Best New Art: Snoopy-Inspired Artworks, Lucien Smith at Off-White™'s EM PTY GALLERY & More

For visual artists or illustrators inspired by pop culture cartoons, it takes a bit of self-innovation and reinvention to produce an original character that will garner similar worldwide acclaim. Take for example Snoopy from the most-iconic Peanuts franchise created by Charles M. Schulz. The influential cartoonist initially sketched the beagle on all fours with a long neck, back in 1950. Seven years later, Schulz introduced the standing pup and the "comic strip just took off," as per USA Today. ...