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The Lance, October 9,1980 You’re 30, Charlie Brown. Good Grief! Charim Schulz Thirty years ago United Fea ture Syndicate began distrib uting a new comic strip about a pint-sized sad sack with a round head and a slightly pre cocious dog. The original cli ent list was just seven news papers — the Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, Minne apolis Star-Tribune, Allen town Call-Chronicle, Bethle hem Globe-Times, Denver Post and Seattle Times. The strip caught on. Its popularity grew and grew and it still hasn’t stopped. Today it is read by more than 60 million people every day in 1,800 newspapers worldwide. Good grief, Charlie BrowJ “Peanuts” is 30 on October 2, 1980. The universal appeal of “Peanuts” accounts for its spectacular success. The strip 30 VeAKS OLP, CHARLIE BROION' PEANUTS IS 30 VEAR5 OL9! I' 1950, 1952 United Feature Syndtcate, Inc. is translated into 22 foreign languages for newspapers in 64 foreign countries. None of the humor or warmth is lost in the translation. Somehow, the “Peanuts” gang — Charlie Brown, Linus, Lucy, Schroed- er, Woodstock, Peppermint Patty, and, of course Snoopy — touch all of us. That is the unique genius of their creator, Charles “Sparky” Schulz. “I hav^ frequently referred to the comic strip as a sidewalk medium,” says Schulz. “By this, I mean that the comic strip appeals to just plain people. However, if handled in the proper manner, the comic strip can burst these tradi tional bounds and appeal also to oeople who are better edu cated and are fortunate enough to have a more cul tured background. To do this, the cartoonist himself need not be this educated or cultured, but he must possess that rarest of all commodi ties, which is plain common sense.” As the popularity of the “Peanuts” strip has grown, so has its success in other media. The record now seems nothing short of remarkable. The 20th animated network TV special, “Life is a Circus, Charlie Brown,” will be aired in Octo ber. There have been four feature-length movies, a long- running stage musical, “You’re a Good man, Charlie Brown,” and literally hun dreds of books. Additionally, the “Peanuts” characters have appeared on mer chandise ranging from greet ing cards to sportswear to loaves of bread. Schulz per sonally approves every item before the licensee begins marketing the product. And, just like when he started out 30 years ago, Schulz writes and draws every strip himself. Many syndicated car toonists employ gag writers or artist assistants. Schulz does not. “My main objective has always been to try to draw a good strip every day,” he says. “Every emotion that you have, plus every experience and bit of knowledge which you have acquired, go into the creation of a comic strip.” Schulz, who is 57, lives in San ta Rosa, California, with his wife, Jean. His five children range in age from 19 to 27. He vas born and raised in Minne- tpolis, and an early incama- ion of “Peanuts,” called "Li’l Folks,” appeared weekly in the St. Paul Pioneer Press in 1947. “I grew up with only one real career desire in life,” he says, “and that was to some day draw my own comic strip.” Does he have any advice for the legion of young cartoon ists who would follow in his footsteps? “There is no defi nite series of steps which you have to take,” he believes. “You certainly do not have to have an ‘in’ someplace. All you have to do is be able to draw a comic strip which is better than any other now running.” Gypsy Continued from page 1 think “Gypsy” adapts itself well to arena so that presents a challenge to me. In 50% of toe show they are either playing on stage or back stage. When you do a show like “Gypsy” which is a multi-set show working in an arena is a way of saving money. A: Are you spending a lot of money for this show? B; The royalty for musicals is 500% more than for a straight show. So you have that problem; you have to hire people with specialties that we don’t have on campus. At times we do; at times we don’t. We hired a choreographer; we hired a pianist. But it’s not big sums of money. It’s going to cose these pet^le more of their time and more of their gas money and tiieir energies to do this than they’re getting from it. We are renting specialty costumes, the stripper costumes, the cow costume. We just don’t have the man-power to build costumes, so consequoitly the costumes have to be rented. Because of the added popularity of musicals, you get a bigger gate. That balances out the higher expense. So we’re not spending a great deal. A: What about the seating: This show is going to be in the Belk Center. Are there as many seats as in the auditorium? B: There are approximately two hundred seats in the LA auditorium, and we can tit that many into the Belk Center. A: How many nights is this show running? B: It’s running four nights, starting Friday, October 24th and ending Monday the 27th. Brad and I also talked about shows coming up. He said that if people sat back and analyzed the season, they would find that first there is a musical, then something from the classical repetoire, an experimental show (“Buried Child” by Sam Sheppard), and then another audience-oriented show, “A Thousand Clows”. Dr. Arthur McDcHiald, directing that show, will also direct “She Stoops To Conquer,” being presented in November. The theater department encourages participation in the productions, whether you intend to major in theter or mrt. They are always looking for help wiQi set con^ruction. If you have never had experience in theater, St. Andrews is a good place (to get it, be it acting or technical work. There are also a variety of theater courses offered to students, from technical theater to theater history. If you would like more information about the theater department or the Highland Players, drop by Brad’s office in the mornings. Simerican Collegiate ^oetfi! ant^ologp international Publications is sponsoring a JBational CollegE ^oetrp Contcsft — Fall Concours 1960 — open to all college and university students desiring to have thmr poetry anthologized. CASH PRIZES will go to the top five poems: $100 $50 $25 Pirst Place Second Place Third Ploce $10 AWARDS of free printing for ALL wcepted manuscripts in our popular, tiartdsomely bound and c(wrighted anthology, AMERICAN COLLEGIATE POETS. Deadline: October 31 CONTEST RULES AND RESTRICTIONS: 1. Any student is eligibte to submit his verM. 2. Alt entries must be original and unpublished. 3. All antriet must be typed, double'tpaced. on one wfe of the page only. Each poem must be on a separate sheet and must bear, m the upper left hand comer, the NAME and ADDRESS of tl«e student m wdl as the COLLEGE attended. Put name and addrws Ofi env^ope aKo! 4. There are no restrictiom on form or theme. Length of poems up to fourteen 1in«. Each poem must have a separan title. (Avoid "UntftJed"!) SmaK black and white iHustratiom vireicome. 5. The judges'dediton wfill be final. No info by .phone! ft. Entrants chould keep a copy of all entries at they cannot be returned. Priie winners and all authors awarded free publication wilt be notified immediately after deadline. I,F. will retain first publication rif^ts for accepted poems. Foreign language poems welcome. 7. Thora is an initial one dollar registration titffor the first entry end a fee of fifty cents for each additional poem. It is requested to submit no more tfian ten poems per entrant. 8. All antries must be postmarked not later than the above deedline and fees be paid, cash, check or money order, to: INTERNATIONAL PUBLICATIONS P. O. Box 44927 Los Angates, CA 90044
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