Culled from the comic strips penned by Schulz, "A Charlie Brown Valentine" uses the same formula and production team that made Snoopy and the gang synonymous with major holidays. ABC, which bought ...

IF YOUNG Donna Mae Johnson had returned Charles Schulz’s affections all the way to the altar, the world might never have received the greatest Valentine’s Day comics narrative ever told.

Tuesday was the 64th anniversary of the first Valentine's Day Peanuts strip, in which Charlie Brown bemoans, "I didn't get a single Valentine! Not one!!" – which prompts the gift of a pity card.

Tuesday was the 64th anniversary of the first Valentine's Day "Peanuts" strip, in which Charlie Brown bemoans, "I didn't get a single Valentine! Not one!!" — which prompts the gift of a pity card.