The Complete Peanuts 1983-1984 Volume 17
- 6 Nov 2014
- 9781782115106
- £20
- 344 pp
- 220×175mm
In a few words
Part of Canongate’s highly collectible and highly praised series, with an introduction by Leonard Maltin
Charles Schulz was an American treasure - an artist, philosopher, and keen observer of human life
Bill Clinton
It's impossible to think of another popular art form that reaches across generations the way the daily comic strip does... at the pinnacle of that long tradition, there was Charles Schulz
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This volume of The Complete Peanuts is particularly romance-heavy as the Charlie Brown / Peppermint Patty / Marcie triangle heats up; love blossoms between two of the ‘Beagle Scout’ birds; and Linus is still not Sally’s ‘Sweet Babboo’! Meanwhile, Charlie Brown becomes, in his worst baseball-related humiliation to date, a Pelican – and Snoopy’s brother Spike is still stuck in Needles, surrounded by coyotes, with a cactus as his only friend.
The world of Peanuts is a microcosm, a little human comedy for the innocent reader and for the sophisticated
Umberto Eco
Republishing Peanuts in one gorgeous volume after another is really the first time we can truly take a step back, appreciate Schulz's work as a whole and ultimately wrap our arms around the accomplishment of Charles Schulz. Sometimes, happiness is a warm book
These timely re-issues illustrate not only the skill and subtle brilliance of his work but also the origins of the form beyond simple merriment
All sorts of important writers have marvelled at the glorious simplicity of [Schulz's] draftsmanship and his unerring jokecraft, all underpinned by a quiet melancholy and stoicism . . . by some miracle, the entire Peanuts oeuvre is gradually being republished in this country, by Canongate . . . in lavishly appointed hardback . . . Unlike almost everything you read as a child, they are actually better than you remember them
Charles M. Schulz
View profileCharles M. Schulz was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1922 and grew up in Saint Paul. He gained a reputation worldwide as a cartoonist for his work on Peanuts. He died in 2000.
Leonard Maltin is an American film critic and historian, and the author of several books on cinema.
