Factbites
 Where results make sense
About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   PR   |   Contact us  

Topic: Charles Schultz


In the News (Tue 2 Dec 08)

  
  A tribute to the Peanuts Gang and its creator, Charles Schultz
Article(s) relating to Charles Schultz...more to come soon.
Hello and welcome to my tribute to Charles Schultz and his wonderful comic strip, "Peanuts." On January 3, 2000, after nearly half a century of drawing the comic strip, Charles Schultz has retired.
Schultz, you and your characters will be missed.
www.angelfire.com /stars/snoopyfan   (195 words)

  
 Charles Schultz   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Charles Schultz caused me to realize that all the fancy designs and extraordinary techniques cannot replace believable characters and most of all, the love of drawing.
Charles Schultz created characters that were important because everyone could identify with the plights that the characters went through, as well as finding ourselves in the characters.
To me, that is the most important part of being an artist is knowing that real people will be seeing your work, and it's for them that we love what we do and do what we love.
kabelis.net /Karl/Schultz/Snoopy.htm   (277 words)

  
 Inventor Charles Schulz
Charles Schulz, (1922~2000) was born November 26, 1922 to Carl and Dena Schulz of St. Paul, Minnesota.
By week’s end, however, Charles became known as "Sparky," nicknamed by an uncle with a soft spot for Barney Google’s horse "Sparkplug." Schulz carries the nickname to this day, proof of a life devoted to comics.
For Charles Schulz, military life provided both a welcomed change of pace and a shocking confirmation that life would never be the same again.
www.ideafinder.com /history/inventors/schulz.htm   (2168 words)

  
 GL THE MAG: Charlie Brown's day in the sun
Charles Schultz, displaying genuine warmth and affection, explained to me how it all started with a picture.
Schultz but a crush in the accounting department in one of his early jobs.
This particular UPI clipping on the Schultz interview came from the Bangkok World, a testament in itself to the world-wide popularity of Mr.
www.glmarshall.com /schultz.html   (610 words)

  
 MCCAIN'S FREE RIDE IN THE PRESS
Schultz gets a lot of credit for creating a world dominated by children in which adults were never seen or heard from.
By switching the gender roles of his characters, Schultz leaves his readers thinking that his characters are even more dysfunctional than they really are, because people are not used to seeing oversensitive boys or tyrannical girls.
With passing of Charles Schultz last month, the world lost a great innovator, a man who created some of the most diverse and complex cartoon characters ever seen, and in creating them he touched the lives of so many people over the last half-century.
baltimorechronicle.com /schultz_mar00.html   (670 words)

  
 Charles Schultz -- former Chronicle copy desk chief
Charles F. Schultz, who spent 19 years as a staff member of The Chronicle and 19 more as a speechwriter for the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees in Washington, D.C., died Sept. 16 at his home in Vermont.
Schultz was born in San Francisco in 1926, the son of Charles Schultz Sr., a chef and steward at the St. Francis Hotel.
Schultz is survived by his wife, Toyo Biddle of Middletown Springs, Vt.; six children, Stacie Schultz of Gastonia, N.C., Michael Schultz of Corte Madera, Ellen Schultz of New York, Sara Schultz of Corte Madera, Carrie Bazemore of Kelford, N.C., and Gillian Schultz of Seattle; four grandchildren; and four step-grandchildren.
www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/09/27/BAG4OEUDL21.DTL   (315 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Thompson, who is the author of the bill and represented Schultz in his Northern California Congressional District, said the honor is fitting for a man whose lifetime of work transcended generations of Americans and became a fabric of our national culture.
Charles "Sparky" Schultz created the Peanuts comic strip in 1950 and has personally drawn every single strip over the past 50 years.
Schultz was also known for his generous philanthropy as well as for his artistic and cultural legacy.
www.house.gov /filner/releases/2.15.00.htm   (277 words)

