Today, as we play catch up on the calendar, we look at how the first Peanuts Christmas comic strips helped to spotlight just how different the early days of the strip was from the rest of the series.

Thousands of 1929 works, including the original Popeye and Tintin are now free to reuse and adapt in the United States.

Schulz, creator of the "Peanuts" comic strip, at his studio drawing table with a picture of his character Charlie Brown and some awards behind him in 1978 CBS Photo Archive / Getty Images He is an ...