Linus Maurer, a cartoonist and illustrator whose old friend and colleague Charles M. Schulz borrowed his first name for Charlie Brown's blanket-wielding best friend Linus in his "Peanuts" comic strip ...

In “A Charlie Brown Christmas,” Linus shares what he learned with his friend and what he was trying to, often by asking the right questions.

This December marks the 60th anniversary of A Charlie Brown Christmas, a half-hour television special that did something almost unheard of in American pop culture, both then and now. In the middle of ...

SONOMA (CBS/AP) -- Linus Maurer, a cartoonist and illustrator whose old friend and colleague Charles M. Schulz borrowed his first name for Charlie Brown's blanket-wielding best friend Linus in his ...

SONOMA, Calif. — Linus Maurer, a Minnesota-born cartoonist and illustrator whose old friend Charles Schulz borrowed his first name for Charlie Brown’s blanket-toting sidekick in his “Peanuts” comic ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Linus Maurer, a cartoonist and illustrator whose old friend and colleague Charles M. Schulz borrowed his first name for Charlie Brown's blanket-wielding best friend Linus in his ...

With Christmas on the horizon, Peanuts fans everywhere are revisiting the spectacular holiday comics from Charles M. Schulz's beloved series.

Fifty years ago, A Charlie Brown Christmas made its television debut, starting a holiday tradition that’s right up there with chestnuts roasting on an open fire and leaving cookies out for Santa. And ...

LOS ANGELES — Linus Maurer, a cartoonist and illustrator whose old friend and colleague Charles M. Schulz borrowed his first name for Charlie Brown's blanket-wielding best friend Linus in his "Peanuts ...

Linus Maurer, a longtime cartoonist for the Sonoma Index-Tribune whose friendship with fellow illustrator Charles M. Schulz led the “Peanuts” creator to name Charlie Brown’s blanket-wielding best ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Linus Maurer, a cartoonist and illustrator whose old friend and colleague Charles M. Schulz borrowed his first name for Charlie Brown’s blanket-wielding best friend Linus in his ...