Fun Fact…. In the beginning, Snoopy’s doghouse was shown from the front, and also had Snoopy’s name on it. In later years, Schulz felt that the doghouse viewed from the side represented an essential part of Snoopy’s fantasy world. If viewers saw the doghouse from the front or its interior, the universe Snoopy inhabited suddenly became too real. Schulz explained, “Snoopy himself had become a character so unlike a dog that he could no longer inhabit a real doghouse.”

“I’ve been drawing birds in the strip for some time—at least 10 years. Like a lot of things in this medium, suddenly your drawing starts to work. At one point I began to draw the bird a little better. I needed a name for him, and with the Woodstock festival being so prominent in the news, I said ‘Why not?’” —Charles M. Schulz

In 1970, Schulz named Woodstock, and the little yellow bird of Peanuts quickly captured the hearts of fans. Together with Snoopy, he pondered the philosophies of life, went camping with the Beagle Scouts, and explored the bonds of friendship.