Linus van Pelt is among the most underrated characters in the Peanuts comic strip series. The little brother of Lucy van Pelt adds so much more to the comics than people give him credit for.

One of the producers and writers responsible for the surge of new specials and movies starring Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Lucy and Linus hails ... mailroom at Paramount Pictures in Hollywood.

When Lucy Van Pelt learned of her youngest brother's birth 39 years ago in Schulz's Peanuts comic strip, she couldn't hide her despair. First there was Linus, now Rerun. "A new baby brother?!!

Charles Schulz's Peanuts featured Linus Van Pelt quoting Victorian scholar and critic John Ruskin (“The best grace is the consciousness we have earned our dinner.”) and also spawned the animated ...

with himself as Linus; and with Orson Bean, later to play the boss in Being John Malkovich, as Charlie. The songs were, and are, terrific: about suppertime, about flying kites, about Lucy pining ...

and Lucy. These weren’t average characters in an average comic; they became household names, beloved by kids and adults alike for the 50 years the strip was published. Peanuts continued to live ...