Charlie Brown

[Bradjam]

So…can anyone tell me why Charlie Brown is bald? Yes, he has a sprig or two of hair, but less than the lush headful you would expect for a kid his age.

[BobT]

Because that’s how Charles Schulz drew him. Charlie Brown’s father was a barber also. Perhaps he was getting too many haircuts.

[665]

Why does Snoopy dance…it’s not real…

[Ice_Wolf]

From Peanuts FAQ:

Is Charlie Brown bald?

Of course not. He’s just very, very, very, VERY blond, what my
parents would have called a “tow-head” (a phrase, come to
think of it, that I don’t hear much any more). Anyway, Charlie
Brown’s hair is so fine that it simply doesn’t show up that
clearly, hence we see only the occasional strand.

Confirmation for this information was given by no less than
Charles Schulz himself, during a December 18, 1990, interview
with Terry Gross on National Public Radio’s “Fresh Air”:

“I don’t think of it as not having hair. I think of it as
being hair that is so blond that…it’s not seen very clearly,
that’s all.”

He repeated this information a few years later, during an
interview on NPR’s “Morning edition”:

"Well he’s got hair, its just so light you don’t notice it.
I always resent it when people say he’s bald. He’s not bald.
The old character Henry was bald. But Charlie Brown has a
little hair. His dad is a barber as my dad was. He must have
had hair someplace up there. "