I n the 1960s, beloved Peanuts character Linus was faced with an unexpected antagonist: his "blanket-hating" grandmother. Hell-bent on making him break the habit, the Van Pelt kids' grandma showed ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Linus Maurer, a cartoonist and illustrator whose old friend and colleague Charles M. Schulz borrowed his first name for Charlie Brown’s blanket-wielding best friend Li… ...

Many early Peanuts fans—and this may come as a shock to later fans raised on the sweet milk of Happiness Is a Warm Puppy—were attracted to the strip’s decidedly unsweet view of society.Matt ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Linus Maurer, a cartoonist and illustrator whose old friend and colleague Charles M. Schulz borrowed his first name for Charlie Brown's blanket-wielding best friend Linus in ...

Schulz told the story in a book celebrating “Peanuts'” 50th anniversary. “Linus came from a drawing that I made one day of a face almost like the one he now has,” Schulz wrote.

LOS ANGELES — Linus Maurer, a cartoonist and illustrator whose old friend and colleague Charles M. Schulz borrowed his first name for Charlie Brown”s blanket-wielding best friend Linus … ...