Charlie Brown, Snoopy and the whole Peanuts gang turn 75! The first comic strip featuring the beloved characters was published Oct. 2, 1950. TODAY’s Al Roker reflects on his interview with creator ...

The 1990s were a golden age for comic strips. Newspapers during the '90s featured some of the most famous comic strips of all time, from long-running strips like Peanuts and Doonesbury to staples like ...

It was the summer of 1930. The country was in the first year of what became known as the Great Depression, and folks were already nostalgic for the carefree party-filled days and nights of the 1920s.

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As the beloved comic strip turns 75, PEOPLE looks back at "Peanuts" creator Charles M. Schulz, who died in 2000 at age 77 Peanuts.com; CBS via Getty Charles M Schulz, the creator of Charlie Brown and ...