Q. Where can I find the reprint books of the Peanuts strips?
A. Peanuts books are printed by a variety of different publishers, and are readily available through most major booksellers.

Q. Who draws the Peanuts strip today?
A. By Schulz's wishes, no new Peanuts strips are—nor ever will be—drawn and published. There are new animated specials in development, but the story lines will be based entirely on themes and dialogue from the strip's history. The strips are still published in your daily newspaper and on the United Feature Syndicate website, Comics.com, which also provides a date-searchable database for the nearly 50-year/17,897-strip history of Peanuts. The strips' relevance, charm, and timeliness today are perhaps the most powerful proof of their quality.

Q. Where can I find the Peanuts specials on videocassette or DVD?
A. The Peanuts video library is distributed by Warner Bros and titles are available through most major video retailers.

Q. Where can I find Peanuts sheet music? Peanuts CDs?
A. Hal Leonard Publishing has recently printed its complete Peanuts songbook. In the past, all of the pieces have been available separately or in different collections, but now, they're all in one book. It should be readily available through most music stores. If you're having difficulty finding them, the original composer of the theme (titled Linus & Lucy) as well as most of the music identified with the Peanuts specials, is Vince Guaraldi. His music is also readily available on CD.

Q. What are the lyrics to the Charlie Brown song?
A. Most of the music associated with the various Peanuts specials and films was instrumental, but if you are looking for songs with specific lyrical content, the sheet music published by Hal Leonard Publishing is your best bet.

Product

Q. Where can I find the specific Peanuts product I'm looking for?
A. Give www.SnoopyStore.com a try! They list a very wide range of Peanuts items, including apparel, giftware, and housewares.

Q. What's the value of a particular Peanuts product? I need some info about a particular Peanuts product.
A. Fans looking for more information about their collections may refer to Andrea Podley's (with Derrick Bang) Peanuts Collectibles, Identification and Value Guide (2000) or Freddi Margolin's Peanuts, The Home Collection, A Collector's Guide to Identification and Value (1999). Both books are available at Snoopy's Gallery and Gift Shop (www.snoopygift.com). In addition, the Peanuts Collectors Club web site (www.peanutscollectorclub.com) has information that may also be helpful.

Reprint & Copyright Information

Q. Can I use Peanuts images on my web site? Can I link to Snoopy.com?
A. Reprinting Peanuts comic strips or characters is not allowed without permission. If you would like more information on copyright, please go visit http://www.unitedmedia.com.

Q. I would like to use the Peanuts characters for a particular event, group, or function. How do I obtain permission?
A. For more information about licensed Peanuts products and contacts, please visit the United Media Licensing website. All requests will be screened as efficiently as possible. As the popularity of Peanuts prompts a large volume of requests, please be sure to provide adequate timing for the completion of your request. All usage of the characters beyond the web link usage mentioned above must be endorsed with the written consent of United Media.

Q. How can I reprint a Peanuts strip?
A. Please draft an email providing a full description of your intended usage and all important contact information for you/your organization, and send to the address listed for your usage:

U.S./English—reprints@unitedmedia.com
U.S./Foreign Language & Non-U.S.—reprints-int@unitedmedia.com

Q. Does Charlie Brown have a girlfriend?
A. Actually between 1990 and 1991, he did. He met Peggy Jean at summer camp. He was so enamored (and extremely nervous), that he introduced himself as "Brownie Charles," the name by which she would know him until she moved away. Throughout their relationship, he was continually torn between Peggy Jean and his affection for the Little Red-Haired Girl.

Q. What does Charlie Brown's dad do for a living?
A. He was a barber—just as Mr. Schulz's own father was.

Q. Who is Little Red-Haired Girl?
A. This character, inspired by a Hank Williams tune, was never drawn or given a name in the strip. However, she did actually appear in one of the Peanuts TV specials, It's Your First Kiss, Charlie Brown (1977), in which she was called "Heather." But in this instance, the creative decisions regarding her appearance were decided by the show's animators—not Schulz. Charlie Brown's unrequited love for the Little Red-Haired Girl has been unfulfilled since 1963!

Linus Van Pelt :: FIRST APPEARED SEPTEMBER 9, 1952

Q. Did Linus always have a blanket?
A. Since his first appearence in Peanuts, Linus has always been a bit of a child prodigy, blowing square bubbles and building complex skyscrapers out of simple wood building blocks. Linus first sucked his thumb on November 24, 1952, and he started carrying his blanket on June 1, 1954.

Lucy Van Pelt :: FIRST APPEARED MARCH 3, 1952

Q. Has Lucy always been crabby?
A. When Lucy first appeared, she was a toddler who was often watched over by the much older Charlie Brown. But Lucy soon settled into her crabby older sister role. Winner of the “Miss Fuss Budget” award several years running, Lucy’s crabbiness is softened only by her affection for Schroeder.

Q. What does Lucy's sign read on her psychiatry booth?
A. Generally, the signs on her psychiatry booth read: "PSYCHIATRIC HELP 5¢" and "THE DOCTOR IS IN," but the cost of psychiatric help wavered as high as 47¢.

Q. Was Snoopy always a World Famous Beagle?
A. In the early years of Peanuts, Snoopy behaved more like a dog—chasing balls, scratching fleas, even pulling kids in carts. Over the years, though, he came to embody several different personas, including a variety of animals, dancer, and puppeteer. He eventually proclaimed himself as "world famous" and practiced the professions of attorney, surgeon, crabby skating pro, golf pro, scout master, figure skater, astronaut, tennis pro, and even grocery clerk to name a few. Most famously Snoopy has submitted manuscripts as the the Literary Ace, hung out on campus as Joe Cool, and kept the skies safe from the Red Baron as the WWI Flying Ace. His best friend is a tiny yellow bird named Woodstock.

Q. Does Snoopy have any siblings? If so, what are their names?
A. Snoopy's siblings from the Daisy Hill Puppy Farm are: Spike (with the mustache, he lives in a desert outside of Needles, California); Belle (his only sister); Marbles (a spotted beagle); Olaf (a much fuller-bodied beagle); and Andy (the fuzzy-haired sibling).