It's Only a Game was a sports-and-game-oriented comics panel by Charles M. Schulz

Charles M. Schulz

Charles Monroe "Sparky" Schulz was an American cartoonist, whose comic strip Peanuts proved one of the most popular and influential in the history of the medium, and is still widely reprinted on a daily basis.-Early life and education:Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Schulz grew up in Saint Paul...

, creator of Peanuts

Peanuts

Peanuts is a syndicated daily and Sunday American comic strip written and illustrated by Charles M. Schulz, which ran from October 2, 1950, to February 13, 2000, continuing in reruns afterward...

, which ran from 1957 to 1959.

Schulz and cartoonist Jim Sasseville

Jim Sasseville

James Frederick Sasseville was an American cartoonist and graphic artist, best known for his work with Peanuts creator Charles M. Schulz....

(who also assisted Schulz on Peanuts stories for various comic books) produced this strip which appeared in newspapers four times a week, including Sundays. Despite the resemblance to the children in Peanuts, most of the characters in these cartoons were adults. The comic, unlike most other sports comics, focused on many amateur sports, like golf and ping pong.

The strip was modestly successful, but given the growing popularity of Peanuts and the resulting demands on his time, Schulz canceled the strip after 63 weeks.

Further reading

• Charles Schulz and Jim Sasseville, It's Only a Game, 2004, ISBN 0-9716338-9-4