Biography ‘Good Ol’ Charles Shulz’: Documentary about the Creator of ‘Peanuts’ Comic Strip A PBS American Masters documentary about Charles M. Schulz (November 26, 1922 – February 12, 2000), an American cartoonist, whose comic strip Peanuts proved one of the most popular and influential in the history of the medium and is still widely reprinted on a daily basis. Share This Previous ArticleExxon Valdez Oil Spill: In the Wake of Disaster Next ArticleStuds Terkel and Mike Royko at a Chicago Bar December 10, 2013