Charles Schulz, the creator of 'Peanuts', is one of the most popular and influential humorist comic artists ever. He was born as Charles Monroe Schulz (and nicknamed Sparky) into a family of German-Norwegian origins in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and grew up in Saint Paul.After he fought in Europe in the second World War, he started drawing the comic 'L'il Folks', a precursor of 'Peanuts'. The strip was published in the St. Paul Pioneer Press between 1947 and 1950.