  
 The Santa Rosa Press Democrat // Charles Schulz
Charles M. Schulz, creator of the most popular comic strip in history, was Sonoma County's most famous resident during the last half of the 20th century.
This is the museum that Charles Schulz once had his doubts about, and later hoped he might live to see.
World-renowned cartoonists influenced by the work of Charles Schulz are on the VIP guest list for this week's opening of the Santa Rosa museum dedicated to the "Peanuts" creator.
pressdemo.com /evergreen/schulz   (732 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Man mistakenly shot by FBI agent   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Schultz, who works for a medical company, has no connection to the bank robbery, FBI officials said.
Schultz and his girlfriend, 16-year-old Krissy Harkum, were pulled over in Pasadena late Friday, authorities said.
Schultz, of Orchard Beach, was unable to speak while being treated at the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center.
www.usatoday.com /news/nation/2002/03/03/fbi-shooting.htm   (344 words)

  
 Jacket 14 -- Susan M. Schultz -- on Charles Bernstein
Charles Bernstein, whose relationship with his father was apparently [sic] ambivalent, finds himself performing the same kind of work as his father, though within a different frame, and he hopes without the lock.
If Charles Bernstein is successful because he has created a cottage industry in an era of ready-mades, then Charles Bernstein has done something that most graduate students (if not all of them) cannot do.
[6] Charles Altieri writes of contemporary poetry much indebted to Romanticism that, "The central aim of the art is not to interpret experience but to extent language to its limits in order to establish poignant awareness of what lies beyond words.
www.jacketmagazine.com /14/schultz-bernstein.html   (9682 words)

  
 8th Missouri Volunteer Infantry (US) - Charles Schultz   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Charles and Caroline married on Nov 20, 1865, in the Lutheran Church of Cape Girardeau.
Schultz was a musician in the 8th Missouri.
Another firsthand account says that Charles Schultz was a very gifted craftsman, artist, and musician - he played most every instrument in the band, and was a local band leader after the war.
members.aol.com /CXGallery/BioSchultzC.html   (332 words)

  
 Forty-Niners 'round the Horn
Schultz finds that the gold seekers, most of whom were men in their twenties, had never been away from home, much less on a lengthy voyage.
Schultz describes the preparations made for the trip, onboard provisions, and activities for the passengers such as types, quantity, and quality of food and drink; forms of entertainment; religious observances and the marking of national and state holidays and special occasions.
Charles R. Schultz is a professor and the Clements Archivist at Texas A&M University in College Station where he has served on the faculty since 1971.
www.sc.edu /uscpress/Fw99/3329.html   (561 words)

  
 You're a Good Man, Charles Schultz
One of Schultz's daughters explains one of the comic strips biggest dilemas: "He was always asked, 'Why doesn't Charlie Brown kick the football?' My dad's answer would always be, 'because losing is something that everybody identifies with'."
Schultz's wife, Jean, relates, "He [told a] story that one day his secretary told him that her son came home the night before, threw his jacket down on the couch, and said, 'I feel just like Charlie Brown!' He said, 'Then I realized, that was what this was all about.
The deeper meaning of the comic, according to Schultz's daughter: "[I think of] the spirit of the characters in the strip as being a group of children, all very different, who really are, even among all their baseball losses, and Lucy's crabbiness, and Snoopy's different personalities, good to one another."
www.oprah.com /rys/journeys/rys_journeys_20001228.jhtml   (368 words)

  
 Internet Obituary Network, Obituary for Charles Schultz   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Charles Schultz, the man behind "Peanuts" cartoons, died February 12, 2000, on the eve of his last cartoon strip, which includes a farewell letter.
Schultz himself sketched and wrote every running of Peanuts for 50 years, and had a clause inserted into his contract, preventing anyone else from releasing new "Peanuts" cartoons after his death.
Many of his characters were based on real people in Schultz' life.
obits.com /schultzcharles.html   (325 words)

  
 Charles M. Schulz
Charles M. Schulz: In Memoriam - Creator of Charlie Brown, Snoopy and the entire "Peanuts" gang by Beth Rowen Charles...
Charles M. Schulz - Charles M. Schulz cartoonist Born: 11/26/1922 Birthplace: Minneapolis, Minnesota Cartoonist who...
New Charles M. Schulz Museum and Research Center to Open August 17, 2002 in Santa Rosa California; Highlights include: a recreation of Schulz's studio, an extensive collection of original strips, a 7,000-pound morphing Snoopy, a tile mural of Lucy and Charlie Brown, and a Snoopy Labyrinth.
www.infoplease.com /ce6/people/A0844022.html   (352 words)

