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Jules Feiffer: A cartoonist's 'Sick' outlookupdated: Tue May 25 2010 18:19:00

The comic strip was originally called Sick Sick Sick, but it wasn't about ghouls or horror or any of that "Tales from the Crypt"-type stuff.

CNNMoney: Good grief: Peanuts gang rights sold for $175 millionupdated: Tue Apr 27 2010 09:39:00

A New York-based brand management company said Tuesday it would acquire the Peanuts brand in partnership with the family of the characters' creator, Charles M. Schulz, for $175 million.

Breathed chats about dogsupdated: Tue Oct 13 2009 07:54:00

Artist and author Berkeley Breathed chats about his book, "Flawed Dogs."

Vick dog inspired 'Bloom County,' 'Opus' creatorupdated: Tue Oct 13 2009 07:54:00

Berkeley Breathed answers the door to his Santa Barbara home, a tall, slender figure in suede cowboy boots.

Elvis, Marvin Gaye shake moneymakers in afterlifeupdated: Wed Oct 29 2008 12:19:00

Elvis Presley may have left the building three decades ago, but he raked in more money last year than many living titans of the music industry

Time.com: Peanuts Animator Melendez Dies at 91updated: Thu Sep 04 2008 14:00:00

Bill Melendez, the animator who gave life to Snoopy, Charlie Brown and other Peanuts characters in scores of movies and TV specials, has died. He was 91

People.com: Longtime Peanuts Animator Diesupdated: Thu Sep 04 2008 09:20:00

Bill Melendez, 91, drew more than 70 TV specials for Snoopy and friends, including A Charlie Brown Christmas

The sad, wonderful, complicated life of Charles M. Schulzupdated: Fri Jan 04 2008 12:17:00

Who was the real Charles M. Schulz?

I-Reporters share memories of Schulz, 'Peanuts' gangupdated: Tue Oct 16 2007 15:46:00

David Michaelis' new biography of Charles M. Schulz explores the man behind "Peanuts," the comic strip that has delighted readers for decades. CNN.com appealed to fans out there to say what Linus, Lucy and Charlie Brown meant to them.

On this day in historyupdated: Mon Oct 02 2006 04:21:00

1836: Charles Darwin arrives home in England aboard HMS Beagle following a five-year surveying expedition of the southern Atlantic and Pacific oceans.

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