Charles M. Schulz had a few unforgettable stories behind the creation of his Peanuts characters, though one of the best is ...

Charles M. Schulz created some of the kindest and most compassionate kids in comic strips when he created the beloved Peanuts comic strip series.

With poignant wisdom and gentle wit, Charles M. Schulz reinvented the form and introduced the nation to Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Linus, Lucy and so many more indelible characters ...

The first "Peanuts" strip that the Repository published on that Sunday depicted Linus boxing with Snoopy and getting beaten by the spotted white beagle with a boxing glove on his nose.

Linus is generally one of the more progressive Peanuts characters, so it’s disappointing to learn that he’s not so open-minded about certain things in life…like, say, losing to a girl.

Schulz told the story in a book celebrating “Peanuts'” 50th anniversary. “Linus came from a drawing that I made one day of a face almost like the one he now has,” Schulz wrote.

Linus Maurer, a cartoonist and illustrator whose old friend and colleague Charles M. Schulz borrowed his first name for Charlie Brown's blanket-wielding best friend Linus in his "Peanuts&quot ...

Conceived as a sequel to the fourth Peanuts animated feature, Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown, What Have We Learned starts with Charlie Brown, Linus, Marcie, Peppermint Patty and Snoopy returning from ...

Linus Maurer, a longtime cartoonist for the Sonoma Index-Tribune whose friendship with fellow illustrator Charles M. Schulz led the “Peanuts” creator to name Charlie Brown’s blanket-wielding ...

It was Lucy, Linus and Charlie Brown, a Job who suffered to soothe our suffering. It was a faith related via parable, the classic text being the 1966 TV special “It’s the Great Pumpkin ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Linus Maurer, a cartoonist and illustrator whose old friend and colleague Charles M. Schulz borrowed his first name for Charlie Brown's blanket-wielding best friend Linus in ...

The real Linus, artist Linus Maurer, cuts a ribbon after unveiling a statue of Linus of "Peanuts" comic strip fame during a ceremony at his hometown of Sleepy Eye, Minn., on Sept. 23, 2003.