Linus Maurer

An internationally celebrated cartoonist, painter, humor writer and puzzle creator, Linus Maurer's career began when he and Charles Shultz, creator of Peanuts comic strip, taught cartooning together at Art Instruction Schools, a correspondence school based in Minneapolis. Linus became the inspiration for Shultz's Linus character.

Linus' work has been distributed nationally and internationally by several leading syndicates, including The Chicago Tribune and King Features. He currently writes and draws an editorial cartoon, Newshound, and creates the daily puzzle Challenger for newspapers around the globe.

His work has brought him several national awards in a variety of media, including an editorial cartoonist award from the California Newspaper Publishers Association.

The brilliant colors of his acrylic paintings reflect his love of whimsy and satire. His work is included in private collections in many countries, including Malcolm Forbes personal collection in New York City.

Maurer grew up in Minnesota, spent several years in New York and now lives in Sonoma, California.