Charles M. Schulz is a legend. He was the hand and heart behind fifty years of Peanuts , which featured one of the world's most beloved and recognizable casts of cartoon characters, until his death in 2000. A Simon & Schuster author. Vicki Scott, CalArts animation grad, is currently a character and prop designer for Nickelodeon. She was a storyboard artist for The Garfield Movie and the Apple TV+ series The Snoopy Show . Vicki has also worked in licensing and publishing, drawing Looney Tunes, Tiny Toons, Garfield, and Peanuts characters as seen on products ranging from apparel to giftware to parade floats to mud flaps. While she worked for the Schulz Studio, she wrote several graphic novels and short stories for the recent run of Boom comic books, currently being reprinted by Simon & Schuster.