Posted on 04/27/2010 12:32:18 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
NEW YORK – You've got a new owner, Charlie Brown.
Newspaper publisher E.W. Scripps Co. is selling licensing rights for Snoopy, Charlie Brown and the rest of the "Peanuts" gang to Iconix Brand Group Inc., the licensing company that owns Joe Boxer and London Fog.
The family of the late "Peanuts" creator Charles Schulz will also own part of the business too, giving it more control of and money from the comic strip's legacy.
Heirs say the deal announced Tuesday for for the 60-year-old comic strip is what the artist would have wanted. Schulz worked for decades to win back the rights to his work, which many other artists like himself sold to appear in print.
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Mr. Schulz used to eat lunch once a week in the restaraunt that employed Mrs. L. She said he was a very nice man.
I didnt know Charles Schulz , but I have never heard a bad word about him. His legacy lives on.
LOVED the Christmas specials!
I think that one of the more touching aspects about the man is the fact that Charles Schultz died on February 12, 2000, the day before the very last Peanuts strip ran in the newspaper. It was almost as if one could not go on without the other.
I think it would be a great idea if they re-ran all of Schulz’s work from the point where he began his cartoon strip.
Thanks so much for posting the whole thing. LOVE it!
The 60s strips were awesome.
I was about 10 when “A Charlie Brown Christmas” came out. I loved it. My 19 year old daughter loves it. Her children will love it. Her grandchildren will love it. And on and on. It’s one of those timeless classics that will never grow old and never lose it’s relevance.
My favorite was the Halloween episode... specifically the scene where Snoopy went behind enemy the lines and then took off to take on the Red Barron.
The Philadelphia Inquirer hasn’t stopped running the Peanuts strip. They don’t use them in order and they haven’t re-used any of the 50’s group yet. However, I’ve bought some of the old books from library sales and I’ve been having a lot of “deja vue” when I open the morning paper to the comics page.
On the hypocritical side, the Inquirer stopped carrying “For Better or Worse” several months after the author stopped the strip. Their reason: the author was re-running cartoons! Goose & gander issues??
That was this years theme to the Throckmorton Family outdoor christmas light display.
The role of Linus was played by Holly the electric Giraffe, and the role of Charlie Brown was played by Faux the electric Giraffe.
It made a lot of cars stop and watch.
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