'' Calvin and Hobbes '' creator Bill Watterson wrote in 2007 : " '' Peanuts '' pretty much defines the modern comic strip , so even now it 's hard to see it with fresh eyes . The clean , minimalist drawings , the sarcastic humor , the unflinching emotional honesty , the inner thoughts of a household pet , the serious treatment of children , the wild fantasies , the merchandising on an enormous scale — in countless ways , Schulz blazed the wide trail that most every cartoonist since has tried to follow . " Schulz 's Santa Rosa home was completely destroyed during the October 2017 wildfires in California
October 2017 wildfires
October 2017 Northern California wildfires
Charles M. Schulz