"Peanuts" (Charlie Brown, his little sister Sally, Lucy and her little brother (and Charlie Brown's friend) Linus, Pig-Pen, Schroder, Snoopy, the "little red-haired girl", el.al. have always been my favorite of all comic strips.
Their creator, Charles Schultz, who passed away not too long ago, said (in an interview I saw on TV several years ago) that he felt he WAS "Charlie Brown" when he was a kid... or at least HE felt he was as he was growing up.
Schultz indicated, in the interview, that he drew Charlie Brown's comic strip experiences from his own experiences & attitudes that he had as a child.
Schultz had a great philosophy on "life"... I often wished I could have shared the same philosophy, butttttttttttt... few of us could.
Strength & Honor...
Ron T.