i think he's the first cartoonist tho ever create a sense of ampathy in his readers for his characters. So is it true that when you were a child, you connected so deeply with charlie brown that you sent him a valentine? Yes, i did. I made him. I just felt really bad that he never got any valentine, so i made him one and gave it to my mother to send to him. And she put it in the place for all letters that are addressed to fictional characters go - which i'm not exactly sure where that is. Clearly, he never received it. But it's a testament to charles scholtz's power as