  
 CollectingChannel.com News Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
After serving in the European Theater during World War Two, Charles M. Schultz returned to the States and settled in the Twin Cities area, landing a job as an instructor at the Art Instruction School.
Before the deal was sealed, however, they persuaded Schultz to change the name from Lil' Folks to Peanuts, and on October 2, 1950, history was made.
Schultz has won numerous awards for his Peanuts strips, including the prestigious National Cartoonists Reuben award twice, in 1955 and again in 1964.
www.collectingchannel.com /cdsDetArt.asp?CID=&PID=2401   (894 words)

  
 Schultz and Doswell: Analyzing and Forecasting Rocky Mountain Lee Cyclogenesis
Schultz, D. M., and C. Doswell III, 2000: Analyzing and forecasting Rocky Mountain lee cyclogenesis often associated with strong winds.
In a classical cold front, the arrival of cold, dense air in the lower troposphere is associated with concomitant surface pressure rises.
These two situations are further evidence that numerical-model simulations of lee cyclogenesis can be problematic, whether it be from initial-condition uncertainties, inadequate model resolution, or improper model physics (see section 1).
www.cimms.ou.edu /~schultz/papers/lee.html   (9362 words)

  
 Leftyz Too Home Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
CHARLES was said to have died in the 1920s.
He was born LASDISLAUS SCHULTZ on December 21, 1883, but later changed his name to WILLIAM though, according to one of our family documents, LADISLAUS continued to be used in the Catholic Church.
KATHERINE MARY SCHULTZ received her middle name from her mother, and gave it to her daughter, MARY KAY, who would die at the age of nine.
www.geocities.com /Heartland/Ridge/4703   (1455 words)

  
 Charles M. Schultz, The Complete Peanuts 1950-1956
Subtitled The Definitive Collection of Charles M. Schultz's Comic Strip Masterpiece, this project is set to run for 12 years, at two volumes per annum until every daily strip from the master's hand is available in a match set of hardcover books.
This first volume covers the first two and a quarter years of the strip, and many of the strips from this era have never been collected before.They showed Schultz working out some kinks and include characterizations and images that are quite different from the later, more familiar cast.
This volume sees the arrival of Pigpen in a cloud of dust, and the development of Linus as Schultz's resident philosopher (and he acquires his security blanket!) Lucy grows into her "fussbudget" mode during this era.
www.greenmanreview.com /book/book_schultz_completepeanuts.html   (845 words)

  
 Northwest Herald - Online   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The board met at the courthouse to hear objections to Schultz' nominating petition for village president.
Schultz filed an economic-interest statement with McHenry County Clerk Katherine Schultz' office, Charles H. Eldredge Jr.
Friday, and said it amounted to retaliation for Brusek's refusal to have the village indemnify Schultz, who now is a trustee, in a developer's lawsuit.
www.nwherald.com /print/298738500320249.php   (443 words)

  
 Amazon.com: The Complete Peanuts 1950-1952: Books: Charles M. Schulz,Garrison Keillor,Seth   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The books ends with a lengthy interview with Charles Schulz that goes a long way toward explaining what kind of person could create such a wonderfully sweet and sad comic every day for 50 years.
Lucy, Charlie Brown, and the infamous football),Charlie Brown's famous shirt, Shroeder becoming a "concert pianist" with references to Beethoven, etc. This is a must have for all PEANUTS lovers with strips that haven't been reprinted or seen since their debut fifty years ago.
Charles M. Schulz' simple but effective line drawing shows off a little more dimension in the early art work with some compicated "sets" and "backgrounds" with added perspective in some of the panels.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/156097589X?v=glance   (2563 words)

  
 Schultz Remembered   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Once hailed as a master of wit and wisdom, Charles Schultz was the undisputed king of the comic.
Charles then proceeded to work for the Constantinople Gazette in 1806, drawing spot art and the occasional informative graph.
Charles who brought us Snoopy, somehow riding atop his doghouse, scarf blowing in the wind, pretending he was shooting the famed Red Baron.
www.europa.com /~cabelsa/schultz.html   (350 words)

