Editing Peanuts (section)

{{Short description|Comic strip by Charles M. Schulz}}
{{About|the comic strip|the edible legume|Peanut|other uses|Peanut (disambiguation)}}
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{{Use American English|date=January 2024}}
{{Infobox comic strip
|title     = Peanuts
|image     = Peanuts gang.png
|alt       = The characters from Peanuts holding aloft Charlie Brown and Snoopy.
|caption   = '''The ''Peanuts'' gang'''<br />'''Top row left to right:''' [[Woodstock (Peanuts)|Woodstock]], [[Snoopy]], [[Charlie Brown]]<br />'''Bottom row left to right:''' [[Franklin (Peanuts)|Franklin]], [[Lucy Van Pelt]], [[Linus Van Pelt]], [[Peppermint Patty]], [[Sally Brown]]
|author    = [[Charles M. Schulz]]
|website   = {{URL|www.peanuts.com}}
|status    = Concluded, in reruns
|syndicate = {{ubl|[[United Media]], ex-[[United Feature Syndicate]] (October 2, 1950&nbsp;– February 26, 2011)|[[Universal Uclick]]/[[Andrews McMeel Syndication]] (February 27, 2011&nbsp;– present)}}
|first     = {{ubl|October 2, 1950 (dailies)|January 6, 1952 (Sundays)}}
|last      = {{ubl|January 3, 2000 (dailies)|February 13, 2000 (Sundays)}}
|genre     = Humor, [[gag-a-day]], satire, children
|preceded by=[[Li'l Folks]]}}

'''''Peanuts''''' (briefly subtitled '''''featuring Good ol' Charlie Brown''''') is a [[print syndication|syndicated]] [[daily strip|daily]] and [[Sunday strip|Sunday]] American [[comic strip]] written and illustrated by [[Charles M. Schulz]]. The strip's original run extended from 1950 to 2000, continuing in reruns afterward. ''Peanuts'' is among the most popular and influential in the history of comic strips, with 17,897 strips published in all,{{sfn|Bethune|2007}} making it "arguably the longest story ever told by one human being".{{sfn|Boxer|2000}} At the time of Schulz's death in 2000, ''Peanuts'' ran in over 2,600 newspapers, with a readership of roughly 355&nbsp;million across 75 countries, and had been translated into 21 languages.{{sfn|Podger|2000}} It helped to cement the [[Yonkoma|four-panel gag strip]]<ref name=":1" /> as the standard in the United States,{{sfn|Walker|2002|p={{Page needed|date=January 2024}}}} and together with its merchandise earned Schulz more than $1&nbsp;billion.{{sfn|Bethune|2007}} Following successful TV and theatrical adaptations over the years, a [[The Peanuts Movie|movie adaptation]] was released by [[Blue Sky Studios]] in 2015.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://movies.disney.com/the-peanuts-movie |title=The Peanuts Movie |language=en |access-date=2024-09-13 |via=movies.disney.com}}</ref>

''Peanuts'' focuses on a social circle of young children, where adults [[unseen character|exist but are rarely seen or heard]]. The main character, [[Charlie Brown]], is meek, nervous, and lacks self-confidence. He is unable to fly a kite, win a baseball game, or kick a football held by his irascible friend [[Lucy van Pelt|Lucy]], who always pulls it away at the last instant.<ref>{{cite book|title=The World Encyclopedia of Comics|editor-first=Maurice|editor-last=Horn|editor-link=Maurice Horn|year=1977|publisher=Avon Books}}</ref> ''Peanuts'' is a literate strip with philosophical, psychological, and sociological overtones, which was innovative in the 1950s.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title = comic strip :: The first half of the 20th century: the evolution of the form|url = https://www.britannica.com/art/comic-strip/The-first-half-of-the-20th-century-the-evolution-of-the-form|website = Encyclopædia Britannica|access-date = December 10, 2015}}</ref> Its humor is psychologically complex and driven by the characters' interactions and relationships. The comic strip has been adapted in animation and theater.

Schulz drew the strip for nearly 50 years, with no assistants, including the lettering and coloring process.<ref>{{cite book|last=Yoe|first=Craig|title=Clean Cartoonists' Dirty Drawings|location=San Francisco, Calif.|publisher=Last Gasp|year=2007|page=36}}</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Michaelis|2008|page=ix}}</ref>