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You might enjoy this audio interview with “Schulz and Peanuts” biographer David Michaelis (with transcription): http://www.mrmedia.com/2007/11/david-michaelis-schulz-and-peanuts.html .
Bob Andelman
Author
Will Eisner: A Spirited Life
http://www.aspiritedlife.com/blog/

I always loved the theological discussions in early Peanuts strips. I wonder if Schulz was religious?

Sorry for the malformed URL in my comment. Please try this one: http://www.cartoonbrew.com/books/more-on-the-schulz-book

While this book has had much acclaim, the family of Schulz has a few problems with it. At first I expected that they were just bitter, but they bring up several good points. In the words of his son, Monte:

“The point of objection to this biography of my father is how much is simply untruthful, and deliberately so. There are many factual errors throughout the book; there are people who are give authority to speak about our family who have no insight to do so; and there are so many elements of my father’s life that David deliberately left out of the book, that it really is impossible for anyone outside of our family, or Dad’s circle of friends, to come to any genuine conclusions. I can tell you absolutely that he was not a depressed, melancholy person, nor was he unaffectionate and absent as a parent. Honestly, the quote I’ve really wanted to give the press, after reading both the early of the manuscript and the final book, is this: “The book is stupid, and David Michaelis is an idiot.” ”

The conversation is interesting, and it makes you think about what happens when a biographer goes into a project like this with a narrative in their heads. Read more about it in the comments here: http://www.cartoonbrew.com/books/more-on-the-schulz-book#comment-34417