Charles Schultz= Aspie?

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In a new article in Newsweek about a new biography on Mr. Schultz, it states that he considered himself just as bland & boring as Charlie Brown.
He took everything as insults & held grudges for a long time and planned a sabotage of a rival's comic strip. He had trouble making friends and was often heckled as a young child.

What do you think?
Was Charles Schultz an Aspie or was he self-pitying himself?

It's never crossed my mind.

Tim

In high school, he was constantly ousted by the other students & some teachers because he was a loner and only one teacher championed his talent of drawing.

He used his personal problems as artistic inspiration.

I think he was more an eccentric than ASpie.
He married, only created the one comic strip, made quite the living off licensing, etc...

Here's a question paraphrased from the article:

Why would an evangelical Christian like Schultz cheat on all of his wives?

Now THAT doesn"t sound so bland and boring

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Feel that Charles Schultz was given a great gift for being a cartoonist. Perhaps he felt embarrassed with such a gift. Schultz had the ability to touch peoples' emotions. I suspect Schultz wondered why his comics were so well received worldwide because he had seen what other cartoonists could do that was good too.

I did not get the feeling that Charles Schultz was self-pitying himself.

I think that Charles Schultz admired the character of Charles Brown who could be taken advantage of yet still walked on oblivious to the many slings and arrows thrust at him.

http://www.schulzmuseum.org/

I heard he was an Aspie. He may not be one but some people consider him one