SCHULZ: HIS LIFE IN PEANUTS
Opens at the Charles M. Schulz Museum
Wednesday, September 19 through Monday, January 14, 2008

“If you read the [Peanuts comic] strip, you would know me. Everything I am goes into the strip—all of my fears, my anxieties and my joys.” –Charles M. Schulz

August 27, 2007—Santa Rosa, CA. Charles Schulz often remarked that to know his strip was to know him. This exhibition of original Peanuts strips is, in a real sense, Schulz’s “autobiography.” Many aspects of Schulz’s personal life—including childhood memories, friendships, injuries and surgeries, his life with five children, and more—were revealed in his renowned comic strip.

The Charles M. Schulz Museum’s newest exhibition, Schulz: His Life in Peanuts, which runs Wednesday, September 19 through Monday, January 14, 2008, highlights these autobiographical themes with seventy original Peanuts comic strips.

A few examples of Schulz’s life in Peanuts:
Schulz’s insecurity and shyness around girls surfaced again and again through Charlie Brown’s relationship with the Little Red-Haired Girl and other examples of unrequited love in the strip.

Peanuts ~ January 12, 1987

In this 1973 strip, Schulz pokes gentle fun at his wife’s cooking skills.

Peanuts ~ January 24, 1973

Poor Snoopy must endure the same fate as Schulz, who suffered a knee injury while playing hockey. When Schulz had arthroscopic surgery on his knee in 1987, Snoopy similarly found himself scheduled for knee surgery (until it was discovered that dogs don’t have knees!).

Peanuts ~ November 19, 1987

Andy, a special dog in Schulz’s life, inspired this strip.

Peanuts ~ August 17, 1994

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