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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...