Charles Schulz,The art of cartooning lost a great man when Charles Schulz passed awayof colon cancer; ending a long and successful career which transformed society with hisfamiliar characters - Snoopy, Lucy and the ever-loved Charlie Brown. Over the years they blended into our society, promoting causes and moving onto the television and movie screen until it was hard to remember a time without the lovable characters.

In 1948 the Saturday Evening Post published some of his work, and then in 1950 the United Features Syndicate bought his "Li'l Folks". The title was already in use for another strip, so they retitled it "Peanuts." The first strip debuted on October 2, 1950 with "Peanuts" becoming one of the most popular comic strips in history, appearingin more than 2000 newspapers and translated into more than two dozen languages.

Over the years Snoopy grew to become a leading character in his own right, as well asWoodstock jumping from minor status to becoming the symbol for some movements in the sixties and for a generation to recognize later on.