Author: SCHULZ, CHARLES M. (AUTHOR) / LARKIN, DAVID (EDITOR)
Title: Peanuts a Golden Celebration : The Art and the Story of the World's Best-Loved Comic Strip
Description: Harpercollins Publishers, 1999. First Edition: First Printing. Hard Cover. 254 pages: 10.5 x 12.25 in.: 4.2: KB#018251: Bookjacket / dustjacket now protected by a New Brodart Mylar Cover. Dustjacket, boards and pages are clean, unmarked, brightly colored, tightly bound and sharp cornered (except for light ruffling/wear of dustjacket edges). Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. "Charles M. Schulz has been cartooning for an astonishing 50 years (the "Peanuts" strip itself debuted October 2, 1950, but he drew an earlier incarnation called "Li'l Folks" before that). Peanuts: A Golden Celebration is a remarkable collection of strips spanning that time period. Readers get to see the first appearance of Linus, Marcy, Pigpen, and Woodstock, and even the momentous first time Lucy holds a football for Charlie Brown to kick. Schulz comments on the cartoons and his inspirations via notes in the margin, ranging from boyhood stories about his father (a barber, just like Charlie Brown's) to an account of the time the narcolepsy experts at Stanford University expressed concerns over Peppermint Patty's constant sleeping in class. One of the most interesting inclusions is that of several letters of complaint, ranging from readers whose religious sensibilities have been offended to a 1969 missive from Schulz's own syndicate asking him not to depict Franklin in the same school as the white students anymore. Naturally, the much-loved "Peanuts" holiday specials are covered, as is the musical adaptation You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, but it's the strips that really make the book. Readers can follow the evolution of Schulz's drawing style--deliberately less realistic as the years went on--and even check out a few panels drawn by Schulz's own cartooning heroes. This is a terrific compilation that serves well both as a chronicle of popular culture and as just a really funny collection of comic strips. Don't wait for the Great Pumpkin to bring you one.". Fine in Very Good Dust Jacket .
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Title: Peanuts a Golden Celebration : The Art and the Story of the World's Best-Loved Comic Strip
Description: Harpercollins Publishers, 1999. First Edition: First Printing. Hard Cover. 254 pages: 10.5 x 12.25 in.: 4.2: KB#018251: Bookjacket / dustjacket now protected by a New Brodart Mylar Cover. Dustjacket, boards and pages are clean, unmarked, brightly colored, tightly bound and sharp cornered (except for light ruffling/wear of dustjacket edges). Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. "Charles M. Schulz has been cartooning for an astonishing 50 years (the "Peanuts" strip itself debuted October 2, 1950, but he drew an earlier incarnation called "Li'l Folks" before that). Peanuts: A Golden Celebration is a remarkable collection of strips spanning that time period. Readers get to see the first appearance of Linus, Marcy, Pigpen, and Woodstock, and even the momentous first time Lucy holds a football for Charlie Brown to kick. Schulz comments on the cartoons and his inspirations via notes in the margin, ranging from boyhood stories about his father (a barber, just like Charlie Brown's) to an account of the time the narcolepsy experts at Stanford University expressed concerns over Peppermint Patty's constant sleeping in class. One of the most interesting inclusions is that of several letters of complaint, ranging from readers whose religious sensibilities have been offended to a 1969 missive from Schulz's own syndicate asking him not to depict Franklin in the same school as the white students anymore. Naturally, the much-loved "Peanuts" holiday specials are covered, as is the musical adaptation You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, but it's the strips that really make the book. Readers can follow the evolution of Schulz's drawing style--deliberately less realistic as the years went on--and even check out a few panels drawn by Schulz's own cartooning heroes. This is a terrific compilation that serves well both as a chronicle of popular culture and as just a really funny collection of comic strips. Don't wait for the Great Pumpkin to bring you one.". Fine in Very Good Dust Jacket .
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Price: US$ 35.00 Seller: Keener Books & Collectibles
- Book number: 018251
- Book number: 018251