Doonesbury…

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The late, great Charles Schulz was born 103 years ago, on November 26, 1922. This year, we’ve got a double-celebration for you: the salute by Peter Bosch, below, and one by Paul Kupperberg that you can find here. Right on. — Dan

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By PETER BOSCH 

“And, remember, my sentimental friend, a heart is not judged by how much you love, but by how much you are loved by others.” — The Wizard to the Tin Man in The Wizard of Oz (1939, MGM)

In October, I wrote a 75th anniversary salute to the Peanuts strip that lead up to the passing of the strip’s creator, Charles Schulz, in the year 2000. But the story doesn’t end there.

Two decades later, on November 26, 2022 – the 100th anniversary of Schulz’s birth – more than 75 artists and writers paid tribute to Schulz and Peanuts within their own comic strips (over 100 illustrations). The project was the work of Patrick McDonnell, creator of Mutts, and Robb Armstrong, creator of JumpStart.

Here are 13 of those strips. For many more, visit this link to the Charles M. Schulz Museum:

Garfield by Jim Davis

B.C. by Mason Mastroianni and Mick Mastroianni

Barney Google & Snuffy Smith by John Rose

Marmaduke by Brad and Paul Anderson and The Argyle Sweater by Scott Hilburn

Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau

Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rod Whigham

Broom-Hilda by Russell Myers

Heathcliff by Peter Gallagher and Dennis the Menace by Scott Ketcham, Marcus Hamilton, and Ron Ferdinand

Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Shelley Pleger

Blondie by Dean Young and John Marshall

The Wizard of Id by Mick Mastroianni

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MORE

— PAUL KUPPERBERG: My 13 Favorite PEANUTS Thanksgiving and Christmas Comic Strips. Click here.

— PEANUTS AT 75: A Salute to the Greatest Comic Strip of Them All. Click here.

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13th Dimension contributor-at-large PETER BOSCH’s first book, American TV Comic Books: 1940s-1980s – From the Small Screen to the Printed Page, was published by TwoMorrows. (You can buy it here.) A sequel, American Movie Comic Books: 1930s-1970s — From the Silver Screen to the Printed Page, is out now. (Buy it here.) Peter has written articles and conducted celebrity interviews for various magazines and newspapers. He lives in Hollywood.