Li'l Folks Li'l Folks Li'l Folks, the first comic strip by "Peanuts" creator Charles M. Schulz, was a weekly panel that appeared mainly in Schulz's hometown paper, the "St. Paul Pioneer Press", from June 22, 1947, to January 22, 1950. Schulz's first regular cartoon, "Li'l Folks" can be regarded as an embryonic version of "Peanuts", containing characters and themes which were to reappear in the later strip: a well-dressed young boy with a fondness for Beethoven, à la Schroeder; a dog with a resemblance to Snoopy; and a boy named Charlie Brown. Schulz was 24 at the time he drew "Li'l Folks",
Peanuts agreement, United Media stored these unpublished strips, the existence of which eventually became public. Plastino himself also claimed to have ghostwritten for Schulz, apparently uncredited, while Schulz underwent heart surgery in 1983. In the 1980s and the 1990s, the strip remained the most popular comic in history, even though other comics, such as "Garfield" and "Calvin and Hobbes", rivaled "Peanuts" in popularity. Schulz continued to write the strip until announcing his retirement on December 14, 1999, due to his failing health. The final daily original "Peanuts" comic strip was published on Monday, January 3, 2000. The strip contained a note