How Charles M Schulz created Charlie Brown and Snoopy | BBC Global

Few characters have the generational staying power of Charlie Brown and Snoopy.

The cartoon’s creator, Charles M Schulz, personally drew every Peanuts strip from 1950 until his passing in February 2000.

The strip - syndicated in over 2,600 newspapers - inspired films, music and countless merchandise. NASA even named two Apollo 10 lunar modules after Charlie Brown and Snoopy in 1969.

While Charlie Brown may have been the eternal failure, the universal feelings that Schulz channelled helped make Peanuts a global success.

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