P is for Peanuts - A Boy and his Dog who are all of us
Charles Schulz's Peanuts is a masterpiece of American art—a work of humor, melancholy, philosophy, and beauty. It captures the essence of being human: the struggle to belong, the fear of failure, the hope for connection, and the courage to keep trying.
Featured biography - Charles Schulz.
Recommended reading list for this episode:
Schulz and Peanuts — David Michaelis (2007)
My Life with Charlie Brown — Charles M. Schulz, ed. M. Thomas Inge (2010)
Good Grief: The Story of Charles M. Schulz — Rheta Grimsley Johnson (1989)
The Complete Peanuts (Fantagraphics, 2004–present) — with essays by various scholars
Peanuts: A Golden Celebration — Charles M. Schulz (2000)
The Peanuts Papers — Editor, Andrew Blauner (2019)
The Gospel According to Peanuts — Robert Short (1965)
A Charlie Brown Christmas: The Making of a Tradition — Lee Mendelson (2000)
COMICS A-Z is the podcast that showcases the history of sequential art: comic books, comic strips, the characters, their creators, one letter at a time. Each episode highlights an interesting aspect of the long history of comics, as a creative medium and a growing industry.
COMIC A-Z is hosted by Kevin Cleary, a former executive with First Comics, Classics Illustrated Comics, and TV Comics. Kevin was an advisor to the Overstreet Price Guide, The Overstreet Premium Ring Guide and a columnist/feature writer for the Comic's Buyers Guide, Overstreet Monthly, and Wizard Magazine.
Kevin was also the Sales Director for the Dream Factory chain of 22 stores and Purchasing Director for Heroes World Distribution, the 3rd largest comic book, trading card, and toy distributor in the country.
He was the founder of Quantum Licensing, a company that produced pins, rings, and other licensed comic related merchandise. He even wrote issue #4 of THE MUNSTERS from TV Comics.
Kevin currently works in Hollywood as a literary manager and occasional producer.
This podcast is made by humans. Accept no substitutes.
© Kevin Cleary 2026
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