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📰 Read today's comicsPeanuts ran in newspapers from October 1950 to February 2000, written and drawn by Charles M. Schulz. Here are the characters you'll meet in the daily strip.
Charlie Brown
The lovable, perpetually unlucky kid who never gets to kick the football and manages a losing baseball team.
Snoopy
Charlie Brown's beagle, who lives a rich fantasy life as the World War I Flying Ace, a novelist and Joe Cool, mostly on top of his doghouse.
Lucy van Pelt
Bossy and blunt; runs the 5-cent psychiatric booth and pulls the football away.
Linus van Pelt
Lucy's philosophical younger brother, never without his security blanket; waits every Halloween for the Great Pumpkin.
Sally Brown
Charlie Brown's little sister, with a crush on Linus ("my Sweet Babboo").
Peppermint Patty
Sporty, freckled, struggles at school and calls Charlie Brown "Chuck".
Marcie
Peppermint Patty's bookish friend who calls her "Sir".
Schroeder
Plays Beethoven on a toy piano and ignores Lucy's affections.
Woodstock
Snoopy's small yellow bird friend.
Pig-Pen
Always surrounded by a cloud of dust.
Franklin
A thoughtful friend Charlie Brown meets at the beach.
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FAQ
Who created Peanuts?
Charles M. Schulz, who drew it from 1950 to 2000.
What is Snoopy's bird friend called?
Woodstock.
Why does Marcie call Peppermint Patty "Sir"?
It's a long-running Peanuts gag; nobody, including Patty, ever fully explains it.
Fan guide. Characters are © their creators and syndicates. No strip art is reproduced on this page. Last updated November 4, 2026.