- Charles Schulz – Made $40 Million In 2015
If you don’t know, Schulz is the guy who created legendary and the most iconic cartoon characters of all times, Snoopy the dog for all of us. Snoopy and his whole gang of friends which comes in the Peanuts groups is the creation of Schulz. Most of the money for this popular comic creator, even after he is dead, is coming from the licensing revenue of the comic. Next year’s income is estimated to be even higher as The Peanuts Movie was released in October this year.