HRWiki Featured article for 2009, week 51

In 1950, Charles Schulz created the comic strip Peanuts, focusing on the misadventures of Charlie Brown, his beagle Snoopy, and their friends. A profound depiction of society from children's perspective, the comic continued in circulation until Schulz's death in 2000. Its popularity prompted adaptations into over 40 television cartoons, four movies, and two off-Broadway musicals, among other things. Various aspects of the Peanuts comic strips and television specials have been referenced and parodied by The Brothers Chaps in Homestar Runner cartoons. In particular, the Peanuts' first cartoon, A Charlie Brown Christmas, is often referenced, especially at Decemberween. (more...)