10 People Who Changed The Comic Book Industry Forever

3. Charles Schulz

Peanuts is the most popular comics strip of all time, so it's easy to see why the series' creator, Charles Schulz, is considered such a legend in the industry.

Peanuts is a comic that needs no introduction, with the exploits of Charlie Brown and Snoopy common knowledge for fans of the original strip and of the many animated features that followed their initial publication. It was - and still is - a cultural phenomenon, with Schulz becoming a household name in the fifties on account of the strip's intelligence and style, a process that was only accelerated by Peanuts' transition to the big and small screens years later.

Schulz comic is one of the most famous of all time, and while his influence on the industry might not be as noticeable as other creators, Schulz's work on Peanuts inspired a whole other generation of artists, animators and cartoonists, exerting an influence externally that other creators simply could not match.

It might be difficult to see in comics themselves, but without Peanuts, the industry as a whole would be a vastly different place.