The Reporter has been proud of our association with editorial cartoonist Tim Campbell since his first panel in our pages on July 4, 2022. Some weeks he makes us laugh. Some weeks he makes us think about things from a new perspective. Some weeks he does both.
Last November, he used his space in these pages to pay tribute to Peanuts creator Charles Schulz on what would have been Schulz’s 100th birthday. That panel is on display this summer at the Charles M. Schulz Museum along with other artists’ works in the Tribute Art Collection to be preserved as part of the story of Schulz’s influence on modern cartooning.
While Campbell is rarely one to toot his own horn, we twisted his arm a little to ask for a few thoughts on how it feels to have his work included in a museum dedicated to one of his idols. His full comments are below.
Like most cartoonists, I was greatly influenced by Charles Schulz and Peanuts. While I never got a chance to meet him, I had the great fortune of spending some time with his widow, Jean Schulz, a few years ago at the Charles M. Schulz Museum and Research Center in Santa Rosa, CA.
This past November would have been Charles Schulz’s 100th birthday and like many cartoonists around the country I created a ‘tribute cartoon” that appeared in The Hamilton County Reporter to mark the occasion.
Mrs. Schulz requested that my cartoon and others be donated to the Museum for preservation and I am beyond honored that my panel was selected to lead the Museum’s Newsletter highlighting the collection being displayed this summer.
For anyone visiting the San Francisco area, I highly recommend a short trip north to visit this wonderful museum.
For more information on the Charles N. Schulz Museum, visit SchulzMuseum.org.
A page from the museum’s newsletter containing Campbell’s panel and works from a few other notable artists can be found at tinyurl.com/SchulzNewsletterCampbell.
