Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On October 2, 1950, a new comic strip called “Peanuts” debuted in seven newspapers. Written and illustrated by Charles M. Shultz, ...

Charles M. Schulz hated the name "Peanuts." It sounds trite. It sounds cute. It sounds like everything that has groundbreaking comic strip, which made its debut 75 years ago this month — October 2, ...