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    The first Black 'Peanuts' character finally gets his origin story in animated special

    The origin story of the first Black Peanuts character is streaming on Apple TV.
    by Barry Gordemer Feb 19, 2024 2 minutes
    An Apple TV animated special shows how Franklin, the first Black <em>Peanuts</em> character, meets Charlie Brown and friends in <em>Snoopy Presents:</em> <em>Welcome Home, Franklin.</em>

    Apple TV is streaming the origin story of the first Black character in the Peanuts comic strip.

    The special is called Snoopy Presents: Welcome Home, Franklin. It's about how Franklin met Charlie Brown, Linus, Lucy, Snoopy and the rest of the Peanuts gang.

    "A Franklin special is really overdue," said Craig Schulz, the co-writer of the show creator Charles Schulz, in an interview with .

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