832K views · 36K reactions | “Peanuts” turns 75. The comic strip that introduced the world to Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Lucy and the gang debuted on this day in 1950, growing from seven newspapers to a cultural touchstone whose humor and philosophy still endure. | CBS Evening News | Facebook

Original ➡️ color Viewing an original Peanuts comic strip is a different experience from the color version in newspapers. See these examples up close in “Peanuts Evolution: The 1980s,” on view through May 4, 2026. Details of Peanuts comic strips from: December 30, 1979 January 4, 1987 April 10, 1983 November 11, 1987 June 12, 1988 #Snoopy #CharlieBrown #PeanutsGang #Schulz | Charles M. Schulz Museum

Peanuts is 67 years old today! 🎉 On October 2, 1950, the first Peanuts comic strip debuted in a four-panel format in seven newspapers nationwide – The Washington Post, The Chicago Tribune, The Minneapolis Star-Tribune, The Allentown Call-Chronicle, The Bethlehem Globe-Times, The Denver Post, and The Seattle Times. The strip is also the first appearance of Charlie Brown, Patty, and Shermy. In the five decades that Schulz dedicated himself to Peanuts, the physical appearance of the Gang naturally