In the realm of comic strips, few stand as tall as Charles Schulz's Peanuts, which ran a staggering 50 years from 1950 to 2000. Throughout its decades-long run — that's nearly 18,000 daily strips, mind you — Peanuts introduced an ensemble cast that included Charlie Brown and Lucy van Pelt to the politically astute Linus van Pelt and Peppermint Patty. Even then, none of the cast demanded as much of the spotlight as Snoopy, the bipedal beagle always willing to offer advice whether it was good, bad, or otherwise.
