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Franklin is a fictional character in the comic strip Peanuts, created by Charles M. Schulz. Introduced on July 31, 1968, Franklin was the first black character in the strip. [ 1 ] He is the second person of color to appear in the strip, debuting a year after José Peterson, a polite, biracial athlete of Mexican and Swedish ancestry who was ...
In 1968, after a fan request, Charles M. Schulz added a Black character to his "Peanuts" comic strip. Franklin is finally getting his moment in a TV special.
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Peanuts is among the most popular and influential in the history of comic strips, with 17,897 strips published in all, [1] making it "arguably the longest story ever told by one human being". [2] At the time of Schulz's death in 2000, Peanuts ran in over 2,600 newspapers, with a readership of roughly 355 million across 75 countries, and had ...
Franklin arrived in the beloved Charles M. Schulz comic on July 31, 1968, just months after the slaying of Martin Luther King Jr. Franklin, the long-neglected Black character in 'Peanuts,' gets a ...
Snoopy Presents: Welcome Home, Franklin or simply Welcome Home, Franklin is a 2024 animated television special in the Peanuts franchise, the first to center on the African-American character of Franklin Armstrong. [1] [2] The character, introduced in the comic strip on July 31, 1968, was the first Black character in the strip. [3]
More than 50 years ago, Franklin Armstrong first appeared in the Charles Schulz's "Peanuts" comic strip. Now we learn his backstory in the Apple TV+ special "Snoopy Presents: Welcome Home, Franklin."
Character Date introduced Last appearance Character traits Charlie Brown: October 2, 1950 February 13, 2000 The main character, an average yet emotionally mature, gentle, considerate, and often innocent boy who has an ever-changing mood and grace; he is regarded as an embarrassment and a loser by other children and is strongly disliked and rejected by most of them; he takes his frequent ...