  
 Market Wire: Charles Schultz Retires 'Peanuts' After 50 Years, To Fight Colon Cancer
Today Charles M. Schulz bids farewell to his daily installments of "Peanuts" with the above letter to readers, bringing to a close the half-century run of the world's most beloved comic strip.
Schulz Creative Associates in Santa Rosa, Calif., the six-person studio that coordinates all "Peanuts" products, is in regular contact with Schulz at his California home and says the cartoonist is looking forward to writing screenplays for more "Peanuts" animated videos when his cancer treatments are completed.
Mike Luckovich, editorial cartoonist for The Atlanta Constitution, said that one of the biggest thrills of his career was being asked by ''Sparky'' (as Schulz's friends call him) to advise him on the choice between two possible endings to a "Peanuts" strip.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_pwwi/is_200001/ai_mark03991652   (901 words)

  
 Rare Charles Schultz Work To Be Published In November - Silver Bullet Comics - comics news, comic book news, comics ...
Rare Charles Schultz Work To Be Published In November
Charles M. Schulz is the most famous and most influential cartoonist ever, and his Peanuts comic strips have been reprinted in hundreds of books.
Sparky [Charles M. Schulz] spoke highly of Jim's drawing ability and in this book I can see what he meant.” Sasseville is no less effusive about Schulz’s work on the strip, referring to him as “the best cartoonist ever,” a view of Schulz that is common in the cartooning world.
www.silverbulletcomicbooks.com /news/109346883356738.htm   (626 words)

  
 CHARLIE BROWN and COMPANY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Wonderful Book with a complete section on the Life of Charles Schultz, complete with photos of his early years (even a report card!).
Many of his strips are interspersed with information about the publishing and current life (1973) of Charles Schultz.
This book is must for any fan of the late Charles Schultz.
www.antique-hangups.com /cybermall/booth004   (990 words)

  
 DS - R.I.P. Charles Schultz
Karma is the Buddhist philosophy that says our deeds come back to us, which is pretty much the same philosophy behind the criminal justice system, flatulence, and your childhood taunts bouncing off me and sticking to you like glue.
Charles Schultz died the night before his last cartoon strip ran.
Or that the very same weekend Schultz went to that great security blanket in the sky Jim Varney, the star of "Ernest Goes to Camp" and "Ernest Goes to School", was cast in his final role: "Ernest Goes to Meet His Maker"?
www.maddogproductions.com /ds_schultz.htm   (943 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Peanuts Treasury: Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
As the creator of Peanuts, the world's most widely read comic strip, Charles Schulz (1922-2000) touched the hearts and funny bones of millions of people, with his work appearing in more than two thousand newspapers around the world and translated into twenty-one languages.
One of the benefits of this book is that you can read through extended sequences of strips to see their connections in ways that you could not do when you only saw them daily.
I have been a huge fan of Snoopy and the rest of the Peanuts gangs since I was a child, but somehow Charles Schulz's Snoopy comics have a universal, timeless essence that appeals to people of all ages.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1586630687?v=glance   (1562 words)

  
 Cigar Aficionado | People Profile | Charles M. Schultz
As the editorialist observed, "That's neither Spanish nor English, but something out of a universal language created by Charles Schulz over the span of nearly 50 years during which he has drawn the comic strip 'Peanuts.'" And there has been nothing equal to it in the comics.
When Charles M. Schulz retired in December, "Peanuts" was appearing in an unprecedented 2,600 newspapers in 75 countries, entertaining an estimated 355 million readers a day in 21 languages.
According to Mary Anne Grimes, a spokeswoman for "Peanuts" distributor United Feature Syndicate, even before Schulz's death on February 12--the eve of the publication of his last original strip--more than 90 percent of the papers had decided to continue running vintage "Peanuts" comics.
www.cigaraficionado.com /Cigar/CA_Profiles/People_Profile/0,2540,92,00.html   (2795 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)

Factbites
  About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   Press   |   Contact us  
Copyright © 2005-2007 www.factbites.com Usage implies agreement with terms.