'You have to just draw something that you hope is funny': How Charles M Schulz created Charlie Brown and Snoopy

'You have to just draw something that you hope is funny': How Charles M Schulz created Charlie Brown and Snoopy Getty Images Charles M Schulz drew his beloved Peanuts strip for 50 years until his announcement on 14 December 1999 that ill health was forcing him to retire. Charles M Schulz's timeless creation Charlie Brown may have been as popular as any character in all of literature, but the cartoonist was modest about the scope of his miniature parables. IN HISTORY In History is a series which uses the BBC's unique audio and video archive to explore historical events that still resonate today.. Of Snoopy and Charlie Brown, he said: "I've always been a little bit intrigued by the fact that dogs apparently tolerate the actions of the children with whom they are playing. Cartooning is still drawing funny pictures, whether they're just silly little things or rather meaningful political cartoons, but it's still drawing something funny, and that's all you should think about at that time – keep kind of a light feeling.